to probate the estate.”).
The parties do not dispute that a loan is a business transaction.
Iowa Supreme Ct
her behalf.
Iowa Code § 249A.5(2)(a). Further, the estate is deemed to include certain non-
probate assets
commitment cases); State ex rel. Pearson v.
Probate Court of Ramsey County, 287 N.W. 297, 303 (Minn. 1939) (denial of jury trial
a petition in probate for Jan’s estate.
4 Lynn did pay his daughter, Jennifer Landas, $3000 as set forth in Jan’s will
to him. He and his
wife, Sandra, then filed a claim in probate, seeking compensation for “[c]ustom
farm work, rent
review the record de novo. This case was tried by the probate court in
equity. See Iowa Code § 633.33; In re Barkema
.
4
II. Scope of Review.
“Because this action was tried in probate as a proceeding in equity, our
review is
Juvenile
Judge, Hospitalization or Probate Referee, Special Master, or Magistrate shall comply with
the Code of Judicial
) became embroiled in certain
disputes involving the probate of their mother’s estate and the
administration of a trust
point for our
analysis of the 1976 wills. That probate provision states: “No will shall be
construed to be