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WI Stat § 766.565 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property.|766.565 - Relationship to consumer act.

766.565  Relationship to consumer act. (1) In this section, “open-end credit plan" has the meaning given under s. 421.301 (27). The term includes only those plans governed by chs. 421 to 427. (2) Except as provided under sub. (6), this section does not impose any additional or separate notice requirements on a creditor. (3) The spouse of a person who incurs an obligation described under s. 766.55 (2) (b) and governed by chs. 421 to 427 may exercise rights and remedies available to the incurring spouse under chs. 421 to 427. (4) Section 422.305 does not apply to the spouse of a person who incurs an obligation described under s. 766.55 (2) (b) unless that spouse also signs the writing evidencing the credit transaction or a separate guarantee or similar instrument and unless the other requirements of s. 422.305 are met. (5) The spouse of a person who establishes an open-end credit plan that may result in an obligation described under s. 766.55 (2) (b) may terminate the plan by giving written notice of termination to the creditor. A writing evidencing an open-end credit plan may include a provision that authorizes the creditor to declare the account balance due and payable upon receipt of notice of termination, notwithstanding s. 425.103 or 425.105. Notice of termination does not affect the liability of the incurring spouse or the availability of the incurring spouse's interest in marital property or other property of that spouse to satisfy obligations incurred under the open-end credit plan, both before and after the notice of termination. Subject to the limits under s. 422.4155 (1), the terminating spouse's interest in marital property continues to be available under s. 766.55 (2) (b) to satisfy obligations incurred in the interest of the marriage or family both before and after notice of the termination. A creditor may consider in its evaluation of subsequent applications for credit the fact that a prior open-end credit plan offered by the creditor and entered into by the applicant spouse has been terminated under this subsection. (6) Written notice to a spouse under s. 422.415 (2) (a) or (c) concerning an increase in the rate of finance charge is not effective with respect to the interest of the nonincurring spouse in marital property unless notice is given to both spouses. Notice is considered given on the date it is mailed by the creditor. The notice may be enclosed in an envelope addressed to the incurring spouse at the last-known address of that spouse appearing on the records of the creditor if a statement appears on the face of the envelope alerting the spouses that the envelope contains important information for both spouses. (7) With respect to consumer credit transactions, the division of banking may promulgate rules to interpret this chapter and chs. 421 to 427, consistent with the purposes and policies of this chapter and chs. 421 to 427.History:  1985 a. 37; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 766.57 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property.|766.57 - Protection of bona fide purchasers dealing with spouses.

766.57  Protection of bona fide purchasers dealing with spouses. (1) In this section:(a) “Bona fide purchaser" means a purchaser of property for value who was not knowingly a party to fraud or illegality affecting the interest of the spouses or other parties to the transaction, does not have notice of an adverse claim by a spouse and acted in the transaction in good faith.(b) “Purchase" means to acquire property by sale, lease, discount, negotiation, mortgage, pledge or lien, or otherwise to deal with property in a voluntary transaction other than a gift.(c) A purchaser gives “value" for property acquired in return for a binding commitment to extend credit, as security for or in total or partial satisfaction of a preexisting claim, by accepting delivery pursuant to a preexisting contract for purchase, or, generally, in return for any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract. (2) Notice of the existence of a marital property agreement, a marriage or the termination of a marriage does not affect the status of a purchaser as a bona fide purchaser. (3) Marital property purchased by a bona fide purchaser from a spouse having the right to manage and control the property under s. 766.51 is acquired free of any claim of the other spouse and of any claim asserted through or under the other spouse. The effect of this subsection may not be varied by a marital property agreement.History:  1983 a. 186; 1985 a. 37.
WI Stat § 766.585 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property.|766.585 - Marital property agreements before determination date.

766.585  Marital property agreements before determination date. (1) After April 4, 1984, and before their determination date, spouses or unmarried persons who subsequently marry each other may execute a marital property agreement under s. 766.58, which is intended to apply only after their determination date, to the same extent that persons may execute a marital property agreement under s. 766.58 after their determination date. The marital property agreement does not apply before the persons' determination date. Upon application, the marital property agreement has the same effect as if executed after the persons' determination date. (2) Notwithstanding the execution of the marital property agreement before the persons' determination date and notwithstanding the January 1, 1986, effective date of 1983 Wisconsin Act 186 and 1985 Wisconsin Act 37, the law in effect on the date when the marital property agreement applies, not on the date of execution of the marital property agreement, applies to the execution and enforceability or other legal effect of the marital property agreement. (3) A document executed by spouses or unmarried persons who subsequently marry each other which is intended to apply in whole or in part before their determination date is governed by s. 766.58 (12).History:  1985 a. 37, 332.
WI Stat § 766.59 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property.|766.59 - Unilateral statement; income from nonmarital property.

