Any real estate, or interest therein belonging to a minor or to an individual adjudicated incompetent may be sold, mortgaged or leased:

Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 786.06

  • Minor: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated a state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, "minor" does not include a person who has attained the age of 17 years. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)   When the personal property and the income of the real estate of such minor or individual adjudicated incompetent are together insufficient for the payment of his or her debts or for the maintenance and education of himself or herself and family;
   (2)   When the interests of such minor or individual adjudicated incompetent require or will be substantially promoted by such disposition on account of such real estate or interest therein being exposed to waste or dilapidation, or being unproductive, or for other peculiar reasons or circumstances.