851.002 Definitions. The definitions in ss. 851.01 to 851.31 apply to chs. 851 to 882. History: 1979 c. 89; 1997 a. 188. Wisconsin’s New Probate Code. Erlanger. Wis. Law. Oct. 1998.
851.21 851.23 851.27 851.29 851.295 851.30 851.31
851.40 851.50 851.55 851.70 851.71 851.72 851.73 851.74 851.75
Person interested. Personal representative. Property. Sale. Surviving domestic partner. Surviving spouse. Will. SUBCHAPTER II GENERAL PROBATE PROVISIONS Basis for attorney fees. Status of adopted persons. Simultaneous death. Presumption in favor of orders. Appointment and compensation of registers in probate. Duties of registers in probate. Powers of registers in probate. Fees in probate matters. Register in probate may be appointed deputy clerk.
“Devise,” when used as a verb, means to dispose of any real or personal property by will. History: 1997 a. 188; 2015 a. 196.