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MATTER OF ESTATE OF JONES

No. 88-385.

434 N.W.2d 130 (1988)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Kenneth W. JONES. Ethel OSSMAN, f/k/a Ethel Jones, Appellee, v. Robert J. PATTEE, Jr., Executor of the Estate of Kenneth W. Jones, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

October 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Pattee of Robert J. Pattee, P.C., Independence, for appellant.

Daryl E. Roberts of Roberts & Murphy, Independence, for appellee.

Considered en banc.

DONIELSON, Presiding Judge.

The executor appeals from the district court ruling which continues alimony payments to the decedent's former wife. The executor asserts that the alimony terminated at decedent's death because the dissolution decree did not specifically provide for it to continue after his death.

The five-year marriage of Ethel and Kenneth W. Jones was dissolved in 1976. The decree directed Kenneth to pay Ethel alimony of $100 per month "until such...

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