Dessel

*593 Defendants Jennifer Dessel and her daughter, Emily Seal, were half-owners of an investment property; plaintiff Gayle S. Cummings owned the other half. After disputes arose, Cummings sued seeking partition of the property. Following a bench trial, and over the objection of Dessel and Seal, the court ordered partition of the property by the appraisal method-that is, each half-owner could bid to purchase the other half-owner's interest, with the minimum bid set by appraisal. Dessel and Seal appealed.

In the published portion of the opinion, we conclude the trial court erred when it ordered partition of the property by appraisal because the parties had not agreed to that method, as is required by the statute. In the unpublished portion of the opinion, we conclude defendants have not shown the error was prejudicial. We also reject defendants' contention that the court abused its discretion in denying their request to continue the trial. Accordingly, we shall affirm the judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Property

In 2009, Dessel, Seal, and Cummings agreed to together purchase a parcel of land containing a relatively small and dilapidated residence with a carport. The parcel was…