Iowa Code
Chapter 611 - ACTIONS
Section 611.11 - Court may order change.

611.11 Court may order change.
If there is more than one party plaintiff or defendant, who fail to unite on the kind of proceedings to be adopted, the court, on its own motion, may direct such proceedings to be changed to the same extent as if the parties had united in asking it to be done.
[C73, §2518; C97, §3436; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10948; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §611.11]