766.59  Unilateral statement; income from nonmarital property. (1) A spouse may unilaterally execute a written statement which classifies the income attributable to all or certain of that spouse's property other than marital property as individual property. (2) (a) The statement is executed when signed by the executing spouse and acknowledged by a notary. If executed before January 1, 1986, the statement is effective on January 1, 1986, or at a later time if provided otherwise in the statement. If executed on or after January 1, 1986, the statement is effective when executed or at a later time if provided otherwise in the statement.(b) Within 5 days after the statement is signed, the executing spouse shall notify the other spouse of the statement's contents by personally delivering a copy to the other spouse or by sending a copy by certified mail to the other spouse's last-known address. Failure to give notice is a breach of the duty of good faith imposed by s. 766.15.(c) The executing spouse may record the statement in the county register of deeds office under s. 59.43 (1c) (r). (3) Any income of the property designated in the statement which accrues on or after the date the statement becomes effective and before a revocation under sub. (4) is individual property. However, a statement only affects income accrued during the marriage during which the statement was executed. (4) A statement may be revoked in writing by the executing spouse. The revoking spouse shall notify the other spouse of the revocation by personally delivering a copy to the other spouse or by sending a copy by certified mail to the other spouse's last-known address. The revoking spouse may record the revocation in the county register of deeds office under s. 59.43 (1c) (r).  (5) With respect to its effect on 3rd parties, a statement or a revocation shall be treated as if it were a marital property agreement. (6) A person intending to marry may execute a statement under this section as if married. A statement executed by a person intending to marry is effective upon the marriage or at a later time if so provided in the statement. Within 5 days after the statement is executed, the person executing the statement shall notify the person whom he or she intends to marry or has married of the statement's contents by personally delivering a copy of the statement to that person or by sending a copy by certified mail to that person's address. Failure to give notice is a breach of the duty of good faith imposed by s. 766.15.History:  1985 a. 37; 1991 a. 301; 1995 a. 201; 2015 a. 196.
WI Stat § 766.605 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property.|766.605 - Classification of homestead.

766.605  Classification of homestead. A homestead acquired after the determination date which, when acquired, is held exclusively between spouses with no 3rd party is survivorship marital property if no intent to the contrary is expressed on the instrument of transfer or in a marital property agreement. A homestead may be reclassified under s. 766.31 (10).History:  1983 a. 186; 1987 a. 393; 1991 a. 301.NOTE:  1991 Wis. Act 301, contains legislative council notes.The statutory definitions of homestead in ss. 71.52 (3), 706.01 (7), and 990.01 (13) (a) control the meaning of homestead in this section and, accordingly, required a conclusion that the property in this case became a homestead when there was a dwelling on it, occupied by the parties, which occurred after the determination date: the couple's wedding. As such, the homestead was “held exclusively" between them, as spouses, “when acquired" and was survivorship marital property under this section. Droukas v. Estate of Felhofer, 2014 WI App 6, 352 Wis. 2d 380, 843 N.W.2d 57, 13-0147.A warranty deed to 2 grantees as “single persons" did not express an intent to classify the property as something other than survivorship marital property when the grantees subsequently married. The use of the phrase “single persons" simply described a fact: that at the time they purchased the vacant lot, the grantees were not married. “Single persons" does not represent a classification of property ownership of any kind, to wit, tenancy in common, joint tenancy, marital property, or any other recognized classification. Droukas v. Estate of Felhofer, 2014 WI App 6, 352 Wis. 2d 380, 843 N.W.2d 57, 13-0147.
WI Stat § 766.63 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property.|766.63 - Mixed property.

