Wisconsin Statutes 856.03 – Wills in court for safekeeping
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 856.03
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. 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
- Probate: Proving a will
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
If a will has been filed with a court for safekeeping during the testator‘s lifetime, the court on learning of the death of the testator shall open the will and give notice of the court’s possession to the person named in the will to act as personal representative, otherwise to some person interested in the provisions of the will. If probate jurisdiction belongs to any other court, the will shall be delivered to that court.