AB645, s. 94 3Section 94. 851.50 of the statutes is created to read:
AB645,23,6 4851.50 Status of adopted persons. The status of adopted persons for
5purposes of inheritance and transfers under wills or other governing instruments,
6as defined in s. 854.01, is governed by ss. 854.20 and 854.21.
AB645, s. 95 7Section 95. 851.51 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB645, s. 96 8Section 96. 851.51 (1) and (2) of the statutes are renumbered 854.20 (1) and
9(2) and amended to read:
AB645,23,1510 854.20 (1) Inheritance rights between adopted person and adoptive
11relatives.
A Subject to sub. (4), a legally adopted person is treated as a natural birth
12child of the person's adoptive parents for purposes of intestate succession by, through
13and from the adopted person and for purposes of any statute conferring rights upon
14children, issue or relatives in connection with the law of intestate succession or wills
15governing instruments.
AB645,23,19 16(2) (title) Inheritance rights between adopted person and natural birth
17relatives.
A Subject to sub. (4), a legally adopted person ceases to be treated as a
18child of the person's natural birth parents for the same purposes as under sub. (1),
19except:
AB645,23,2220 (a) If a natural birth parent marries or remarries and the child is adopted by
21the stepparent, for all purposes the child is treated as the child of the child's natural
22birth parent for all purposes; whose spouse adopted the child.
AB645,24,323 (b) If a natural birth parent of a marital child dies and the other natural birth
24parent remarries and the child is adopted by the stepparent, the child is treated as
25the child of the deceased natural birth parent for purposes of inheritance through

1that parent and for purposes of any statute conferring rights upon children, issue or
2relatives of that parent under the law of intestate succession or wills governing
3instruments
.
AB645, s. 97 4Section 97. 851.51 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB645, s. 98 5Section 98. 851.55 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB645,24,8 6851.55 Simultaneous death. The transfer of or title to property that depends
7upon priority of death with respect to 2 or more persons who die simultaneously is
8governed by s. 854.03.
AB645, s. 99 9Section 99. 852.01 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB645,24,1410 852.01 (1) Who are heirs. (intro.) The Except as modified by the decedent's
11will under s. 852.10 (1), any part of the
net estate of a decedent which the decedent
12has
that is not disposed of by will, whether the decedent dies without a will, or with
13a will which does not completely dispose of the decedent's estate,
passes to the
14decedent's surviving heirs as follows:
AB645, s. 100 15Section 100. 852.01 (1) (b) and (d) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB645,24,2016 852.01 (1) (b) To the issue, the share of the estate not passing to the spouse
17under par. (a), or the entire estate if there is no surviving spouse ; if the issue are all
18in the same degree of kinship to the decedent they take equally, but if they are of
19unequal degree then
. If there are issue other than children, those of more remote
20degrees take by representation per stirpes.
AB645,24,2221 (d) If there is no surviving spouse, issue or parent, to the brothers and sisters
22and the issue of any deceased brother or sister by representation per stirpes.
AB645, s. 101 23Section 101. 852.01 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB645, s. 102 24Section 102. 852.01 (1) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 852.01 (1) (f) (intro.)
25and amended to read:
AB645,25,2
1852.01 (1) (f) (intro.) If there is no surviving spouse, issue, parent or issue of
2a parent, to the grandparents and their issue as follows:
AB645, s. 103 3Section 103. 852.01 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
AB645,25,64 852.01 (1) (f) 1. One-half to the maternal grandparents equally if both survive,
5or to the surviving maternal grandparent; if both maternal grandparents are
6deceased, to the issue of the maternal grandparents or either of them, per stirpes.
AB645, s. 104 7Section 104. 852.01 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB645,25,98 852.01 (1) (f) 2. One-half to the paternal relations in the same manner as to
9the maternal relations under subd. 1.
AB645, s. 105 10Section 105. 852.01 (1) (f) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB645,25,1311 852.01 (1) (f) 3. If either the maternal side or the paternal side has no surviving
12grandparent or issue of a grandparent, the entire estate to the decedent's relatives
13on the other side.
