587.8 Decrees in general — affidavit of nonresidence. In all cases where decrees of court have been obtained prior to January 1, 1966, upon publication of notice before the filing of the affidavit of nonresidence, as provided by section3534, Code of 1897, or section 11081, Codes of 1924, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1939 and rule of civilprocedure, number 60, effective July 4, 1943, and the same have not been filed as providedby law, but have been filed during the time that the notice was being published, on which suchdecrees are based, are hereby legalized and such decrees shall have the same force and effectas though the affidavit of nonresidence, as provided in said section, was filed at the time of orprior to the first publication of such notice. All decrees so obtained, as aforesaid, are herebylegalized and held to have the same force and effect as though the affidavit of nonresidencehad been filed, as by law required. [S13, §3534-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10381; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §587.8] Sat Dec 23 11:08:51 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 587.8 (16, 0)
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