MATTER OF ESTATE OF PARSONS

No. 60841.

272 N.W.2d 16 (1978)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Ronald L. PARSONS, Deceased. Shirley Diane PARSONS, Administrator, Appellee, v. Richard Lee PARSONS and James Scott Parsons, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Koehler, Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

Don W. Thompson, Sioux City, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

Ronald L. Parsons was killed on October 3, 1973. He was survived by his widow and his two adopted children from a prior marriage. The probate court appointed Parsons' widow as administrator of his estate. At that time § 633.336 of the 1973 Code provided:

When a wrongful act produces death, damages recovered therefor shall be disposed of as personal property belonging to the estate of the...

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