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DUDDEN v. GOODMAN

No. 94-0235.

543 N.W.2d 624 (1995)

Roger P. DUDDEN and Marcia Dudden, As Executors of the Estate of Claus P. Dudden, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Charles I. GOODMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

November 27, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent B. Green and Scott P. Duncan of Duncan, Green, Brown, Langeness & Eckley, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Allen E. Brennecke and James C. Ellefson of Welp, Harrison, Brennecke & Moore, Marshalltown, for appellees.

Considered by DONIELSON, C.J., and HABHAB and HUITINK, JJ.

HABHAB, Judge.

This case concerns the alleged legal malpractice of Charles I. Goodman in the preparation of the tax returns for the estate of Claus P. Dudden. Specifically, the plaintiffs claim Goodman failed to take the marital deduction or take advantage of the qualified terminable interest property provision (QTIP) of the will.

Claus died on May 21, 1982. Goodman probated Claus's estate, including the preparation of the estate's federal and state tax returns...

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