GroundRules
Wis. Stat. § 877.42: Estate of deceased heir liable.
Where this section sits in the code
- Chs. 851-882, Probate
- Chapter 877 Actions By And Against Personal Representatives, Heirs, And Legatees
The estate of any heir, devisee, legatee, or next of kin of a decedent who dies before paying his or her just share of the decedent’s debts is liable for his or her share of the decedent’s debts, as a personal debt, to the same extent that he or she would have been liable if living.
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