other claims in the probate of Louie’s will:
Because we find the forfeiture provision of the family
settlement ...
precluding them from proceeding on their other claims in probate.
Id. On April 16, 2010, the supreme court granted ... (2011), all actions of the probate court,
except for some specific actions not applicable here, are tried in equity. Our
the probate court’s denial of her bailment claim
against the estate of Lewis R. Martin. AFFIRMED AND REMANDED WITH ... Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Doyle and Tabor, JJ.
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DOYLE, J.
Norma Dinnes appeals the probate court’s denial of ... later in August 2009. After filing a petition for probate of Lewis’s
will in September 2009, the Martins’ son
eighty acres of farmland at a discounted price, based
on the value of the land claimed in the probate inventory of the ... probate on June 3,
1999. Delores was appointed executor and administered the estate. On May 16,
2000, one month after ... may be corrected in the probate court at
any time before his final settlement and discharge, and after that
time by
beneficiaries of a life insurance
policy that was not included in the probate estate were responsible for
the ... clearly imposing liability for estate tax
on named beneficiaries of life insurance proceeds not part of the probate ... is whether the designated
beneficiaries of a life insurance policy not included in the probate estate
may be held
admission of my
Will to probate and the appointment of my executors, the executors
shall give JOHN notice of his ... RIGHTS.
II. Standard of Review
Our review of probate matters, subject to certain exceptions not applicable
action, “and all other matters triable in probate shall be tried by the probate court
as a proceeding in equity
February 5, 2001 codicil were admitted to probate in Johnson County on
February 18, 2004. Iowa State Bank and Trust ... ); In
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re Estate of Young, 273 N.W.2d 388, 391 (Iowa 1978) (stating all court orders
entered in probate
probate matters
in the state.
The Iowa district court is composed of different kinds of judicial officers with varying ... screened and selected by the county
magistrate appointing commission.
• Associate probate judges—have jurisdiction limited ... to probate cases and have authority to audit
accounts and perform judicial duties in probate as prescribed by the
Court for Polk County, Craig E. Block,
Associate Probate Judge.
A biological father appeals the district ...
terminated.
The case was tried to the probate court in May 2014, and the court issued
its decision in June 2014 ... probate as law actions. See Iowa Code
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§§ 633.33, .555 (2013). Our review of actions tried at law is for the
his will was admitted to probate. The will
provides in pertinent part:
I bequeath all of the residue of my estate ... upon distribution
from probate, if she has predeceased me, this trust shall
be administered and distributed as follows ... in
Carl’s will.
Lois died in 2009 and her will, executed in 2001, was admitted to probate
on September 11, 2009