Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 178.0204

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)    Property is partnership property if acquired in the name of any of the following:
      (a)    The partnership.
      (b)    One or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person‘s capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership but without an indication of the name of the partnership.
   (2)   Property is acquired in the name of the partnership by a transfer to any of the following:
      (a)    The partnership in its name.
      (b)    One or more partners in their capacity as partners in the partnership, if the name of the partnership is indicated in the instrument transferring title to the property.
   (3)   Property is presumed to be partnership property if purchased with partnership assets, even if not acquired in the name of the partnership or of one or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person’s capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership.
   (4)   Property acquired in the name of one or more of the partners, without an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person’s capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership and without use of partnership assets, is presumed to be separate property, even if used for partnership purposes.