633.665 Separate actions and claims. 1. Any action pending against the ward at the time the conservator is appointed shall also be considered a claim filed in the conservatorship if notice of substitution is served on theconservator as defendant and a duplicate of the proof of service of notice of such proceedingis filed in the conservatorship proceeding. 2. A separate action based on a debt or other liability of the ward may be commenced against the conservator in lieu of filing a claim in the conservatorship. Such an action shallbe commenced by serving an original notice on the conservator and filing a duplicate of theproof of service of notice of such proceeding in the conservatorship proceeding. Such anaction shall also be considered a claim filed in the conservatorship. Such an action maybe commenced only in a county where the venue would have been proper if there were noconservatorship and the action had been commenced against the ward. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.665]2019 Acts, ch 24, §89Referred to in §633.666 Sat Dec 23 11:27:40 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 633.665 (36, 0)
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