2017 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 851. Probate — definitions and general provisions.
851.09 Heir.

Universal Citation: WI Stat § 851.09 (2017)

851.09 Heir. “Heir" means any person, including the surviving spouse, who is entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to an interest in property of a decedent. The state is an heir of the decedent and a person interested under s. 45.51 (10) and (11) when the decedent was a member of a Wisconsin veterans home operated by the department of veterans affairs under s. 45.50 at the time of the decedent's death.

History: 1973 c. 333 s. 201m; 1993 a. 486; 1999 a. 63; 2005 a. 22.

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