597.6 Mental illness — conveyance of property.
Where either the husband or wife is mentally ill and incapable of executing a deed or mortgage relinquishing, conveying, or encumbering the husband’s or wife’s right to the real property of the other, including the homestead, the other may petition the district court of the county of that spouse’s residence or the county where the real estate to be conveyed or encumbered is situated, setting forth the facts and praying for an order authorizing the applicant or some other person to execute a deed or mortgage and relinquish or encumber the interest of the person with mental illness in said real estate.
[R60, §1500; C73, §2216; C97, §3167; S13, §3167; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10451; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §597.6]
96 Acts, ch 1129, §113
Referred to in §229.27
See also probate code §633.642
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 597 - HUSBAND AND WIFE
Section 597.1 - Property rights of married women.
Section 597.2 - Interest of spouse in other’s property.
Section 597.3 - Remedy by one against the other.
Section 597.4 - Conveyances to each other.
Section 597.5 - Attorney in fact.
Section 597.6 - Mental illness — conveyance of property.
Section 597.9 - Conveyances — revocation.
Section 597.10 - Abandonment of either — proceedings.
Section 597.11 - Contracts and sales binding.
Section 597.12 - Nonabatement of action.
Section 597.13 - Annulment of decree.
Section 597.14 - Family expenses.
Section 597.15 - Custody of children.
Section 597.16 - Wages of married person — actions by.
Section 597.17 - Liability for separate debts.
Section 597.18 - Contracts of married person.
Section 597.19 - Spouse not liable for torts of other spouse.