PROBATE AND TRANSFERS AT DEATH

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

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

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

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

Incompetents, 880.04 (2m)

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 issued to trustee of testamentary trust, applicability of law, 856.29

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, 880.04 (2m)

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

Powers and duties, 865.09

Proceed without court order, exception, 865.10

Petition for final judgment, exception, 863.25

Probate registrar:

Definition, 865.065

Determinations required of, 865.07

Duties, time of accrual, 865.09

Powers, 865.065, 865.09

Proceedings independent, exceptions, 865.04

Receipts to be filed, 865.21

Records of proceedings, 865.01

Registers in probate, duties and powers, 865.01

Tax returns, 865.11

Use, when, 865.02

Will, informally admitted to probate, 856.13

Probate and Transfers at Death 11. Intestate Succession 11. Intestate Succession
Generally, Ch. 852

Advancements on transfers at death, effect, 854.09

Allowance to spouse, 852.01 (1) (a)

Basic rules, 852.01 (1), 852.03

Beneficiary who kills decedent, 852.01 (2m), 854.14

Debt to decedent, charge against share, 852.12

Disclaimer of share, 852.13, 854.13

Disinheritance from intestate share by will, 852.10

Escheat, 852.01 (3)

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

Half blood relatives, 852.03 (3), 854.21 (4)

Nonmarital children, status, 852.05

Posthumous heirs, 852.03 (4), 854.21 (5)

Spouse:

Assignment of home as part of share, 852.09, 861.21

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

Survivorship requirement, 852.01 (2), 854.03

PROBATE AND TRANSFERS AT DEATH 12. Inventory 12. Inventory
Generally, Ch. 858