2009 Iowa Code
Title 15 - Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures
Subtitle 4 - Probate - Fiduciaries
CHAPTER 633 - PROBATE CODE
633.241 - TIME FOR ELECTION TO RECEIVE LIFE ESTATE IN HOMESTEAD.

        633.241  TIME FOR ELECTION TO RECEIVE LIFE ESTATE IN
      HOMESTEAD.
         If the surviving spouse does not make an election to receive the
      life estate in the homestead and file it with the clerk within four
      months from the date of service of notice under section 633.237, it
      shall be conclusively presumed that the surviving spouse waives the
      right to make the election.  The court on application may, prior to
      the expiration of the period of four months, for cause shown, enter
      an order extending the time for making the election.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C97, § 3377; S13, § 3377; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12013; C46,
      50, 54, 58, 62, § 636.28; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 633.241] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         84 Acts, ch 1080, § 4; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §17; 2008 Acts, ch 1119,
      §16, 39
         Referred to in § 633.236, 633.237 

         Footnotes

         2008 amendments to this section apply to estates of decedents
      dying on or after July 1, 2008; 2008 Acts, ch 1119, § 39