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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.332

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Surviving spouse: means the surviving wife or husband, as the case may be. See Iowa Code 633.3
 When the decedent left a surviving spouse, all personal property which in the hands of the decedent as head of a family would be exempt from execution, which is bequeathed or set aside to the surviving spouse in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be exempt in the hands of such surviving spouse as in the hands of the decedent.