Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 856.21 (2026)
Persons entitled to domiciliary letters
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856.21856.21 Persons entitled to domiciliary letters. Letters shall be granted to one or more of the persons hereinafter mentioned, who are not disqualified, in the following order:
856.21(2)(2) Any person interested in the estate or the person’s nominee within the discretion of the court.
856.21 AnnotationAn attorney may not solicit, either directly or indirectly, to be named, or to have a relative named, executor in a will. State v. Gulbankian, 54 Wis. 2d 605, 196 N.W.2d 733 (1972).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1979–1996 · leading case: State Ex Rel. First Nat'l Bank & Trust Co. of Racine v. Skow, 284 N.W.2d 74 (Wis. 1979).
State Ex Rel. First Nat'l Bank & Trust Co. of Racine v. Skow, 284 N.W.2d 74 (Wis. 1979). “3 Sec. 856.21, Stats., provides: “Letters shall be granted to one or more of the persons hereinafter mentioned, who are not disqualified, in the following order: “(1) The executor named in the will.”
Est. of Clack v. Comm'r, 106 T.C. 131 (1996). “12(1), (4) (West 1957 & Supp. 1981). 8. The estate income ↩ tax return was filed with the office of the collector for the district where the fiduciary resided; the estate tax return was filed in the office of the collector for the district where the decedent resided at the time…”
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