851.40 Basis for attorney fees. (1) Any attorney performing services for the estate of a deceased person in any proceeding under chs. 851 to 879, including a proceeding for informal administration under ch. 865, shall be entitled to just and reasonable compensation for such services. (2) Any personal representative, heir, beneficiary under a will or […]
851.50 Status of adopted persons. The status of adopted persons for purposes of inheritance and transfers under wills or other governing instruments, as defined in s. 854.01 (2), is governed by ss. 854.20 and 854.21. History: 1997 a. 188; 2005 a. 216.
851.55 Simultaneous death. The transfer of or title to property that depends upon priority of death with respect to 2 or more persons who die simultaneously is governed by s. 854.03. History: 1977 c. 214, 449; 1983 a. 186; 1993 a. 486; 1997 a. 188.
851.70 Presumption in favor of orders. When the validity of any order or judgment of a circuit court in a probate proceeding or certificate to terminate a life estate or joint tenancy in a death tax proceeding is drawn in question in another action or proceeding, everything necessary to have been done or proved to […]
851.71 Appointment and compensation of registers in probate. (1) In each county, the judges of the county shall appoint and may remove a register in probate. Appointments and removals may be made only with the approval of the chief judge. Before entering upon duties, the register in probate shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath […]
851.72 Duties of registers in probate. The register in probate shall: (1) File and keep all papers properly deposited with him or her unless required to transmit such papers. (2) Keep a court record of every proceeding in the court under chs. 54 and 851 to 879 under its proper title, a brief statement of […]
851.73 Powers of registers in probate. (1) The register in probate: (a) May make orders for hearings when the judge is away from the county seat or unable to discharge duties or when given authority in writing by the judge and an application is made to the court in a proceeding under chs. 54 and […]
851.74 Fees in probate matters. The fees of the register in probate are prescribed in s. 814.66. History: 1977 c. 449; 1981 c. 317.
851.75 Register in probate may be appointed deputy clerk. With the written approval of the chief judge of the judicial administrative district, the circuit judges for the county may appoint the register in probate a deputy clerk. Appointments by the circuit judges under this section shall be revocable by the circuit judges, subject to the […]