766.63  Mixed property. (1) Except as provided otherwise in ss. 766.61 and 766.62, mixing marital property with property other than marital property reclassifies the other property to marital property unless the component of the mixed property which is not marital property can be traced. (2) Application by one spouse of substantial labor, effort, inventiveness, physical or intellectual skill, creativity or managerial activity to either spouse's property other than marital property creates marital property attributable to that application if both of the following apply:(a) Reasonable compensation is not received for the application.(b) Substantial appreciation of the property results from the application.History:  1983 a. 186; 1985 a. 37; 1991 a. 301.Marital property presumptions and tracing principals are applied. In Matter of Estate of Lloyd, 170 Wis. 2d 240, 487 N.W.2d 644 (Ct. App. 1992).If tracing of the marital component of a mixed asset is established under sub. (1) reclassification does not occur. Instead, a claim for reimbursement exists in favor of the marital estate measured by the enhanced value of the asset, not the marital amounts expended. Estate of Kobylski, 178 Wis. 2d 158, 503 N.W.2d 369 (Ct. App. 1993).Under sub. (2) a party who applies substantial uncompensated labor to property may not recover if there is no resulting substantial appreciation. Estate of Kobylski, 178 Wis. 2d 158, 503 N.W.2d 369 (Ct. App. 1993).Expenditures that result in the mere maintenance of property, including the payment of property taxes, do not result in marital property being created through mixing. Krueger v. Rodenberg, 190 Wis. 2d 367, 527 N.W.2d 381 (Ct. App. 1994).If a nonmarital asset is mixed with marital property, tracing the nonmarital property to its nonmarital source preserves the traced component's nonmarital status. There is no requirement that the party tracing the nonmarital component also trace the mixing of the marital component. That the marital property was used to satisfy a nonmarital debt against the property does not change the nonmarital character of the traceable property. Bille v. Zuraff, 198 Wis. 2d 867, 543 N.W.2d 568 (Ct. App. 1995), 95-0007.What Part of Yours is Mine?: The Creation of a Marital Property Ownership Interest by Improving Nonmarital Property Under Wisconsin's Marital Property Law. Knauss. 2005 WLR 855.
WI Stat § 766.73 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property.|766.73 - Invalid marriages.

766.73  Invalid marriages. If a marriage is invalidated by a decree, a court may apply so much of this chapter to the property of the parties to the invalid marriage as is necessary to avoid an inequitable result. This section does not apply if s. 767.61 applies to the action to invalidate the marriage.History:  1983 a. 186; 1985 a. 37; 2005 a. 443 s. 265.
WI Stat § 766.75 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property.|766.75 - Treatment of certain property at dissolution.

766.75  Treatment of certain property at dissolution. After a dissolution each former spouse owns an undivided one-half interest in the former marital property as a tenant in common, except as provided otherwise in a decree or an agreement entered into by the former spouses after dissolution.History:  1983 a. 186; 1985 a. 37.
WI Stat § 766.95 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property.|766.95 - Rules of construction.

766.95  Rules of construction. Unless displaced by this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement its provisions.History:  1983 a. 186.
WI Stat § 766.96 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property.|766.96 - Uniformity of application and construction.

766.96  Uniformity of application and construction. This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.History:  1983 a. 186.
WI Stat § 766.97 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property.|766.97 - Equal rights; common law disabilities.

766.97  Equal rights; common law disabilities. (1) Women and men have the same rights and privileges under the law in the exercise of suffrage, freedom of contract, choice of residence, jury service, holding office, holding and conveying property, care and custody of children and in all other respects. The various courts and executive and administrative officers shall construe the statutes so that words importing one gender extend and may be applied to either gender consistent with the manifest intent of the legislature. The courts and executive and administrative officers shall make all necessary rules and provisions to carry out the intent and purpose of this subsection. (2) Nothing in this chapter revives the common law disabilities on a woman's right to own, manage, inherit, transfer or receive gifts of property in her own name, to enter into contracts in her own name or to institute civil actions in her own name. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and in other sections of the statutes controlling marital property or property of spouses that is not marital property, either spouse has the right to own and exclusively manage his or her property that is not marital property, enter into contracts with 3rd parties or with his or her spouse, institute and defend civil actions in his or her name and maintain an action against his or her spouse for damages resulting from that spouse's intentional act or negligence. (3) The common law rights of a spouse to compel the domestic and sexual services of the other spouse are abolished. Nothing in this subsection affects a spouse's common law right to consortium or society and companionship.History:  1983 a. 186 ss. 47, 48; Stats. 1983 s. 766.97; 1985 a. 37.
WI Stat § 767.005 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 767 - Actions affecting the family.|767.005 - Scope.

