2009 Iowa Code
Title 15 - Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures
Subtitle 4 - Probate - Fiduciaries
CHAPTER 633A - IOWA TRUST CODE
633A.3108 - LIMITATION ON CONTEST OF REVOCABLE TRUST.

        633A.3108  LIMITATION ON CONTEST OF REVOCABLE TRUST.

         Unless notice is given as provided in section 633A.3109, the
      following provisions shall apply:
         1.  Unless previously barred by adjudication, consent, or other
      limitation, a proceeding to contest the validity of a revocable trust
      must be brought no later than one year following the death of the
      settlor.
         2.  Unless the trustee is a party to a pending proceeding
      contesting its validity, on or after the date six months following
      the death of the settlor, the trustee of a revocable trust may assume
      the trust's validity and proceed to distribute the trust property in
      accordance with the terms of the trust, without liability for so
      doing.  Liability for an improper distribution in such a case is
      solely on the beneficiaries.  

         Section History: Recent Form

         99 Acts, ch 125, §32, 109; 2000 Acts, ch 1150, §17
         C2001, §633.3108
         2005 Acts, ch 38, §54, 55
         CS2005, §633A.3108
         2008 Acts, ch 1119, §29, 39 

         Footnotes

         2008 amendments to subsection 2 apply to trusts in existence on or
      after July 1, 2008; 2008 Acts, ch 1119, §39