Iowa Code 633.444 – Applicability of rules of civil procedure
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.444
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Personal representative: includes executor and administrator. See Iowa Code 633.3
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
The personal representative shall file a pre-answer motion or answer to a claim within twenty days from the filing of the request for hearing on the claim in the same manner as though the claim were a petition filed in an ordinary action, and thereafter, all provisions of law and rules of civil procedure applicable to motions, pleadings and the trial of ordinary actions shall apply; provided, however, that a restatement of such claim shall not be barred by the provisions of section 633.410.