HARRIS, Justice.
An Iowa statute sets priorities among estate assets in order to assign the burdens of paying the various estate obligations. This is an appeal from a court ruling which applied the statute in a rather complex situation. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
Burdens are assigned by way of abatement. Abatement is "the reduction of gifts in a will because of insufficiency of funds to pay all debts, charges, and gifts in full." In...
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