Upon the petition of any interested person, the court may, with such notice as it may prescribe, order an estate reopened if other property be discovered, if any necessary act remains unperformed, or for any other proper cause appearing to the court. It may reappoint the personal representative, or appoint another personal representative, to administer any additional property or to perform other such acts as may be deemed necessary. The provisions of law as to original administration shall apply, insofar as applicable, to accomplish the purpose for which the estate is reopened, but a claim which is already barred can, in no event, be asserted in the reopened administration.
Iowa Code § 633.489
Reopening administration
Known as the Iowa Probate Code
The act spans §§ 633–633 (527 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In the Matter of the Estate of Carroll Irving Sampson, Cheryl Ann Murken and Mary Ann Smith, Coexecutors of the Christine Rosilia Sampson Estate (2013)
Most recently applied in In the Matter of the Estate of Carroll Irving Sampson, Cheryl Ann Murken and Mary Ann Smith, Coexecutors of the Christine Rosilia Sampson Estate (October 2013)
[S13, §3305; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11892; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §633.48; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.489]
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