Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 561.14 (2026)

Devise

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Subject to the rights of the surviving spouse, the homestead may be devised like other real estate of the testator. [C51, §1266; R60, §2298; C73, §2010; C97, §2987; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10148; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §561.14]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1974–2023 · leading case: Matter of Est. of Keegan, 369 N.W.2d 447 (Iowa 1985).

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Matter of Est. of Keegan, 369 N.W.2d 447 (Iowa 1985). · cites it 2× “Section 561.14: Subject to the rights of the surviving husband or wife, the homestead may be devised like other real estate of the testator.”

In re the Est. of Williams, 216 N.W.2d 568 (Iowa 1974). “§ 561.14. If there be no survivor, the homestead descends to the issue of either husband or wife according to the rules of descent, unless otherwise directed by will.”

William L. Ostrander & Joyce M. Ostrander (Bankr. D. Iowa 2023). · cites it 2× “The Supreme Court of Iowa there adopted the view later codified in current section 561.14, which is: “the owner of the homestead may devise it to whom he pleases, just as with the consent of the spouse he may sell and convey it or give it away in his lifetime.”

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