Subject to the rights of the surviving spouse, the homestead may be devised like other real estate of the testator. [C51, §1266; R60, §2298; C73, §2010; C97, §2987; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 10148; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §561.14 ]