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Richard Grout as Trustee of the Helen Schardein 2018 Revocable Trust
v.
Dan R. Sickels
Respondent appealed from a district court ruling finding his joint tenancy in certain real estate was severed by the other joint tenant’s issuance of a warranty deed transferring her interest in the property to a revocable trust. The court of appeals affirmed. Respondent seeks further review.
Resister
Richard Grout as Trustee of the Helen Schardein 2018 Revocable Trust
Applicant
Dan R. Sickels
Attorney for the Resister
Douglas D. Daggett
Attorney for the Applicant
David J. Hellstern
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Ringgold County, Michael Jacobsen, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by May, P.J., and Schumacher and Badding, JJ. Opinion by Badding, J. (15 pages)
Dan Sickels appeals a district court ruling granting a petition for partition of real property by sale and the court’s award of the net proceeds. Sickels argues the court erred in determining his interest in the property as a joint tenant with full rights of survivorship was divested and not awarding him one-half of the proceeds from the sale. OPINION HOLDS: Finding no error in the court’s determination that the joint tenancy was severed or in its award of the net proceeds, we affirm.