Q: If i am tenants in common with multiple people on unoccupied land can I move onto the land if I want to? (Michigan)

A: EACH of the tenants in common has an undivided fractional interest in the property. If you can, for example, determine how to build on only 1/10th of the property without dividing it into 10 slices, then you can do what you want with your share without anyone else 'agreeing'.

As you can tell, PRACTICALLY there is nothing you can do other than SELL your interest to someone else and again, practically, nobody but your co-tenants will be interested in buying that share so ... again, you have to have some agreement between the co-tenants.

In short, no, you cannot do anything that abrogates the OTHER tenants rights without their agreement. How many co-tenants are there, and what is the state of the relationship? It seems like someone should be working to sell the property either to a third party so the money can be split, or to one of the co-tenants so something can be done with the property without a lot of 'politics'.

Get with a local attorney who can look at all the facts and provide real advice about what can and should be done. There may be other options we're not seeing because we don't have all the facts. Trying to do this 'over the internet' is not going to work out well!

A: Holding title as tenants in common means that each party on the deed has a right to an equal or unequal undivided ownership to property. It also means that if one of the owners dies, their share is conveyed to their heirs, not the other owners who are still alive. Based upon the facts as you describe, you have a right to occupy the property as described in the deed. If there is further disagreement between the co-owners, one way to resolve occupancy / ownership interest is to file an action for partition to split up the property under court order. See more at www.ProvenResource.com/deeds