2023 Statutes Index

Domestic partner:

Exemption from creditors of property to be assigned, 861.41

Home, assignment of, 861.21

Personal property, selection, 861.33

Support allowance, 861.35

Allowance to family during administration, 861.31

Fraud of surviving spouse, transfer of rights in property, 861.17

Guardian, conservator, or agent; authority and power to make election, 861.43

Marital property:

See also Marriage—3. Marital Property

Augmented deferred marital property estate, 861.03, 861.04, 861.05

Deferred marital property elective, 861.02

Definitions, 861.018

Home, assignment to spouse, 861.21

Ownership at death, 861.01

Personal liability of recipients, 861.07

Procedure for electing, 861.08

Right to elect, 861.09

Satisfaction of, 861.06

Third-party payers, liability, 861.11

Waiver of election, 861.10

Property rights, transfer in fraud of surviving spouse, 861.17

Satisfaction of nonholding spouse's marital property interest in certain business property, 861.015

Surviving spouse:

Exemption from creditors of property to be assigned, 861.41

Personal property, selection, 861.33

Right in nondomiciliary decedent's real property in this state, 861.20

Support allowance for spouse, 861.35

Allowance to family during administration, 861.31

probate and transfers at death_9. general rules for transfers at death 9. General Rules for Transfers at Death

Generally, Ch. 854

Adopted person, status, 854.20, 854.21

Advancements, 854.09

Applicable law, 854.10

Classes of family beneficiaries, see Family members, under this subhead

Contest of governing instrument, penalty clauses against, 854.19

Debt offset, 854.12

Definitions, 854.01

Divorce or dissolution of marriage, effect, 854.15

Encumbered property, no exoneration, 854.05

Failed transfers and residue, 854.07

Family members:

Persons included, 854.21

Transfers to groups or classes, 854.22

Federal estate and generation skipping taxes, repealed; administration of wills and trusts referring to, 854.30

Nonademption of specific gifts in certain cases, 854.08

Order in which assets apportioned, abatement, 854.18

Predeceased transferee, 854.06

Representation, per stirpes, per capita; distributions by, 854.04

Scope of ch. 854, 854.02

Federal preemption, effect, 854.26

Securities, 854.11

Survival requirement, 854.03

Third-party liability:

Buyers of property, 854.24

Payers to beneficiaries, 854.23

Recipients not for value, 854.25

probate and transfers at death_10. informal administration 10. Informal Administration

Generally, Ch. 865

Applicability of, 865.01

Application, contents, 865.06

Appointment of testamentary trustee, 856.29

Appraisers, 865.12

Attorney fees, determination of reasonableness, 865.16 (1m)

Claims, personal representative may pay, 865.13

Closing estates by sworn statement, 865.16

Distributees, limitations on actions against, 865.19

Distribution:

Improper, liability of distributee, 865.14

Liability of distributees to claimants, 865.17

Purchasers from distributees protected, 865.15

Dormant estates, 863.35

Formal proceedings, nature, effect, 865.03

Fraud, effect, 865.031

Heirship, determination and proof, optional, 863.23

Incompetent persons transfers to, 54.12 (2)

Interests in property not covered by sections 865.20 or 865.201, transfer, 865.202

Inventory, 858.01, 865.11

Joint tenancy, termination, 865.20

Letters of trust, issuance, 865.08 (6)

Letters to personal representative, 865.08

Life estates, termination, 865.20

Marital property, survivorship interest, confirmation of, 865.201

Minors transfers to, 54.12 (2)

Notice, method of giving, 865.05, 879.03 (1)

Personal representative:

Account filed by, exception, 862.01

Appointment of, 865.08

Limitations on proceedings against, 865.18