54.854(11)(11) Notwithstanding s. 54.01 (23), “personal representative” means an executor, administrator, successor personal representative or special administrator of a decedent’s estate or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.

54.854(11m)(11m) “Qualified minor’s trust” means any trust, including a trust created by the custodian, that satisfies the requirements of section 2503 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations implementing that section.

54.854(12)(12) “State” includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.

54.854(13)(13) “Transfer” means a transaction that creates custodial property under s. 54.870.

54.854(14)(14) “Transferor” means a person who makes a transfer under ss. 54.854 to 54.898.

54.854(15)(15) “Trust company” means a financial institution, corporation or other legal entity, authorized to exercise general trust powers.

54.856(1)(1) Sections 54.854 to 54.898 apply to a transfer that refers to ss. 54.854 to 54.898 in the designation under s. 54.870 (1) by which the transfer is made if at the time of the transfer the transferor, the minor or the custodian is a resident of this state or the custodial property is located in this state. The custodianship so created remains subject to ss. 54.854 to 54.898 despite a subsequent change in residence of a transferor, the minor or the custodian, or the removal of custodial property from this state.

54.856(2)(2) A person designated as custodian under s. 54.870 to 54.888 is subject to personal jurisdiction in this state with respect to any matter relating to the custodianship.

54.856(3)(3) A transfer that purports to be made and which is valid under the uniform transfers to minors act, the uniform gifts to minors act or a substantially similar act of another state is governed by the law of the designated state and may be executed and is enforceable in this state if at the time of the transfer the transferor, the minor or the custodian is a resident of the designated state or the custodial property is located in the designated state.

54.858(1)(1) A person having the right to designate the recipient of property transferable upon the occurrence of a future event may revocably nominate a custodian to receive the property for a minor beneficiary upon the occurrence of the event by naming the custodian, followed in substance by the words: “as custodian for .... (name of minor) under the Wisconsin Uniform Transfers to Minors Act”. The nomination may name one or more persons as substitute custodians to whom the property must be transferred, in the order named, if the first nominated custodian dies before the transfer or is unable, declines or is ineligible to serve. The nomination may be made in a will, a trust, a deed, an instrument exercising a power of appointment or a writing designating a beneficiary of contractual rights which is registered with or delivered to the payor, issuer or other obligor of the contractual rights.

54.858(2)(2) A custodian nominated under this section must be a person to whom a transfer of property of that kind may be made under s. 54.870 (1).

54.858(3)(3) The nomination of a custodian under this section does not create custodial property until the nominating instrument becomes irrevocable or a transfer to the nominated custodian is completed under s. 54.870. Unless the nomination of a custodian has been revoked, upon the occurrence of the future event the custodianship becomes effective and the custodian shall enforce a transfer of the custodial property under s. 54.870.

54.86054.860 Transfer by gift or exercise of power of appointment. A person may make a transfer by irrevocable gift to, or the irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment in favor of, a custodian for the benefit of a minor under s. 54.870.

54.862(1)(1) A personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer under s. 54.870 to a custodian for the benefit of a minor as authorized in the governing will or trust.

54.862(2)(2) If the testator or settlor has nominated a custodian under s. 54.858 to receive the custodial property, the transfer must be made to that person.

54.862(3)(3) If the testator or settlor has not nominated a custodian under s. 54.858, or all persons so nominated as custodian die before the transfer or are unable, decline or are ineligible to serve, the personal representative or the trustee, as the case may be, shall designate the custodian from among those eligible to serve as custodian for property of that kind under s. 54.870 (1).

54.864(1)(1) Subject to sub. (3), a personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer to another adult or trust company as custodian for the benefit of a minor under s. 54.870 in the absence of a will or under a will or trust that does not contain an authorization to do so.