Iowa Code § 633.246
Election not subject to change
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Current — January 1, 2017
As of January 1, 2012
An election by or on behalf of a surviving spouse to take the share provided in section 633.211, 633.212, 633.236, 633.238, 633.240, or 633.244 shall be binding and shall not be subject to change except for such causes as would justify an equitable decree for the rescission of a deed.
1. An election by or on behalf of a surviving spouse to take the share provided in section 633.211, 633.212, 633.236, 633.238, 633.240, or 633.244 shall be binding and shall not be subject to change except for such causes as would justify an equitable decree for the rescission of a deed.
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2009 amendment to this section applies to estates of decedents and revocable trusts of settlors dying on or after July 1, 2009; 2009 Acts, ch 52, §14
2. An affirmative election to take under the will, receive the intestate share, or take under the revocable trust shall be irrevocable when filed as provided in section 633.237.
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