I live in N.C. My husband's family all jointly own a piece of property about 45 acres. We have someone who wants to buy it. Only one problem. They ran a check to see if there was a lien on the property and there is. It's against my brother in law. He has two judgements against him totalling $17,000. The total amount was are selling the land for is $51,000. Now, my brother in law's part of the property comes to just over $3,000. What the lawyer wanted to do it give 50% to one creditor and 50% to the other. But they will not take it. They want the whole amount. Trying to get them to understand he only gets $3,000 out of this is like pulling teeth. My question is... can the creditors legally get their part out of the whole property... i.e. put it in foreclosure?

I am just having a hard time believing they can take a part of everyone's money when we have nothing to do with the judgement(s).

I don't think they can take more if he only has a small share. I am sure there must be something he can do legally to get them to only take his share.