Wisconsin § 851.70 Presumption in favor of orders.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 851.70 — Presumption in favor of orders.

Wisconsin § 851.70

Ch. 851Probate — definitions and general provisions

Subch.subch. II of ch. 851 SUBCHAPTER II

GENERAL PROBATE PROVISIONS

This text of Wisconsin § 851.70 (Presumption in favor of orders.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Wisconsin primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Wis. Stat. § 851.70 (2026).

Text

851.70  When the validity of any order or judgment of a circuit court in a probate proceeding or certificate to terminate a life estate or joint tenancy in a death tax proceeding is drawn in question in another action or proceeding, everything necessary to have been done or proved to render the order, judgment or certificate valid and which might have been proved by parole evidence at the time of making the order or judgment and was not required to be recorded shall, after 20 years from that time, be presumed to have been done or proved unless the contrary appears on the same record.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

851.70 When the validity of any order or judgment of a circuit court in a probate proceeding or certificate to terminate a life estate or joint tenancy in a death tax proceeding is drawn in question in another action or proceeding, everything necessary to have been done or proved to render the order, judgment or certificate valid and which might have been proved by parole evidence at the time of making the order or judgment and was not required to be recorded shall, after 20 years from that time, be presumed to have been done or proved unless the contrary appears on the same record.