Iowa Code 633.239 – Share to embrace homestead
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.239
- Charges: includes costs of administration, funeral expenses, cost of monument, and federal estate taxes. See Iowa Code 633.3
- 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
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Iowa Code 633.3
- Surviving spouse: means the surviving wife or husband, as the case may be. See Iowa Code 633.3
The share of the surviving spouse in such real estate shall be set off in such manner as to include the homestead, or so much thereof as will be equal to the share allotted to the spouse pursuant to section 633.238 unless the spouse prefers a different arrangement, but no such different arrangement shall be allowed unless there is sufficient property remaining to pay the claims and charges against the decedent‘s estate.