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WI Stat § 847.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 847 - Miscellaneous real estate actions.|847.07 - Correction of description in conveyance.

847.07  Correction of description in conveyance. (1) The circuit court of any county in which a conveyance of real estate has been recorded may make an order correcting the description in the conveyance on proof being made to the satisfaction of the court that any of the following applies:(a) The conveyance contains an erroneous description, not intended by the parties to the conveyance.(b) The description is ambiguous and does not clearly or fully describe the premises intended to be conveyed.(c) The grantor of the conveyance is dead, a nonresident of the state, a corporation that has ceased to exist, or a personal representative, guardian, trustee, or other person authorized to convey who has been discharged from his or her trust and the grantee or his or her heirs, legal representatives, or assigns have been in the quiet, undisturbed, and peaceable possession of the premises intended to be conveyed from the date of the conveyance. (2) This section does not prevent an action for the reformation of any conveyance, and if in any doubt the court shall direct the action to be brought.History:  Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 768 (1975); 1977 c. 449; 2001 a. 102.While no Wisconsin precedent specifically requires the original parties to be before the court, the presence of a party who has acquired intervening rights is ordinarily enough to defeat reformation. Chandelle Enterprises, LLC v. XLNT Dairy Farm, Inc. 2005 WI App 110, 282 Wis. 2d 806, 699 N.W.2d 241, 04-2423.There is no statutory authority for accomplishing a correction of the description of the property conveyed by deed by recording a broker's affidavit. This section and its predecessor establish the proper procedure for seeking such a correction. Smiljanic v. Niedermeyer, 2007 WI App 182, 304 Wis. 2d 197, 737 N.W.2d 436, 06-3083.
WI Stat § 847.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 847 - Miscellaneous real estate actions.|847.09 - Discharge of mortgage or lien by court.

847.09  Discharge of mortgage or lien by court. The circuit court of any county in which a mortgage, lien or charge is recorded may make an order discharging the mortgage, lien or charge of record on proof being made to the satisfaction of the court that the mortgage, lien or charge has been fully paid or satisfied and that the mortgagee or the owner of the lien or charge or his or her assignee is a corporation which has ceased to exist or which has no officer or agent in this state competent to discharge the same of record or that the mortgagee or the owner of the lien or charge or his or her assignee is a nonresident of the county where the mortgage, lien or charge is recorded, or is deceased, and in such case, that there is no administrator of the estate under the authority of this state. The register of deeds shall record the order or a copy thereof, certified by the clerk under the seal of the court, and the record shall have the same effect as the record of discharge by a mortgagee or owner of a lien or charge duly executed and acknowledged.History:  Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 768 (1975); 1977 c. 449.
WI Stat § 847.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 847 - Miscellaneous real estate actions.|847.10 - Antenna facilities.

847.10  Antenna facilities. No restrictive deed provision, restrictive covenant or agreement that affects satellite antennas with a diameter of 2 feet or less may be applied to any property on or after May 6, 1994, unless one of the following applies: (1) The restrictive deed provision, restrictive covenant or agreement has a reasonable and clearly defined aesthetic or public health or safety objective. (2) The restrictive deed provision, restrictive covenant or agreement does not impose an unreasonable limitation on, or prevent, the reception of satellite-delivered signals by a satellite antenna with a diameter of 2 feet or less. (3) The restrictive deed provision, restrictive covenant or agreement does not impose costs on a user of a satellite antenna with a diameter of 2 feet or less that exceed 10 percent of the purchase price and installation fee of the antenna and associated equipment.History:  1993 a. 400.
WI Stat § 851.002 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.002 - Definitions.

851.002  Definitions. The definitions in ss. 851.01 to 851.31 apply to chs. 851 to 882.History:  1979 c. 89; 1997 a. 188.Wisconsin's New Probate Code. Erlanger. Wis. Law. Oct. 1998.
WI Stat § 851.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.01 - Administration.

851.01  Administration. “Administration" means any proceeding relating to a decedent's estate whether testate or intestate.
WI Stat § 851.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.03 - Beneficiary.

851.03  Beneficiary. “Beneficiary" means any person nominated in a will to receive an interest in property other than in a fiduciary capacity.
WI Stat § 851.035 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.035 - Conscious presence.

851.035  Conscious presence. “Conscious presence" means within the range of any of a person's senses.History:  1997 a. 188.
WI Stat § 851.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.04 - Court.

851.04  Court. “Court" means the circuit court or judge assigned to exercise probate jurisdiction.History:  1977 c. 449.
WI Stat § 851.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.05 - Decedent.

