633.536 Procedure to deny benefits to a person causing death or injury. A determination under section 633.535 may be made by any court of competent jurisdiction by a preponderance of the evidence separate and apart from any criminal proceedingarising from the death. However, such a civil proceeding shall not proceed to trial, andthe person causing death is not required to submit to discovery in such a civil proceedinguntil the criminal proceeding has been finally determined by the trial court, or in the eventno criminal charge has been brought, until six months after the date of death. A personconvicted of murder or voluntary manslaughter of the decedent is conclusively presumed tohave intentionally and unjustifiably caused the death for purposes of this section and section633.535. [C97, §3386; S13, §3386; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12033; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §636.48; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.536] 87 Acts, ch 9, §2Referred to in §633.535 Sat Dec 23 11:26:43 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 633.536 (36, 0)
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