598.20  Forfeiture of marital rights.

When a dissolution of marriage is decreed the parties shall forfeit all rights acquired by marriage which are not specifically preserved in the decree. This provision shall not obviate any of the provisions of section 598.21.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 1486; C73, § 2230; C97, § 3181; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 10483; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 598.16; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 598.20]


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