{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-700.08","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 700.08","heading":"Estate tail becomes fee simple; effect of gift over after attempted estate tail.","body":"The use of language in an instrument appropriate to create a present or future interest in fee tail, such as to a named person “and the heirs of his body” or “and the heirs of her body” or “and his issue” or “and her issue”, creates a present or future interest in fee simple. If the same instrument attempts to create a future interest after the interest that is made a fee simple by reason of this section, the future interest is valid.","path":["Chs. 700-711, Property","Chapter 700 Interests In Property"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/700.08","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:33Z","sha256":"102af57fdc504d9221fae004aa1e721066182c567208513b9a128ba00ec1567b","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-700.07","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-700.09"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}