Iowa State Representative Jon Jacobsen Seeks to Establish Specialty Probate Courts

State Rep. Jon Jacobsen, R-Council Bluffs, is seeking to establish specialty probate courts in Iowa.

Jacobsen, an attorney, vice president and senior trust officer, told The Center Square in a phone interview Tuesday that if the bill, House File 2268, passes, the Iowa Supreme Court would create two more probate courts in the state: one in an eastern county and one in a western county.

Qualified full-time associate probate judges would be dedicated to hearing trust law and probate law cases. That area of law, which most judges don’t have much experience in, has “a steep learning curve,” Jacobsen said.

Iowa would be among the first states in the Midwest to adopt specialty probate courts, he said.

Jacobsen said Iowa’s courts that singularly hear certain types of law have provided quicker, more accurate decisions.

“It brings in judges with a real degree of expertise having worked in these fields for so long who really understand the law both as it’s been codified and in common law to render some really excellent decisions that are best for Iowans,” he said.

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Jacobsen Calls for the Creation of Specialty Probate Courts in Iowa