Estate of Beck v. Engene

ANDREASEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted to the defendants in a probate proceeding. The court dismissed the plaintiffs’ petition to set aside probate of the decedent’s will because the petition was not timely filed. The district court rejected the plaintiffs’ claim that due process required that they be given mailed notice of the admission of the will to probate before their action could be barred. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

I. Scope of Review.

Summary judgment is appropriate under Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 237 only when no genuine issue of…