766.70 – Remedies.
766.70 Remedies. (1) A spouse has a claim against the other spouse for breach of the duty of good faith imposed by s. 766.15 resulting in damage to the claimant spouse’s property. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (6), no spouse may commence an action under this subsection later than 6 years after acquiring actual […]
766.73 – Invalid marriages.
766.73 Invalid marriages. If a marriage is invalidated by a decree, a court may apply so much of this chapter to the property of the parties to the invalid marriage as is necessary to avoid an inequitable result. This section does not apply if s. 767.61 applies to the action to invalidate the marriage. History: […]
766.75 – Treatment of certain property at dissolution.
766.75 Treatment of certain property at dissolution. After a dissolution each former spouse owns an undivided one-half interest in the former marital property as a tenant in common, except as provided otherwise in a decree or an agreement entered into by the former spouses after dissolution. History: 1983 a. 186; 1985 a. 37.
766.95 – Rules of construction.
766.95 Rules of construction. Unless displaced by this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement its provisions. History: 1983 a. 186.
766.96 – Uniformity of application and construction.
766.96 Uniformity of application and construction. This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it. History: 1983 a. 186.
766.97 – Equal rights; common law disabilities.
766.97 Equal rights; common law disabilities. (1) Women and men have the same rights and privileges under the law in the exercise of suffrage, freedom of contract, choice of residence, jury service, holding office, holding and conveying property, care and custody of children and in all other respects. The various courts and executive and administrative […]
766.63 – Mixed property.
766.63 Mixed property. (1) Except as provided otherwise in ss. 766.61 and 766.62, mixing marital property with property other than marital property reclassifies the other property to marital property unless the component of the mixed property which is not marital property can be traced. (2) Application by one spouse of substantial labor, effort, inventiveness, physical […]
766.58 – Marital property agreements.
766.58 Marital property agreements. (1) A marital property agreement shall be a document signed by both spouses. Only the spouses may be parties to a marital property agreement. A marital property agreement is enforceable without consideration. (2) A marital property agreement may not adversely affect the right of a child to support. (3) Except as […]
766.585 – Marital property agreements before determination date.
766.585 Marital property agreements before determination date. (1) After April 4, 1984, and before their determination date, spouses or unmarried persons who subsequently marry each other may execute a marital property agreement under s. 766.58, which is intended to apply only after their determination date, to the same extent that persons may execute a marital […]
766.587 – Statutory individual property classification agreement.
766.587 Statutory individual property classification agreement. (1) Generally. (a) Spouses may execute a statutory individual property classification agreement under this section to classify all the property of the spouses, including property presently owned and property acquired in the future but before the agreement terminates, as the individual property of the owner. Ownership of the property […]