Legal Opinion
In Re the Estate of Serovy
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 24, 2006No. 04-0848PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
Allan Serovy and Pearl Serovy, the son and daughter-in-law of Mary H. Serovy, deceased, appeal from an order of the probate court subjecting a joint-tenancy interest in real estate held by Mary at the time of her death to a claim of the Iowa Department of Human Services for the cost of medical assistance provided to Mary as a Medicaid recipient. Allan and Pearl are the surviving joint owners of the property. They urge that, to the extent Iowa Code section 249A.5(2) (2003) authorizes the ruling of the probate court, that statute is an unlawful impairment of the obligation of a…
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