851.05  Decedent. “Decedent" means the deceased person whose estate is subject to administration.
WI Stat § 851.055 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.055 - Deferred marital property.

851.055  Deferred marital property. “Deferred marital property" means any property that satisfies all of the following: (1) Is not classified by ch. 766. (1m) Is not classified as individual property or marital property under a valid marital property agreement, unless the marital property agreement provides otherwise. (2) Was acquired while the spouses were married. (3) Would have been classified as marital property under ch. 766 if the property had been acquired when ch. 766 applied.History:  1985 a. 37; 1987 a. 393; 1997 a. 188; 2005 a. 216.
WI Stat § 851.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.06 - Determination date.

851.06  Determination date. “Determination date" has the meaning given under s. 766.01 (5).History:  1985 a. 37.
WI Stat § 851.065 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.065 - Devise.

851.065  Devise. “Devise," when used as a noun, means a testamentary disposition of any real or personal property by will. “Devise," when used as a verb, means to dispose of any real or personal property by will. History:  1997 a. 188; 2015 a. 196.
WI Stat § 851.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.07 - Distributee.

851.07  Distributee. “Distributee" means any person to whom property of a decedent is distributed other than in payment of a claim, or who is entitled to property of a decedent under the decedent's will or under the statutes of intestate succession.History:  1993 a. 486.
WI Stat § 851.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.08 - Domestic partner.

851.08  Domestic partner. “Domestic partner" has the meaning given in s. 770.01 (1) and “domestic partnership" has the meaning given in s. 770.01 (2). History:  2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 851.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.09 - Heir.

851.09  Heir. “Heir" means any person, including the surviving spouse, who is entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to an interest in property of a decedent. The state is an heir of the decedent and a person interested under s. 45.51 (10) and (11) when the decedent was a member of a Wisconsin veterans home operated by the department of veterans affairs under s. 45.50 at the time of the decedent's death.History:  1973 c. 333 s. 201m; 1993 a. 486; 1999 a. 63; 2005 a. 22.
WI Stat § 851.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.11 - Intestate succession.

851.11  Intestate succession. “Intestate succession" means succession to title to property of a decedent by reason of ch. 852, without regard to whether the property descends or is distributed.
WI Stat § 851.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.13 - Issue.

851.13  Issue. “Issue" means children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and lineal descendants of more remote degrees, including those who occupy that relation by reason of adoption under s. 854.20 and nonmarital children and their lineal descendants to the extent provided by s. 852.05.History:  1981 c. 391; 1983 a. 447; 1997 a. 188.
WI Stat § 851.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.15 - Mortgage.

851.15  Mortgage. “Mortgage" means any agreement or arrangement in which property is used as security.
WI Stat § 851.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.17 - Net estate.

851.17  Net estate. “Net estate" means all property subject to administration less the property selected by the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner under s. 861.33, the allowances made by the court under ss. 861.31, 861.35 and 861.41 except as those allowances are charged by the court against the intestate share of the recipient, administration, funeral and burial expenses, the amount of claims paid and federal and state estate taxes payable out of such property.History:  1987 a. 27; 2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 851.19 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.19 - Person.

851.19  Person. “Person" includes natural persons, corporations and other organizations.
WI Stat § 851.21 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.21 - Person interested.

851.21  Person interested. (1) Who are “persons interested". The following are “persons interested":(a) An heir of the decedent.(b) Except as provided in s. 853.32 (2) (e), a beneficiary named in any document offered for probate as the will of the decedent and includes a person named or acting as a trustee of any trust, inter vivos or testamentary, named as a beneficiary.(c) A beneficiary of a trust created under any document offered for probate as the will of the decedent.(d) A person named as personal representative in any document offered for probate as the will of the decedent.(e) Additional persons as the court by order includes as “interested persons". (2)  Who cease to be “persons interested". The following cease to be “persons interested":(a) An heir of the decedent who is not a beneficiary under the will of the decedent, upon admission of the will to probate under ch. 856 or entry of a statement of informal administration under ch. 865.(b) A beneficiary named in documents offered for probate as the will of the decedent who is not an heir of the decedent, upon denial of probate to such documents.(c) A person named as personal representative or testamentary trustee in the will of the decedent, upon the person's failure to be appointed, the denial of letters by the court, or upon the person's discharge.(d) A beneficiary under the will of a decedent, upon full distribution to the beneficiary.(e) A beneficiary of a trust created under documents offered for probate as the will of the decedent upon the admission of the decedent's will to probate and the issuance of letters of trust to the trustee.(f) A parent who is barred from inheriting from his or her child's intestate estate under s. 852.14 (3).  (3)  Additional persons interested. In any proceedings in which the interest of a trustee of an inter vivos or testamentary trust, including a trust under documents offered for probate, conflicts with the trustee's duty as a personal representative, or in which the trustee or competent beneficiary of the trust cannot represent the interest of the beneficiary under the doctrine of virtual representation, the beneficiary is a person interested in the proceedings.History:  1973 c. 39; 1993 a. 486; 2005 a. 216; 2015 a. 224.
WI Stat § 851.23 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.23 - Personal representative.