767.005  Scope. This chapter applies to actions affecting the family.History:  2005 a. 443.NOTE:  2005 Wis. Act 443 contains explanatory notes.
WI Stat § 767.041 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 767 - Actions affecting the family.|767.041 - Full faith and credit; comity.

767.041  Full faith and credit; comity. (1) Actions in courts of other states.  (a) Full faith and credit shall be given in all courts of this state to a judgment in any action affecting the family, except an action relating to child custody, by a court of competent jurisdiction in another state, territory, or possession of the United States, when both spouses personally appear or when the respondent has been personally served. Full faith and credit shall also be given in all courts of this state to the amount of arrearages owed for nonpayment or late payment of a child support, family support, or maintenance payment under an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in another state, territory, or possession of the United States. A court in this state may not adjust the amount of arrearages owed except as provided in s. 767.59 (1m).(b) Full faith and credit shall be given in all courts of this state to a determination of paternity made by any other state, whether established through voluntary acknowledgment or an administrative or judicial process. (2)  Actions in courts of foreign countries. Any court of this state may recognize a judgment in any action affecting the family involving Wisconsin domiciliaries, except an action relating to child custody, by a court of competent jurisdiction in a foreign country, in accordance with the principles of international comity. (3)  Child custody actions. All matters relating to the effect of the judgment of another court concerning child custody are governed by ch. 822.History:  1977 c. 105; 1979 c. 32 s. 50; 1979 c. 352 s. 39; Stats. 1979 s. 767.21; 1989 a. 212; 1993 a. 481; 2005 a. 443 s. 82; Stats. 2005 s. 767.041.Full faith and credit is not applicable when a decree or judgment is obtained in a jurisdiction outside of the United States. Estate of Steffke, 65 Wis. 2d 199, 222 N.W.2d 628.A Wisconsin court has equitable jurisdiction to decide issues of maintenance and property division when an out-of-state divorce judgment fails to address those issues. Haeuser v. Haeuser, 200 Wis. 2d 750, 548 N.W.2d 750 (Ct. App. 1996), 95-1087.
WI Stat § 767.055 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 767 - Actions affecting the family.|767.055 - Uniform Divorce Recognition Act.

767.055  Uniform Divorce Recognition Act. (1) Effect of foreign divorce by state domiciliary. A divorce obtained in another jurisdiction is of no force or effect in this state if the court in the other jurisdiction lacks subject matter jurisdiction to hear the case because both parties to the marriage were domiciled in this state at the time the proceeding for the divorce was commenced. (2)  Proof. Proof that a person obtaining a divorce in another jurisdiction was domiciled in this state within 12 months prior to the commencement of the divorce proceeding and resumed residence in this state within 18 months after the date of the person's departure from this state, or that at all times after the person's departure from this state and until the person's return the person maintained a place of residence within this state, is prima facie evidence that the person was domiciled in this state when the divorce proceeding was commenced. (3)  Construction. This section shall be interpreted and construed so as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact it. (4)  Title. This section may be cited as the Uniform Divorce Recognition Act.History:  1977 c. 105; 1979 c. 32 s. 50; Stats. 1979 s. 767.22; 1993 a. 486; 2005 a. 443 s. 85; Stats. 2005 s. 767.055.Comity cannot be accorded a Mexican decree if no domicile existed in that foreign jurisdiction. Estate of Steffke, 65 Wis. 2d 199, 222 N.W.2d 628 (1974).
WI Stat § 767.105 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 767 - Actions affecting the family.|767.105 - Information from the office of family court commissioner.

767.105  Information from the office of family court commissioner. (1) Information on available services. Upon the filing of an action affecting the family, the office of family court commissioner shall inform the parties of any services, including referral services, offered by the office of family court commissioner and by the director of family court services under s. 767.405. (2)  Other information on request. Upon request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under s. 767.451 or 767.59:(a) The office of family court commissioner shall, with or without charge, provide the party with written information on the following, as appropriate to the action commenced:1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the action.2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action.3. Community resources and family court services available to assist the parties.4. The procedure for setting, modifying and enforcing child support awards or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders.(b) The office of family court commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a copy of the statutory provisions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action.History:  1977 c. 105, 271, 447, 449; 1979 c. 32 s. 50; 1987 a. 355; 2001 a. 61; 2005 a. 443 s. 43; Stats. 2005 s. 767.105.