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Iowa Code § 633.679 (2026)

Petition to terminate — request for voting rights reinstatement

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1. At any time after the appointment of a guardian or conservator, the person under guardianship or conservatorship may apply to the court by petition, alleging that the person is no longer a proper subject thereof, and asking that the guardianship or conservatorship be terminated.

2. A person under an order appointing a guardian which order found the person incompetent to vote may include a request for reinstatement of the person’s voting rights in a petition to terminate the guardianship or by filing a separate petition for modification of this determination. [C97, §3222; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12623; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §670.11; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.679] 89 Acts, ch 178, §20; 98 Acts, ch 1185, §11; 2010 Acts, ch 1143, §4; 2014 Acts, ch 1048, §3; 2019 Acts, ch 56, §42, 44, 45; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §363 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1972–2017 · leading case: Matter of Guardianship of Hedin, 528 N.W.2d 567 (Iowa 1995).
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Matter of Guardianship of Hedin, 528 N.W.2d 567 (Iowa 1995). · cites it 4× “" Iowa Code § 633.679 . Among the grounds for termination of the guardianship are: 3.”
Guardianship & Conservatorship of Schmidt, 401 N.W.2d 37 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code section 633.679 (1985) provides: At any time, not less than six months after the appointment of a guardian or conservator, the 'person under guardianship or conservatorship may apply to the court by petition, alleging that the person is no longer a proper subject…”
Suplee v. Stonebraker, 195 N.W.2d 678 (Iowa 1972). · cites it 2× “Section 633.679, The Code. This is the first case to reach this court involving the termination of a conservator- *682 ship (guardian of the property under the prior law) since the effective date of our probate code (chapter 633) in 1964.”
Cory Joseph Maruna v. Kimberly R. Harper (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 13× “” Despite this concession, we will address Harper’s argument, which is premised on Iowa Code section 633.679 (2015).”
In the Matter of the Guardianship of S.K.M., Jared McTaggart, Interested Party-Father of Minor child/appellant, Eric J. Metz & Christina M. Metz, Guardians of Minor child/appellees. (Iowa Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 9× “See Iowa Code § 633.679 (1) (providing “the person under guardianship or conservatorship may apply to the court by petition .”
Hedin v. Gonzales, 528 N.W.2d 567 (Iowa 1995). · cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 633.679 . Among the grounds for termination of the guardianship are: 3.”
— Iowa Code § 633.679(2) — 2 cases
In the Matter of the Guardianship of S.K.M., Jared McTaggart, Interested Party-Father of Minor child/appellant, Eric J. Metz & Christina M. Metz, Guardians of Minor child/appellees. (Iowa Ct. App. 2017). “See Iowa Code § 633.679 (1) (providing “the person under guardianship or conservatorship may apply to the court by petition .”
Cory Joseph Maruna v. Kimberly R. Harper (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). “” Despite this concession, we will address Harper’s argument, which is premised on Iowa Code section 633.679 (2015).”
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