Iowa Code § 651.30: Alternatives to partition in kind.

At the conclusion of a cotenant buyout as provided in section 651.29, the court shall order the heirs property to be partitioned in kind unless the court, after consideration of all factors pursuant to section 651.31, finds that partition in kind will result in great prejudice to the cotenants as a group. In considering whether to order the heirs property to be partitioned in kind, the court shall approve a request by two or more cotenants to aggregate their individual interests in the heirs property.