Terms Used In Iowa Code 651.3

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Probate: Proving a will
 If an entire interest in real estate is owned by a decedent on whose estate administration or probate is pending a partition action shall not be brought until four months after the second publication of the notice of the appointment of the personal representative. A partition action shall not be brought at any time while an application for authority to sell such real estate is pending in a probate proceeding.