Kindle Schneider, as temporary administrator for the Estate of Cynthia Miles, decendant v. Tarrah Holliday, ARNP; Amy Phillips, LISW; Zion Integrated Behavioral Health Services, Inc.; an Iowa non-profit corporation d/b/a Harbor Point CSRS and d/b/a Southwest Iowa Mental Health Center

── Kindle Schneider, as temporary administrator for the Estate of Cynthia Miles, decendant v. Tarrah Holliday, ARNP; Amy Phillips, LISW; Zion Integrated Behavioral Health Services, Inc.; an Iowa non-profit corporation d/b/a Harbor Point CSRS and d/b/a Southwest Iowa Mental Health Center ── Court: Supreme Court of Iowa Date: May 22, 2026 Category: General In the Iowa Supreme Court No. 25–0501 Submitted April 15, 2026—Filed May 22, 2026 Kindle Schneider, as temporary administrator for the Estate of Cynthia Miles, deceased, Appellee, vs. Tarrah Holliday, Amy Phillips, and Zion Integrated Behavioral Health Services, Inc., an Iowa nonprofit corporation d/b/a Harbor Point CSRS and d/b/a Southwest Iowa Mental Health Center, Appellants. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Cass County, Eric J. Nelson, judge. The defendants appeal from a district court ruling denying their motion for summary judgment on the statute of limitations. Affirmed. Waterman, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all participating justices joined. Christensen, C.J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. Stuart J. Cochrane and Brian L. Yung of Johnson, Mulholland, Cochrane, Cochrane, Yung & Engler, P.L.C., Fort Dodge, for appellants. Andrea A. Klinetobe of Carlson & Blakeman, LLP, Omaha, Nebraska, for appellee.  2 Waterman, Justice. When Cynthia Miles disappeared from a psychiatric treatment facility without a trace, her daughter, Kindle Schneider, petitioned the district court for a judicial determination that Miles was deceased. After the court made a finding that Miles was presumed dead, Schneider, as administrator of Miles’s estate, filed this civil action for wrongful death against various healthcare providers. The defendants moved for summary judgment, arguing that Schneider had moved too slowly: the statute of limitations had run. The district court denied the motion, ruling that the two-year clock began running upon the judicial declaration of death rather than when Miles went missing or any interim date. We granted the defendants’ application for interlocutory appeal and retained the case. On our review, we determine that the wrongful-death action was timely filed for the reasons explained below. I. Factual and Procedural Background. The parties largely agree on the facts. In 2021, Miles was sixty-four years old. She suffered from acute psychosis, including auditory hallucinations that, at times, instructed her to end her own life. To combat these delusions, Miles took various prescription medications and would seek skilled medical intervention when suffering a mental health crisis. Just such a crisis occurred in July, when Miles, attempting suicide, overdosed on her prescription medication. The Nebraska Medical Center (NMC) treated Miles as an inpatient for nearly a month. On August 10, NMC released Miles into the care of the Salvation Army Mental Health Respite Services. Nine days later, Miles fled from the Salvation Army and was missing for several days. Her family filed a missing person’s  3 report, but before police could locate Miles, a stranger found her and contacted her family. Miles returned to NMC as an inpatient. A few weeks later, Miles again escaped from care. Another stranger found her wandering at night in a medical gown. Miles went back to NMC, where she was placed in a locked psychiatric unit. On November 4, NMC transferred Miles to a locked memory care unit at Allen Place, a local assisted living community. Miles’s medical records indicated that she was a flight risk and that she had attempted suicide multiple times. Five days after Allen Place admitted Miles, she told staff that she was suffering from deep depression, delusional thoughts, and suicidal ideation. They transferred her to the emergency room of Cass County Memorial Hospital. That same day, the hospital placed Miles under the care of Harbor Point Crisis Stabilization Residential