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TIERNEY v. LANTZ

No. 92-1578.

505 N.W.2d 513 (1993)

Alda Joan Kentner TIERNEY, Lyman Wakefield Kentner, Jr., Martha Evalyn Kentner Maxwell, Mary Gayle Kentner Lollar, Gary Ohler Kentner, Erma Lee Kentner McGuire, Phyllis Jean Kentner McGuire, and Jacob Cyrus (J.C.) Kentner, Claimants, Appellants, v. Gladys LANTZ, Executor of the Estate of Zella A. Kentner, Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

June 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.R. Hannan of Perkins, Sacks, Hannan, Reilly & Peterson, Council Bluffs, for appellants.

R. John Swanson of Swanson Law Firm, Red Oak, for appellee.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and DONIELSON, J., and KEEFE, S.J.

DONIELSON, Judge.

In 1975, Lyman Kentner, a widower with eight adult children, married Zella, a widow with three adult children. Shortly after their marriage, Zella transferred her house in Kansas to herself and Lyman as joint tenants, and Lyman transferred his home in Missouri to himself and Zella as tenants by the entirety. In 1976, they sold the Missouri real estate and lived together in the Kansas home. In 1984, Lyman died and no will was admitted to probate....

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