Supreme Court of Georgia October 1, 2012, S12A1340; S12X1342 (Jacobs v. Young)

Thompson, Presiding Justice.

We are called upon in these appeals to determine whether the trial court was authorized to order the public sale of land jointly-owned by the parties in the underlying partition action. See OCGA §§ 44-6-166.1; 44-6-167. For the reasons that follow, we find the trial court was authorized to order the public sale of the land at issue and affirm.