{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-597.5","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 597.5","heading":"Attorney in fact.","body":"A husband or wife may constitute the other spouse as the husband’s or wife’s attorney in fact, to control and dispose of the husband’s or wife’s property, including the relinquishment of homestead rights and surviving spouse’s statutory share in the homestead, as provided in section 561.13, for their mutual benefit, and may revoke the appointment, the same as other persons.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 597 - HUSBAND AND WIFE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/597.5.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:15Z","sha256":"0f0934488bf5828d83ea728ff2e4165b1d3f27cc8fcb4d80a356be4ce3b6568b","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-597.4","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-597.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}