AB645, s. 106 14Section 106. 852.01 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB645, s. 107 15Section 107. 852.01 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB645,25,1716 852.01 (2) Survivorship requirement. Survivorship under sub. (1) is
17determined as provided in s. 854.03.
AB645, s. 108 18Section 108. 852.01 (2m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB645,25,2019 852.01 (2m) Heir who kills decedent. If a person under sub. (1) killed the
20decedent, the inheritance rights of that person are governed by s. 854.14.
AB645, s. 109 21Section 109. 852.03 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB645,25,2322 852.03 (1) Per stirpes. If per stirpes distribution is called for under s. 852.01
23(1) (b), (d) or (f), the rules under s. 854.04 apply.
AB645, s. 110 24Section 110. 852.03 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB645, s. 111 25Section 111. 852.03 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB645,26,2
1852.03 (3) Relatives of the half blood. Inheritance rights of relatives of the
2half blood are governed by s. 854.21 (4).
AB645, s. 112 3Section 112. 852.03 (4) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB645,26,54 852.03 (4) Posthumous heirs. Inheritance rights of a person specified in s.
5852.01 (1) who was born after the death of the decedent are governed by s. 854.21 (5).
AB645, s. 113 6Section 113. 852.03 (5) and (6) of the statutes are created to read:
AB645,26,87 852.03 (5) Related through 2 lines. Inheritance rights of a person who is
8related to the decedent through 2 lines of relationship are governed by s. 854.21 (6).
AB645,26,11 9(6) Taking through or by alien. No person is disqualified from taking as an
10heir because the person or a person through whom he or she claims is not or at some
11time was not a U.S. citizen.
AB645, s. 114 12Section 114. 852.05 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 852.05 (1) (intro.) and
13amended to read:
AB645,26,1614 852.05 (1) (intro.) A nonmarital child or the child's issue is entitled to take in
15the same manner as a marital child by intestate succession from and through his or
16her mother, and from and through his or her father if the any of the following applies:
AB645,26,19 17(a) The father has either been adjudicated to be the father in a paternity
18proceeding under ch. 767, or by final order or judgment of a court of competent
19jurisdiction in another state.
AB645,26,20 20(b) The father has admitted in open court that he is the father, or.
AB645,26,22 21(c) The father has acknowledged himself to be the father in writing signed by
22him.
AB645, s. 115 23Section 115. 852.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB645,27,224 852.05 (2) Property of a nonmarital child passes in accordance with s. 852.01
25except that the father or the father's kindred can inherit only if the father has been

1adjudicated to be the father in a paternity proceeding under ch. 767 or by final order
2or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in another state
.
AB645, s. 116 3Section 116. 852.05 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB645,27,64 852.05 (3) This section does not apply to a child who becomes a marital child
5by the subsequent marriage of the child's parents under s. 767.60. The status of a
6nonmarital child who is legally adopted is governed by s. 851.51 854.20.
AB645, s. 117 7Section 117. 852.05 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB645,27,88 852.05 (4) Section 895.01 (1) applies to paternity proceedings under ch. 767.
AB645, s. 118 9Section 118. 852.09 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB645,27,12 10852.09 Assignment of home to surviving spouse. If the intestate estate
11includes an interest in a home, assignment of that interest to the surviving spouse
12is governed by s. 861.21.
AB645, s. 119 13Section 119. 852.10 of the statutes is created to read:
AB645,27,16 14852.10 Disinheritance from intestate share. (1) A decedent's will may
15exclude or limit the right of an individual or class to succeed to property passing by
16intestate succession.
AB645,27,20 17(2) If part of the testator's estate passes by intestacy, the share of the intestate
18estate that would have passed to the individual or class described in sub. (1) passes
19as if the individual or each member of the class had disclaimed his or her intestate
20share under s. 854.13.
