2015 Statutes Index

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

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 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 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

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

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

Domestic partner, 852.01 (1) (a)

Assignment of home as part of share, 852.09, 861.21

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

Parent who abandoned minor child barred, 852.14

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

Spouse, 852.01 (1) (a)

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

Appraisal:

Supplemental, on additional property, 858.17

When necessary, 858.13

When not necessary, 858.15

Attorney for persons in military service, information to be furnished to, 858.03

Certification, examination, 858.09

Contents, 858.07

Time to file, 858.01

Copy, to persons interested, 858.03