We say that a finite Abelian group Γ has the constant-sum-partition property into t sets (CSP(t)-property) if for every partition n = r 1 + r 2 + . . . + r t of n, with r i ≥ 2 for 2 ≤ i ≤ t, there is a partition of Γ into pairwise disjoint subsets A 1 , A 2 , . . . , A t , such that |A i | = r i and for some ν ∈ Γ, a∈Ai a = ν for 1 ≤ i ≤ t. For ν = g 0 (where g 0 is the identity element of Γ) we say that Γ has zero-sum-partition property into t sets (ZSP(t)-property).A Γ-distance magic labeling of a graph G = (V, E) with |V | = n is a bijection from V to an Abelian group Γ of order n such that the weight w(x) = y∈N (x) (y) of every vertex x ∈ V is equal to the same element µ ∈ Γ, called the magic constant. A graph G is called a group distance magic graph if there exists a Γ-distance magic labeling for every Abelian group Γ of order |V (G)|.In this paper we study the CSP(3)-property of Γ, and apply the results to the study of group distance magic complete tripartite graphs.