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Probate

• Directory
  • WI Registers in Probate
• Estates, Executors, & Probate (Nolo.com)
  How to obtain a death certificate, answer to questions about executors, what is involved in being an executor, and how a will can be challenged.
• Estate Planning, Probate, and Wills (UW Law Library)
• Forms
  • Notice Concerning Fiduciary Relationship (U.S. Internal Revenue Service)
  • Probate (WI Court System)
  • Probate Claims Notice (WI Dept. of Health Services)
  • Transfer by Affidavit ($50,000 and Under) (WI Court System)
  • Transfer on Death / Termination of Decedent’s Property Interest
• Handbook for Personal Representatives (State Bar of WI)
• Paying the Debts of a Deceased Relative: Who Is Responsible? (Federal Trade Commission)
• Personal Representative's Guide to Informal Estate Administration in Wisconsin (WI Register in Probate Association)
• Probate: Answering Your Legal Questions (State Bar of WI)
• Records
  • Wisconsin Circuit Court Access
• Wisconsin Register in Probate Association
  Access statutory fees & answers to FAQs concerning probate.

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes ch. 705 sub. ch. II "Nonprobate Transfers at Death; Nonprobate Transfers of Real Property"
• WI Statutes: ch. 851-882 "Probate"
• WI Statutes: s. 814.66 "Fees of Register in Probate"

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Estate Taxes

• Estate Tax (U.S. Internal Revenue Service)
• Estate Tax (Nolo.com)
  Includes related articles on estate & gift tax faqs, reducing taxes by making gifts, charitable giving, etc.
• Estates & Fiduciaries FAQs (WI Dept. of Revenue)

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: ch. 72 "Estate Tax"
• U.S. Code:  26 USC 2001-2704 "Estate and Gift Taxes"
• CFR: 26 CFR pt. 20 to pt. 29 "Estate & Gift Taxes"

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County Resources

Recommended links from our County Resources database:

• Court Forms

  • Guardianship, Termination of Parental Rights and Probate Forms and Guidelines (Lincoln Co Register in Probate)
  • Order to Examine Safety Deposit Box (Lincoln Clerk of Court)
  • Probate (Marathon Register in Probate)
    Informal probate checklist, transfer by affidavit checklist, non-probate of filed will, petition and order waiving fiduciary income tax return, special administration checklist.

• Guides

  • Estate and Probate Guides (Burnett Register in Probate)
    Summary settlement, summary assignment, special administration, informal administration, transfer by affidavit
  • Estates & Probate (Adams Register in Probate)
  • Estates & Probate (Barron Register in Probate)
  • Estates & Trusts (Fond du Lac Register in Probate)
    Information, formal, special administration, summary assignment and settlement, transfer by affidavit
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Probate (Barron Clerk of Court)
  • Guidelines for Preparing Annual Accounts (Polk Register in Probate)
  • Informal Probate Checklist (Lincoln Register in Probate)
  • Informal Probate Guidelines (Lincoln Register in Probate)
  • Probate FAQ (Register in Probate)
  • Probate FAQs (Polk Co Register in Probate)
  • Probate Guide (Polk Co Register in Probate)
  • Special Administration Guidelines (Lincoln Register in Probate)
  • Summary Assignment Guidelines (Lincoln Register in Probate)
  • Summary Settlement Guidelines (Lincoln Register in Probate)
  • Types of Probate (Douglas Register in Probate)
    Ancillary proceedings, formal admin, informal admin, probate benchmarks, special admin, summary assignment, summary settlement, transfer by affidavit

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