included a bequest to Thomas in the
amount of $5,000.
Thomas filed a claim in Hoffman’s probate alleging ... . Thomas appeals.
II. Scope of Review.
As probate claims are tried as law actions, our review is for correction of
delinquencies in payment.
On October 21, 2005, Molo Quint filed a claim in probate for $48,828.80
plus interest for ... . Standard of Review
Claims in probate are triable at law. Iowa Code § 633.33 (2005).
Therefore, our standard of
of a deceased sole
practitioner. Often the decedent planned to avoid formal probate of his or her
estate, but did ... .
Iowa Probate Code. The first course of action is to proceed under the
Iowa probate code. The personal representative ... under rule
35.17 therefore offers a second avenue for compensation of the
trustee even if formal probate is undertaken
property.
“Probate matters are tried in equity, and the district court’s ruling on the
merits is reviewed de novo.” In
Associate Probate Judge denied her request and we affirmed in an unpublished
opinion. In re the Estate of Griffieon, No
estate, but never listed it as an asset of the estate.
In April 2000 the probate court approved the final report for ... probate proceeding. The court
ordered Pittman to pay Kearney the net value, as then known by Kearney and
the court, of ... during the probate proceeding and by retaining the
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payments, knowing Kearney was Barloon’s only legal heir and
context of probate cases). Because he failed to timely file
documents to pursue the appeals to which he was appointed ... notices, file the
required reports, and cure the numerous delinquencies” in four probate
cases); Iowa Supreme Ct. Att’y ... neglected his client’s probate matter after being ordered
by the court to refrain from representing clients in probate
.
Emogene died on March 1, 2007, and her August 11, 2004 will was
admitted to probate. Beverly objected,2 claiming Emogene ... Janice acted as attorney-in-fact was not set
aside until 2005 during probate of Roy’s estate.
2 Janice died in June ... the quitclaim deed, our review is de novo.
See Iowa Code § 633.33 (“[A]ll other matters triable in probate shall be
the will. She designated
Ackerman as the attorney in the probate report filed with the court in the
probate ... was
valued at $200,000 in the probate inventory.
During the pendency of the probate proceedings, James and ... the estate. See id.; see also Iowa Code § 633.82. Many of these tasks
are identified in the probate code, but some
regard to
the specialized topics of real estate and probate in which he has vast
experience. Thomas has also actively ... experience tarnished by several delinquencies related
to his probate practice area. He has struggled with deadlines over the ... . Thomas has also received a
public reprimand for failing to communicate with his client in a probate
case.
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