252.15 - RECOVERY BY RELATIVE. - Iowa Statutes

252.15 RECOVERY BY RELATIVE. A more distant relation, who may have been compelled to aid a poor person, may recover from any one or more of the nearer relatives, and one so compelled to aid may recover contribution from others in the same degree, and a recovery may be had against the poor person or the person's estate, if, after such aid or support has been given, the person aided or supported becomes able to repay the same; but proceedings to recover therefor must be brought within two years from the time a cause of action accrues.          Section History: Early Form [C51, § 807; R60, § 1375; C73, § 1351; C97, § 2223; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 5310; C39, § 3828.087; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 252.15]