Colburn v. Jordan

BOUTALL, Judge.

This is an appeal taken from a judgment declaring an act of partition a forgery and of no force and effect. We affirm in part and remand in part for further proceedings.

In 1974, Rebecca Colburn and Ronald Jordan were divorced. Several years later, both parties allegedly entered into an act of partition. Colburn now sues claiming that act to be a forgery. It is stipulated by both parties that this partition agreement is not a valid notarial act of partition due to the lack of proper formalities not having been signed before a notary public and witnesses. Jordan claims that…