701.1103 Fiduciary duties; general principles.
701.1104 Trustee's power to adjust.
701.1105 Notice to beneficiaries of proposed action.
701.1106 Conversion to unitrust.
701.1107 Express unitrusts.
701.1108 Power to treat capital gains as part of a distribution.
701.1109 Judicial review of discretionary power.
701.1110 Determination and distribution of net income.
701.1111 Distribution to residuary and remainder beneficiaries.
701.1112 When right to income begins and ends.
701.1113 Apportionment of receipts and disbursements when decedent dies or income interest begins.
701.1114 Apportionment when income interest ends.
701.1115 Character of receipts.
701.1116 Distribution from trust or estate.
701.1117 Business and other activities conducted by trustee.
701.1118 Principal receipts.
701.1119 Rental property.
701.1120 Obligation to pay money.
701.1121 Insurance policies and similar contracts.
701.1122 Insubstantial allocations not required.
701.1123 Deferred compensation, annuities, and similar payments.
701.1124 Liquidating asset.
701.1125 Minerals, water, and other natural resources.
701.1127 Property not productive of income.
701.1128 Derivatives and options.
701.1129 Asset-backed securities.
701.1130 Disbursements from income.
701.1131 Disbursements from principal.
701.1132 Transfers from income to principal for depreciation.
701.1133 Transfers from income to reimburse principal.
701.1135 Adjustments between principal and income because of taxes.
701.1136 Income payments and accumulations.
SUBCHAPTER XII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
701.1201 Private foundations.
701.1202 Electronic records and signatures.
701.1203 Uniformity of application and construction.
701.1204 Applicability of general transfers at death provisions.
SUBCHAPTER XIII
Uniform trust decanting act
701.1305 Application; governing law.
701.1306 Reasonable reliance.
701.1307 Notice; exercise of decanting power.
701.1309 Court involvement.
701.1311 Decanting power under expanded distributive discretion.
701.1312 Decanting power under limited distributive discretion.
701.1313 Trust for beneficiary with disability.
701.1314 Protection of charitable interest.
701.1315 Trust limitation on decanting.
701.1316 Change in compensation.
701.1317 Relief from liability and indemnification.
701.1318 Removal or replacement of authorized fiduciary.
701.1319 Tax-related limitations.
701.1320 Duration of 2nd trust.
701.1321 Need to distribute not required.
701.1322 Saving provision.
701.1323 Trust for care of animal.
701.1324 Terms of 2nd trust.
701.1326 Later-discovered property.
GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
701.0101
701.0101
Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Wisconsin Trust Code.
701.0101 History
History: 2013 a. 92.
701.0101 Annotation
Estate Planning Metamorphosis: Wisconsin's New Trust Code. Schultz & Wiensch. Wis. Law. June 2014.
701.0102
701.0102
Scope. This chapter applies to express, charitable or noncharitable, and testamentary or living trusts, and any trust created pursuant to a statute, judgment, or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust. This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
701.0102(4)
(4) A custodial arrangement made pursuant to the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act under ss.
54.854 to
54.898 or the Uniform Custodial Trust Act under ss.
54.950 to
54.988.
701.0102(5)
(5) A common trust or a collective investment fund.
701.0102(6)
(6) A trust created by a depository agreement with a financial institution.
701.0102(7)
(7) A trust made in connection with a business transaction, including a trust created under a bond indenture or collateral trust agreement or in connection with a structured finance transaction, a common law trust under s.
226.14, or a business trust.
701.0102(9)
(9) A fund maintained pursuant to court order in conjunction with a bankruptcy proceeding, business liquidation, or class action lawsuit.
701.0102(10)
(10) A trust that is part of an employee benefit arrangement or an individual retirement account.
701.0102(11)
(11) A trust established under a qualified tuition savings program or education savings account.
701.0102(12)
(12) A trust account maintained on behalf of a client or customer by a licensed service professional, including a trust account maintained by an attorney or by a real estate broker.
701.0102(12m)
(12m) An account that is part of a qualified ABLE program under section
529A (b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
