Iowa Code § 232D.202
Death of parents
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2020
1. The court may appoint a guardian for a minor if both parents are deceased.
1. The court may appoint a guardian for a minor if both parents are deceased.
2. In appointing a guardian for a minor whose parents are deceased, the court shall give preference to a person, if qualified and suitable, nominated as guardian for a minor by a will that was executed by the parent or parents having legal custody of the minor at the time of the parent’s or parents’ death, and that was admitted to probate under chapter 633.
2. In appointing a guardian for a minor whose parents are deceased, the court shall give preference to a person, if qualified and suitable, nominated as guardian for a minor by a will that was executed by the parent or parents having legal custody of the minor at the time of the parent’s or parents’ death, and that was admitted to probate under chapter 633.
Section takes effect January 1, 2020, and applies to guardianships and guardianship proceedings of minors established or pending before, on, or after that date; 2019 Acts, ch 56, §44, 45
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