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2025 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 863 - Closing estates.
863.11 - Order in which assets appropriated; abatement.
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WI Stat § 863.11 (2025)
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863.11 Order in which assets appropriated; abatement. Shares of distributees abate in accordance with the rules under s. 854.18.
History: 1983 a. 186; 1995 a. 225; 1997 a. 188.
A general direction to pay debts requires that the federal estate tax be deducted from the gross estate before computing the marital deduction as opposed to a contention that the full deduction be allowed since the tax should be paid from assets going to other heirs. Greene v. United States, 476 F.2d 116 (1973).
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