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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.290

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • executor: includes administrator, and the term "administrator" includes executor, where the subject matter justifies such use. 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
  • 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
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
633.290 Petitions after death of testator.
1. After the death of the testator, any interested person may file a verified petition in the district court of the proper county for any of the following:
a. To have the will admitted to probate.
b. For the appointment of the executor.
c. To request a hearing before the will is admitted to probate.
d. To request a hearing before the appointment of the executor.
e. For the production of the purported will of the decedent to be filed by the person believed by the petitioner to be in possession of the will.
2. Petitions for any of the reasons specified in subsection 1 may be combined. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.290]
2013 Acts, ch 30, §192; 2013 Acts, ch 33, §3, 9
Referred to in §635.1