Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of DeTar

Court of Appeals of Iowa

Decided October 29, 1997No. 96-0588PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SACKETT, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Kathleen Jordan, one of Marie Brown DeTar’s eight children and an heir at law, appeals the trial court’s approval of the administrators’ final report in Marie’s estate. We affirm.

Marie lived in a nursing home and was receiving assistance at the time of her death on February 13, 1994. She died intestate. Her husband, Eli DeTar, not the father of her children, had recently died and Marie had a claim pending against his estate. Ultimately, this claim was settled for about $26,-000. Marie’s probate inventory includes this claim and reports a net estate, after…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Metropolitan Jacobson Development Venture v. Board of Review of Des MoinesCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1991
  2. Kubik v. BurkCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1995
  3. Turner v. JonesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
  4. Matter of Estate of WeidmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1991
  5. Matter of Estate of MyersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  2. First Federal Credit Union v. Laurie A. Stribling and Jon M. StriblingCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2015
  3. Kris Koestner v. Margel StewartCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2016
  4. MATTER OF ESTATE OF DeTARCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1997
  5. Michelle Lynn Kehoe v. State of IowaCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2019

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