The part ofthe intestate estate not passingto the surviving spouse, or ifthere isno surviving spouse, the entire net estate passes as follows: 1. To the issue of the decedent per stirpes. 2. Ifthere isno surviving issue, to the parents of the decedent equally; and ifeither parent isdead, the portion that would have gone to such deceased parent shall go to the survivor. 3. Ifthere is no person to take under either subsection 1 or 2 of this section, the estate shall be divided and set aside into two equal shares. One share shall be distributed to the issue of the decedent’s mother per stirpes and one share shall be distributed to the issue of the decedent’s father per stirpes. Ifthere are no survivingissue of one deceased parent, the entire estate passes to the issue of the other deceased parent in accordance with this subsection. 4. Ifthere is no person to take under subsection 1, 2,or 3 of this section, and the decedent issurvived by one or more grandparents or issue of grandparents, half the estate passes to the paternal grandparents, ifboth survive, or to the surviving paternal grandparent if only one survives. Ifneither paternal grandparent survives, this half share shall be further divided into two equal subshares. One subshare shall be distributed to the issue of the decedent’s paternal grandmother per stirpes and one subshare shall be distributed to the issue of the decedent’s paternal grandfather per stirpes. Ifthere are no surviving issue of one deceased paternal grandparent, the entire half share passes to the issue of the other deceased paternal grandparent and their issue in the same manner. The other half of the decedent’s estate passes to the maternal grandparents and their issue in the same manner. If there are no surviving grandparents or issue of grandparents on either the paternal or maternal side, the entire estate passes to the decedent’s surviving grandparents or their issue on the other side in accordance with this subsection. 5. If there is no person to take under subsection 1, 2, 3, or 4 of this section, and the decedent is survived by one or more great-grandparents or issue of great-grandparents, the estate passes equally to each set of great-grandparents, or to their issue, ifany survive, per stirpes. 6. Ifthere is no person to take under subsection 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 of this section, the portion uninherited shall go to the issue of the deceased spouse of the intestate, per stirpes. If the intestate has had more thanone spouse who died in lawful wedlock, itshall be equally divided between the issue, per stirpes, of those deceased spouses. 7. If there is no person who qualifies under either subsection 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 of this section, the intestate property shall escheat to the state of Iowa.
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