Iowa § 633.427 Payment of contingent claims by distributees — contribution

Iowa Statutes

§ 633.427 — Payment of contingent claims by distributees — contribution

Iowa § 633.427

Title XVJUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES

Ch. 633PROBATE CODE

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Iowa Code § 633.427 (2026).

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If a contingent claim has been filed and allowed against an estate and all the assets of the
estate have been distributed, and the claim becomes absolute, the creditor has the right to
recoverontheclaimagainstthosedistributeeswhosedistributiveshareshavebeenincreased
because the amount of the claim as finally determined was not paid prior to final distribution,
if an action for recovery is commenced within four months after the claim becomes absolute.
Such distributees are jointly and severally liable, but a distributee is not liable for an amount
exceeding the amount of the estate or fund so distributed to that distributee. If more than
one distributee is liable to the creditor, the creditor shall make parties to the action all such
distributees who can be reached by process. By its judgme

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If a contingent claim has been filed and allowed against an estate and all the assets of the
estate have been distributed, and the claim becomes absolute, the creditor has the right to
recoverontheclaimagainstthosedistributeeswhosedistributiveshareshavebeenincreased
because the amount of the claim as finally determined was not paid prior to final distribution,
if an action for recovery is commenced within four months after the claim becomes absolute.
Such distributees are jointly and severally liable, but a distributee is not liable for an amount
exceeding the amount of the estate or fund so distributed to that distributee. If more than
one distributee is liable to the creditor, the creditor shall make parties to the action all such
distributees who can be reached by process. By its judgment, the court shall determine the
amountoftheliabilityofeachofthedistributeesasbetweenthemselves, butifanydistributee
is insolvent or unable to pay that distributee’s proportion, or is beyond the reach of process,
the others, to the extent of their respective liabilities, are nevertheless liable to the creditor
for the whole amount of the creditor’s debt. If any person liable for the debt fails to pay
that person’s just proportion to the creditors, the person is liable to indemnify all who, by
reason of the failure, have paid more than their just proportion of the debt, the indemnity to
be recovered in the same action or in separate actions.