851.23  Personal representative. “Personal representative" means any person to whom letters to administer a decedent's estate have been granted by the court or by the probate registrar under ch. 865, but does not include a special administrator.History:  1973 c. 39.
WI Stat § 851.27 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.27 - Property.

851.27  Property. “Property" means any interest, legal or equitable, in real or personal property, without distinction as to kind, including money, rights of a beneficiary under a contractual arrangement, choses in action, digital property, as defined in s. 711.03 (10), and anything else that may be the subject of ownership.History:  1997 a. 188; 2015 a. 300.
WI Stat § 851.29 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.29 - Sale.

851.29  Sale. “Sale" includes an option or agreement to transfer whether the consideration is cash or credit. It includes exchange, partition and settlement of title disputes. The intent of this section is to extend and not to limit the meaning of “sale".
WI Stat § 851.295 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.295 - Surviving domestic partner.

851.295  Surviving domestic partner. “Surviving domestic partner" means a person who was in a domestic partnership under ch. 770 with the decedent, at the time of the decedent's death.History:  2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 851.30 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.30 - Surviving spouse.

851.30  Surviving spouse. (1) Subject to sub. (2), “surviving spouse" means a person who was married to the decedent at the time of the decedent's death. (2) “Surviving spouse" does not include any of the following:(a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless they subsequently participate in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they subsequently hold themselves out as husband and wife.(b) An individual who, following an invalid decree or judgment of divorce or annulment obtained by the decedent, participates in a marriage ceremony with a 3rd individual.(c) An individual who was party to a valid proceeding concluded by an order purporting to terminate all property rights based on the marriage.History:  1997 a. 188.
WI Stat § 851.31 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.31 - Will.

851.31  Will. Unless the context or subject matter indicates otherwise, “will" includes a codicil and any document incorporated by reference in a testamentary document under s. 853.32 (1) or (2). “Will" does not include a copy, unless the copy has been proven as a will under s. 856.17, but “will" does include a properly executed duplicate original.History:  1997 a. 188; 2005 a. 216.
WI Stat § 851.40 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.40 - Basis for attorney fees.

851.40  Basis for attorney fees. (1) Any attorney performing services for the estate of a deceased person in any proceeding under chs. 851 to 879, including a proceeding for informal administration under ch. 865, shall be entitled to just and reasonable compensation for such services. (2) Any personal representative, heir, beneficiary under a will or other interested party may petition the court to review any attorney's fee which is subject to sub. (1). If the decedent died intestate or the testator's will contains no provision concerning attorney fees, the court shall consider the following factors in determining what is a just and reasonable attorney's fee:(a) The time and labor required.(b) The experience and knowledge of the attorney.(c) The complexity and novelty of the problems involved.(d) The extent of the responsibilities assumed and the results obtained.(e) The sufficiency of assets properly available to pay for the services, except that the value of the estate may not be the controlling factor.History:  1975 c. 329; 1993 a. 490.Cross-reference:  See s. 865.16 (1m) review of attorney fees by the probate registrar.An attorney's failure to communicate with one of the heirs, in violation of a court order, was an appropriate basis for reducing attorney fees. In Matter of Estate of Huehne, 175 Wis. 2d 33, 498 N.W.2d 870 (Ct. App. 1993).An attorney's fee based on a contract to pay the attorney 4 percent of the gross estate violated sub. (2) (e). Reduction was a proper exercise of judicial discretion. Estate of Konopka, 175 Wis. 2d 100, 498 N.W.2d 853 (Ct. App. 1993).Sub. (1) did not authorize payment for an attorney's services when it was in the estate's interest to let the interested parties litigate an issue and when, if the attorney's position prevailed, no property would have been added to the estate. Bell v. Neugart, 2002 WI App 180, 256 Wis. 2d 969, 650 N.W.2d 52, 01-2533.Professional responsibility and probate practices. Martin, 1975 WLR 911.
WI Stat § 851.50 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.50 - Status of adopted persons.

