633.488 Reopening settlement. Whenever a final report has been approved and a final accounting has been settled in the absence of any person adversely affected and without notice to the person, the hearing onsuch report and accounting may be reopened at any time within five years from the entryof the order approving the same, upon the application of such person, and, upon a hearing,after such notice as the court may prescribe to be served upon the personal representativeand the distributees, the court may require a new accounting, or a redistribution from thedistributees. In no event, however, shall any distributee be liable to account for more thanthe property distributed to that distributee. If any property of the estate shall have passedinto the hands of good faith purchasers for value, the rights of such purchasers shall not, inany way, be affected. [C51, §1431; R60, §2456; C73, §2475; C97, §3399; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12051; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §638.11; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.488] Sat Dec 23 11:26:23 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 633.488 (34, 0)
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