Iowa Code 633.231 – Notice in intestate estates — medical assistance claims
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.231
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
- clerk: means clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought or is pending; and the words "clerk's office" mean the office of that clerk. See Iowa Code 4.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Probate: Proving a will
633.231 Notice in intestate estates — medical assistance claims.
1. Upon opening administration of an intestate estate, the administrator shall, in accordance with § 633.410, provide by electronic transmission on a form approved by the department of health and human services to the entity designated by the department of health and human services, a notice of opening administration of the estate and of the appointment of the administrator, which shall include a notice to file claims with the clerk or to provide electronic notification to the administrator that the department has no claim within six months from the date of sending this notice, or thereafter be forever barred.
2. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:
In the District Court of Iowa in and for ……………….. County.
In the Estate of Probate No. …………….
……………….., Deceased
NOTICE OF OPENING ADMINISTRATION OF
ESTATE, OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITOR
To the Department of Health and Human Services Who May Be Interested in the Estate of ……………….., Deceased, who died on or about …………………… (date):
You are hereby notified that on the …….. day of ………… (month),
………… (year), an intestate estate was opened in the above-named court and that ……………….. was appointed administrator of the estate.
You are further notified that the birthdate of the deceased is
………… and the deceased’s social security number is…-…-…. The name of the spouse is …………………………… The birthdate of the spouse is ………… and the spouse’s social security number is…-…-…., and that the spouse of the deceased is alive as of the date of this notice, or deceased as of …………………… (date).
You are further notified that the deceased was/was not a disabled or a blind child of the medical assistance recipient by the name of ……………….., who had a birthdate of ………… and a social security number of…-…-…., and the medical assistance debt of that medical assistance recipient was waived pursuant to section
249A.53, subsection 2, paragraph “”a””, subparagraph (1), and is now
collectible from this estate pursuant to § 249A.53, subsection
2, paragraph “”b””.
Notice is hereby given that if the department of health and human services has a claim against the estate for the deceased person or persons named in this notice, the claim shall be filed with the clerk of the above-named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, within six months from the date of sending this notice and, unless otherwise allowed or paid, the claim is thereafter forever barred. If the department does not have a claim, the department shall return the notice to the administrator with notification stating the department does not have a claim within six months from the date of sending this notice.
Dated this …….. day of ………… (month), ………… (year)
………………..
Administrator of the estate
……………….. Address
1. Upon opening administration of an intestate estate, the administrator shall, in accordance with § 633.410, provide by electronic transmission on a form approved by the department of health and human services to the entity designated by the department of health and human services, a notice of opening administration of the estate and of the appointment of the administrator, which shall include a notice to file claims with the clerk or to provide electronic notification to the administrator that the department has no claim within six months from the date of sending this notice, or thereafter be forever barred.
2. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:
In the District Court of Iowa in and for ……………….. County.
In the Estate of Probate No. …………….
……………….., Deceased
NOTICE OF OPENING ADMINISTRATION OF
ESTATE, OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITOR
To the Department of Health and Human Services Who May Be Interested in the Estate of ……………….., Deceased, who died on or about …………………… (date):
You are hereby notified that on the …….. day of ………… (month),
………… (year), an intestate estate was opened in the above-named court and that ……………….. was appointed administrator of the estate.
You are further notified that the birthdate of the deceased is
………… and the deceased’s social security number is…-…-…. The name of the spouse is …………………………… The birthdate of the spouse is ………… and the spouse’s social security number is…-…-…., and that the spouse of the deceased is alive as of the date of this notice, or deceased as of …………………… (date).
You are further notified that the deceased was/was not a disabled or a blind child of the medical assistance recipient by the name of ……………….., who had a birthdate of ………… and a social security number of…-…-…., and the medical assistance debt of that medical assistance recipient was waived pursuant to section
249A.53, subsection 2, paragraph “”a””, subparagraph (1), and is now
collectible from this estate pursuant to § 249A.53, subsection
2, paragraph “”b””.
Notice is hereby given that if the department of health and human services has a claim against the estate for the deceased person or persons named in this notice, the claim shall be filed with the clerk of the above-named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, within six months from the date of sending this notice and, unless otherwise allowed or paid, the claim is thereafter forever barred. If the department does not have a claim, the department shall return the notice to the administrator with notification stating the department does not have a claim within six months from the date of sending this notice.
Dated this …….. day of ………… (month), ………… (year)
………………..
Administrator of the estate
……………….. Address
§633.231, PROBATE CODE 2
………………..
Attorney for the administrator
……………….. Address
2001 Acts, ch 109, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §97; 2007 Acts, ch 134, §11; 2010 Acts, ch 1137,
§4; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §139; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §171; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1275
Referred to in §633.410, 635.13
Section amended