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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 33, § 953 (2026)

Recovery of rent or income from joint tenant

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If any one or more of the joint tenants or tenants in common take the whole rents or income in the joint estate or more than their share, without the consent of their cotenants, and refuse for a reasonable time after demand to pay such cotenants their share thereof, any one or more of them may have an action against the refusing cotenants to recover their proportion thereof.  
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Cited in 2 cases, 2017–2019 · leading case: Janvier v. Janvier (Me. Super. Ct 2017).
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Janvier v. Janvier (Me. Super. Ct 2017). · cites it 3× “), converted plaintiff's property, refused to pay plaintiff rents pursuant to 33 M.R.S. § 953, and breached a fiduciary duty owed to the plaintiff pursuant to 31 M.”
Colucci v. Colucci (Me. Super. Ct 2019). · cites it 2× “§ 953, a plaintiff may bring an action to recover plaintiff's share of an income shared by joint tenants if plaintiff alleges that: 1) plaintiff and defendant are joint tenants, 2) defendant takes more than his share of the shared income, 3) plaintiff did not consent, and 4)…”
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