AB645,27,22 21(3) This section does not apply if the individual or all members of the class
22described in sub. (1) predecease the testator.
AB645, s. 120 23Section 120. 852.11 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB645,27,25 24852.11 Advancement. The effect of a lifetime gift by the decedent on the
25intestate share of an heir is governed by s. 854.09.
AB645, s. 121
1Section 121. 852.12 of the statutes is created to read:
AB645,28,6 2852.12 Debts to decedent. If an heir owes a debt to the decedent, the debt
3shall be charged against the intestate share of the debtor, regardless of whether the
4debt has been discharged in bankruptcy. If the debtor fails to survive the decedent,
5the debt shall not be taken into account in computing the intestate shares of the
6debtor's issue.
AB645, s. 122 7Section 122. 852.13 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB645,28,10 8852.13 Right to disclaim intestate share. Any person to whom property
9would otherwise pass under s. 852.01 may disclaim all or part of the property as
10provided under s. 853.40 854.13.
AB645, s. 123 11Section 123. Subchapter I (title) of chapter 853 [precedes 853.01] of the
12statutes is created to read:
AB645,28,1313 Chapter 853
AB645,28,1514 Subchapter I
15 General rules
AB645, s. 124 16Section 124. 853.03 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB645,28,18 17853.03 Execution of wills. (intro.) Every will in order to be validly executed
18must be in writing and executed with all of the following formalities:
AB645, s. 125 19Section 125. 853.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB645,28,2420 853.03 (1) It must be signed by the testator, by the testator with the assistance
21of another person with the testator's consent
or in the testator's name by one of the
22witnesses or some other
another person at the testator's express direction and in the
23testator's conscious presence, such a proxy signing either to take place or to be
24acknowledged by the testator in the presence of the witnesses; and
.
AB645, s. 126
1Section 126 . 853.03 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 853.03 (2) (intro.) and
2amended to read:
AB645,29,53 853.03 (2) (intro.) It must be signed by 2 or more witnesses in the presence of
4the testator and in the presence of each other.
, each of whom signed within a
5reasonable time after witnessing any of the following:
AB645, s. 127 6Section 127. 853.03 (2) (a), (b) and (c) of the statutes are created to read:
AB645,29,77 853.03 (2) (a) The signing of the will as provided under sub. (1).
AB645,29,98 (b) The testator's implicit or explicit acknowledgement, within the witness'
9conscious presence, of the testator's signature on the will.
AB645,29,1110 (c) The testator's implicit or explicit acknowledgement, within the witness'
11conscious presence, of the will.
AB645, s. 128 12Section 128. 853.04 of the statutes is created to read:
AB645,29,18 13853.04 Self-proved will. (1) One-step procedure. A will may be
14simultaneously executed, attested and made self-proved by acknowledgment by the
15testator and affidavits of the witnesses. The acknowledgment and affidavits must
16be made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of the state
17in which execution occurs and must be evidenced by the officer's certificate, under
18official seal, in substantially the following form:
AB645,29,2019 (a) I, ...., the testator, sign my name to this instrument this .... day of ...., and
20being first duly sworn, declare to the undersigned authority all of the following:
AB645,29,2121 1. I sign and execute this instrument as my will.
AB645,29,2222 2. I sign this will willingly (or willingly direct another to sign for me).
AB645,29,2423 3. I execute this will as my free and voluntary act for the purposes expressed
24therein.
AB645,30,2
14. I am 18 years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue
2influence.
AB645,30,33 Testator: ....
AB645,30,54 (b) We, ...., ...., the witnesses, being first duly sworn, sign our names to this
5instrument and declare to the undersigned authority all of the following:
AB645,30,66 1. The testator signs and executes this instrument as his or her will.
AB645,30,87 2. The testator signs it willingly (or willingly directs another to sign for him or
8her).
AB645,30,109 3. Each of us, in the conscious presence of the testator, hereby signs this will
10as witness.
AB645,30,1211 4. To the best of our knowledge, the testator is 18 years of age or older, of sound
12mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
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