House
Study
Bill
29
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
BALTIMORE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
information
required
to
be
contained
in
1
petitions
for
administration
of
small
estates
and
including
2
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
635.2,
subsection
2,
Code
2017,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
The
name
and
address
of
the
surviving
spouse
,
and
the
3
name
and
relationship
of
each
beneficiary
in
a
testate
estate
4
or
known
heirs
in
an
intestate
estate
.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
635.2,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
6
following
new
subsection:
7
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
The
name
and
relationship
of
each
heir
8
so
far
as
known
to
the
petitioner
in
an
intestate
estate.
9
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
petitions
filed
10
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
relates
to
the
information
required
to
be
15
contained
in
petitions
for
administration
of
small
estates.
16
Code
chapter
635
provides
for
a
simplified
probate
procedure
17
for
small
estates,
which
are
estates
where
the
gross
value
of
18
the
decedent’s
probate
assets
does
not
exceed
$100,000.
A
19
petition
for
administration
of
a
small
estate
must
contain
20
certain
specified
information,
including
the
name
and
21
relationship
of
each
beneficiary
in
a
testate
estate.
The
bill
22
provides
that
the
name
and
relationship
of
each
beneficiary
23
in
a
testate
estate
does
not
need
to
be
contained
in
such
a
24
petition.
25
The
bill
applies
to
petitions
filed
on
or
after
the
effective
26
date
of
this
bill.
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