851.50  Status of adopted persons. The status of adopted persons for purposes of inheritance and transfers under wills or other governing instruments, as defined in s. 854.01 (2), is governed by ss. 854.20 and 854.21.History:  1997 a. 188; 2005 a. 216.
WI Stat § 851.55 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.55 - Simultaneous death.

851.55  Simultaneous death. The transfer of or title to property that depends upon priority of death with respect to 2 or more persons who die simultaneously is governed by s. 854.03.History:  1977 c. 214, 449; 1983 a. 186; 1993 a. 486; 1997 a. 188.
WI Stat § 851.70 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.70 - Presumption in favor of orders.

851.70  Presumption in favor of orders. When the validity of any order or judgment of a circuit court in a probate proceeding or certificate to terminate a life estate or joint tenancy in a death tax proceeding is drawn in question in another action or proceeding, everything necessary to have been done or proved to render the order, judgment or certificate valid and which might have been proved by parole evidence at the time of making the order or judgment and was not required to be recorded shall, after 20 years from that time, be presumed to have been done or proved unless the contrary appears on the same record.History:  1977 c. 449; 1987 a. 27.
WI Stat § 851.71 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.71 - Appointment and compensation of registers in probate.

851.71  Appointment and compensation of registers in probate. (1) In each county, the judges of the county shall appoint and may remove a register in probate. Appointments and removals may be made only with the approval of the chief judge. Before entering upon duties, the register in probate shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file it, together with the order of appointment, in the office of the clerk of circuit court. (2) One or more deputies may be appointed in the manner specified in sub. (1). (3) The salary of the register in probate and of any deputies shall be fixed by the county board and paid by the county. (4) In counties having a population of 750,000 or more, the appointment under subs. (1) and (2) shall be made as provided in those subsections but the judges shall not remove the register in probate and deputy registers, except through charges for dismissal made and sustained under s. 63.10. History:  1977 c. 449; 1987 a. 15; 2011 a. 10; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.A county's collective bargaining agreement cannot supersede the authority of circuit judges to appoint the register in probate. Iowa County v. Iowa County Courthouse, 166 Wis. 2d 614, 480 N.W.2d 499 (1992).A register in probate has a plain legal duty to file and keep all papers properly filed. The register may refuse to accept a paper for which the proper fee is not paid and has no other grounds for refusing a pleading. Estate of Reise, 2002 WI App 83, 251 Wis. 2d 472, 642 N.W.2d 568, 01-2939.
WI Stat § 851.73 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.73 - Powers of registers in probate.

851.73  Powers of registers in probate. (1) The register in probate:(a) May make orders for hearings when the judge is away from the county seat or unable to discharge duties or when given authority in writing by the judge and an application is made to the court in a proceeding under chs. 54 and 851 to 879 requiring notice of hearing. The order and notice when signed “by the court, ...., register in probate" has the same effect as if signed by the judge.(b) Has the same powers as clerks of court to certify copies of papers, records and judicial proceedings. Copies certified by registers in probate are receivable in evidence as if certified by clerks of court.(c) Has the power to administer any oath required by law.(d) Has, when appointed for this purpose, the powers of deputy clerks as provided in s. 59.40 (1).(e) Has, when appointed for this purpose, the powers and duties of court reporters and assistant reporters specified in SCR 71.01.(f) May refuse to accept any paper for filing or recording until the fee prescribed by s. 814.66 or other applicable statute is paid.(g) Shall have the duties and powers of a circuit court commissioner assigned to assist in probate matters and shall act in that capacity when designated to do so by a judge assigned probate jurisdiction. (2) Subsection (1) applies to duly authorized deputy registers in probate.History:  1977 c. 449; Sup. Ct. Order, eff. 1-1-80; 1983 a. 347; 1995 a. 201; 2001 a. 61 s. 117; 2005 a. 387.
WI Stat § 851.74 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.74 - Fees in probate matters.

851.74  Fees in probate matters. The fees of the register in probate are prescribed in s. 814.66.History:  1977 c. 449; 1981 c. 317.
WI Stat § 851.75 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 851 - Probate — definitions and general provisions.|851.75 - Register in probate may be appointed deputy clerk.

851.75  Register in probate may be appointed deputy clerk. With the written approval of the chief judge of the judicial administrative district, the circuit judges for the county may appoint the register in probate a deputy clerk. Appointments by the circuit judges under this section shall be revocable by the circuit judges, subject to the approval of the chief judge, at pleasure. The appointments and revocations shall be in writing and shall be filed in the clerk's office.History:  1977 c. 449.