Iowa Code 633.229 – Petition for administration of an intestate estate
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The petition for administration of an intestate estate shall contain the following:
1. The name, domicile and date of death of the decedent.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.229
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Estate: means the real and personal property of either a decedent or a ward, and may also refer to the real and personal property of a trust described in section 633. See Iowa Code 633.3
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Heir: means any person, except the surviving spouse, who is entitled to property of a decedent under the statutes of intestate succession. See Iowa Code 633.3
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Iowa Code 633.3
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Iowa Code 633.701
- Surviving spouse: means the surviving wife or husband, as the case may be. See Iowa Code 633.3
2. If the decedent was domiciled outside the state at the time of the decedent’s death, a statement that the decedent had property within the county in which the petition is filed, or any other basis for jurisdiction in such county.
3. The name and address of the surviving spouse, if any, and the name and address of each heir so far as known to the petitioner.
4. The estimated value of the personal property of the estate plus the estimated gross annual income of the estate during the period of administration.