Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 711.16

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • 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
  • Personal representative: means a person, however denominated, who is authorized to administer a decedent's estate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
   (1)    This chapter applies to all of the following:
      (a)    A fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on, or after April 1, 2016.
      (b)    A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after April 1, 2016.
      (c)    A guardianship or conservatorship proceeding, whether pending in a court or commenced before, on, or after April 1, 2016.
      (d)    A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after April 1, 2016.
   (2)   This chapter applies to a custodian only if the user resides in this state or resided in this state at the time of the user’s death.
   (3)   This chapter does not apply to digital property of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer’s business.