Which deed conveys severed interest of coowned property resulting from a court ordered partition?

• A. Trustees deed
• B. Reconveyance deed
• C. Guardians deed
• D. Partition deed

Answer: (D)

When co-owners of real property are forced to part ways, a court-ordered partition creates separate, individual interests in the property. The instrument used to convey those severed interests is a partition deed. It records the division or allocation of the property into individually owned portions, and it vests title in each owner for their respective share, effectively ending the joint or shared ownership.

This deed is specifically tied to the situation of partition and the resulting separate ownership. Other deeds serve different purposes: a trustee’s deed comes from a property held in trust, a reconveyance deed returns title to the borrower after payoff, and a guardian’s deed transfers property on behalf of a ward. None of those documents reflects the creation of separate interests from a court-ordered partition the way a partition deed does.