Opinion ID: 1583561
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Estate of Scott David Boots.

Text: Count III of the petition concerned the estate of Scott David Boots. The record shows that a total of five delinquency notices were issued in this estate. Again, the record demonstrates that Joy did not attend scheduled court hearings and, on at least one occasion, failed to file an affidavit showing that notice of a hearing had been sent to fiduciaries as required by court order. As in the Shulista matter, the executors ultimately took matters into their own hands. They eventually discharged Joy and hired attorney Janette Voss to complete work on the estate. At a hearing attended by Joy and Voss, Joy represented to the district court that the final report, the Iowa inheritance tax return, and all fiduciary income tax returns (state and federal) had been prepared. He further represented that he would deliver them to Voss within the next several days. In light of these representations, the district court ordered that the Iowa inheritance tax return and all fiduciary income tax returns be filed in short order. Joy was further directed to file a compliance report with the clerk indicating that these actions had been taken. Joy did not deliver the documents, however, and did not file a compliance report as required by court order. When the matter was set for another hearing, Joy was ordered to appear but again did not. Joy was again ordered to turn over his entire file to successor counsel, and again failed to do so. Eventually the estate was closed, without Joy's further assistance, after being open for almost ten years.