Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Iowa

My half brother was researching trying to find his elderly father that abandoned him and mom when he was a baby. He never had further contact or paid child support and never knew where he lived but just found out he died in Iowa a few years ago. If he had an estate, should my brother have been notified as an heir even if there was a remarriage with subsequent children?


Asked on 7/24/09, 6:54 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Luedeman solo practitioner

You haven't said whether your brother's father died intestate or not. Either way there's no requirement that I know of that mandates notification. Typically the attorney for the estate posts a notice in the local legal newspaper giving all persons with a potential claim against the estate a set time to come forward. I suspect that time has passed.

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Answered on 7/26/09, 11:48 pm


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