Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 865.031 (2026)
Effect of fraud and evasion
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865.031865.031 Effect of fraud and evasion. Whenever fraud has been perpetrated in connection with any proceeding or in any statement filed under this chapter, or if fraud is used to avoid or circumvent the provisions or purposes of this chapter, any person injured thereby may obtain appropriate relief against the perpetrator of the fraud, including restitution from any person, other than a bona fide purchaser, benefiting from the fraud, whether innocent or not. Any proceeding must be commenced within 2 years after the discovery of the fraud, but no proceeding may be brought against one not a perpetrator of the fraud later than 5 years after the time of commission of the fraud. This section has no bearing on remedies relating to fraud practiced on a decedent during the decedent’s lifetime which affects the succession of the decedent’s estate.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Faith A. Lowell v. Patricia Hammarback (Wis. Ct. App. 2019).
Faith A. Lowell v. Patricia Hammarback (Wis. Ct. App. 2019). “§ 865.031. And finally, based upon her sustained objection to the initial inventory, she argues that the court should have awarded her $11,000 more (than the $1500 that the court did award her) in attorney’s fees under WIS.”
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