Hello April,

In the event that you finally failed to get to the amicable agreement that you mention in your message, so they bought your share for an agreed amount of money, the only option would be - as they are warning you - the dissolution of the property ownership by court auction. This is always the least convenient route, as all parties lose money considering the sale has a much lower price that in the current market.
We agree with you and recommend you to negotiate with them the amount thus avoiding to sell by court auction. You may be in a position to ask for compensation based on the fact that you have not used the property during those 28 years, above all if you take into account that the sale of your share will result in tax payments - Plusvalia ( most probably, depending on the corresponding town hall ) and Capital Gains Tax.

Our advice is that you get to the fairer offer and dissolve the ownership amicably. Finally, you will have to sign at the Notary the sale of this share and deal with the corresponding tax payments. You can deal with all this by yourself , or use the services of a solicitor that can represent you via Power of Attorney.

Feel free to send me an email on Patricia at Lawbird.com if you wish to enquire further and/or get a quotation for our services.

Regards,