482+ pp.; 6th ed. 2022-23
Includes 2023-24 supplement
Formal Probate
- Formal Probate Procedure
- Wills
- Powers and Duties of Personal Representative (Formal Probate)
- Family Rights
- Intestate Succession
Informal Probate
- Informal Probate Procedure
- Powers and Duties of Personal Representative (Informal Probate)
Probate Alternatives
- Probate Alternatives/Summary Proceedings
- Trusts
- Powers and Duties of Trustees
Guardianship
- Guardianship
- Guardian of Individuals Found Incompetent
- Protective Placement and Services
- Guardianship of Estate of Minor
- Guardianship of Spendthrift
Other Proceedings
- Conservatorship
- Power of Attorney for Health Care
Mental Health
- Involuntary Mental Commitments
- Alcohol Commitments
- Criminal Commitments and Transfers
- Voluntary Mental Admissions/Settlements
- Patients' Rights and Records
The 2023–24 supplement includes a number of changes such as:
- New discussions of recent appellate court decisions involving guardianship and protective placement proceedings and involuntary mental commitments
- Additional information about how to fulfill the guardian training requirements under Wis. Stat. ch. 54, including references to the new mandatory court form to complete
The 2022-2023 revision includes a number of changes such as:
- The legislature's creation of a procedure to allow for the nonprobate transfer of farming implements to a designated beneficiary upon the owner’s death
- Legislative amendments that require proposed guardians to receive training on specified topics before the final hearing for a guardianship of the person or a person’s estate, starting with guardianship petitions filed on January 1, 2023, unless an exemption applies
- New discussions of recent appellate court decisions involving involuntary mental commitments (including recommitment proceedings)
- A Wisconsin Supreme Court order, effective July 1, 2022, that provides statutory authority for holding court proceedings from remote locations outside the courthouse, using telephonic or videoconferencing technology
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