In the Matter of the Estate of Ralph Roethler, Kent Lewis and Becky Lewis v. Angela M. Kuehn, Cheryl L. Upton, Jacquelyn F. Betsworth, Daniel W. Roethler, Mary Anne James, James F. Roethler, Donald A. Roethler, Constance L. Duke, Gerald E. Roethler, Kathleen S. Good, John M. Roethler, Daniel Lee Homan, and Frank E. Homan

ZAGER, Justice.

In this appeal, we must determine when the district court can properly reopen a probate estate under Iowa Code section 633.489 (2009). Becky and Kent Lewis (“Lewises”), plaintiffs, sought to reopen Ralph Roethler’s estate to allow them to exercise a “first right to purchase” eighty acres of farmland. The executor of the estate did not notify the Lewises that the will contained this right during the administration of this estate. The district court held the Lewises met the statutory grounds set out in section 633.489 to reopen Ralph Roethler’s estate. The court of appeals…