| name | boundary-dispute-complaint |
| title | Boundary Dispute Complaint |
| description | Drafts a U.S. state-court complaint to establish the true boundary line between adjoining properties, with optional trespass/encroachment claims. Trigger when a user needs to initiate litigation over conflicting property descriptions, ambiguous deed language, or unauthorized encroachments by an adjoining landowner. |
| author | CaseMark |
| author_url | https://github.com/CaseMark/skills/tree/main/skills/legal/boundary-dispute-complaint |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| execution_mode | open |
| jurisdiction | us |
| practice | real-estate |
| language | en |
| tags | ["drafting","litigation","pleading"] |
Boundary Dispute Complaint
Drafts a plaintiff-side complaint to judicially establish the true boundary line between adjoining parcels, with optional trespass/encroachment counts.
Prerequisites
Collect before drafting:
- Plaintiff's deed — legal description (metes-and-bounds, lot/block, or recorded plat)
- Defendant's deed — adjoining parcel legal description
- Survey — surveyor name, date, methodology, findings, recording info
- Encroachment details — type, dimensions, date discovered (if applicable)
- Jurisdiction — state and county where the property sits
- Pre-suit notice — whether defendant was notified before filing
Quick Start
- Gather deeds, survey, and encroachment facts.
- Identify the filing court, venue basis, and applicable quiet-title statute.
- Draft per the structure below.
- Flag all
[VERIFY] items for attorney review.
Complaint Structure
Caption
Court name, case-number placeholder, full legal names of all parties. Follow local formatting rules.
Parties & Jurisdiction
| Element | Allegation |
|---|
| Subject-matter jurisdiction | Real property dispute; amount in controversy if threshold required |
| Personal jurisdiction | Defendant's contacts with forum state |
| Venue | Property located in [County], [State] |
Factual Allegations (Numbered Paragraphs)
- Plaintiff's property — full legal description per deed/survey; recording info
- Defendant's property — legal description; recording info; relationship to plaintiff's parcel
- Boundary dispute — how positions differ; reference deeds, conveyances, surveys, physical markers
- Survey findings — surveyor's conclusion on true boundary; methodology
- Discrepancies — conflicting deed language, ambiguous conveyances, inconsistent prior surveys
- Encroachment (if applicable) — structure type, dimensions, extent of intrusion, date discovered, notice given
Counts
Count I — Quiet Title to Boundary Line
