If you file a partition action, she will be a party to the lawsuit. Assuming you win, the Court will order the partition, she will not have a choice of whether she can hold the process up by refusing to sign away her dower rights.
Do you have an interested buyer for YOUR share? The only time that she would have to sign off is to sell HIS share. She has no dower rights in YOUR share.
Answered on Feb 15th, 2013 at 3:46 PM