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In the Matter of the Estate of Gloria J. Pflughaupt, deceased.
Cabrina Bell and Jamie Pflughaupt, Appellants,
Kimberlee K. Leopold and Jordan H. Pflughaupt.
Attorney for Appellants
Jenny L. Weiss
Attorney for Appellees
Jennifer L. Zahradnik
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, The Honorable Mark D. Fisher, Judge. AFFIRMED AND REMANDED. Considered without oral argument by Schumacher, P.J., and Badding and Langholz, JJ. Opinion by Badding, J. (10 pages)
Cabrina Pflughaupt and James Pflughaupt appeal the probate court’s order rejecting their proposal to purchase farmland from their mother’s estate and removing them as co-executors for self-dealing and other grounds. OPINION HOLDS: We agree that the co-executors, through their self-dealing, have mismanaged the estate and failed to perform their fiduciary duties. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm the order of the probate court on all issues and remand for further proceedings
