Page 175 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 495. Notwithstanding the provisions of

the preceding Article, the co-owners cannot

demand a physical division of the thing owned

in common, when to do so would render it

unserviceable for the use for which it is

intended. But the co-ownership may be

terminated in accordance with Article 498.

(401a)

Article 496. Partition may be made by

agreement between the parties or by judicial

proceedings. Partition shall be governed by the

Rules of Court insofar as they are consistent

with this Code. (402)