766.001 Liberal construction; intent.
(1) This chapter is remedial in nature and shall be liberally construed, consistent with s. 766.96.
(2) It is the intent of the legislature that marital property is a form of community property.
History: 1983 a. 186; 1985 a. 37.
Chapter 766, the Marital Property Act, does not supplant divorce property division provisions. In re Marriage of Kuhlman v. Kuhlman, 146 Wis. 2d 588, 432 N.W.2d 295 (Ct. App. 1988).
Anthology of articles and comments on the marital property act. 68 MLR No. 3 (1985).
A brief overview: The new Wisconsin marital property act. Weisberger and Wilcox. WBB July, 1984.
The marital property law. WBB July, 1984.
The trailer bill: A survey of the 1985 amendments to the Wisconsin marital property act. Furrh, WBB December, 1985.
Estate planning under Wisconsin's marital property act. Erlanger, Hughes and Weisberger, WBB February, 1986.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 766 - Property rights of married persons; marital property.
766.001 - Liberal construction; intent.
766.15 - Responsibility between spouses.
766.17 - Variation by marital property agreement.
766.31 - Classification of property of spouses.
766.51 - Management and control of property of spouses.
766.53 - Gifts of marital property to 3rd persons.
766.55 - Obligations of spouses.
766.555 - Obligations of spouses under open-end plans.
766.56 - Credit transactions with married persons.
766.565 - Relationship to consumer act.
766.57 - Protection of bona fide purchasers dealing with spouses.
766.575 - Protection of trustees dealing with spouses.
766.58 - Marital property agreements.
766.585 - Marital property agreements before determination date.
766.587 - Statutory individual property classification agreement.
766.588 - Statutory terminable marital property classification agreement.
766.589 - Statutory terminable individual property classification agreement.
766.59 - Unilateral statement; income from nonmarital property.
766.60 - Optional forms of holding property; survivorship ownership.
766.605 - Classification of homestead.
766.61 - Classification of life insurance policies and proceeds.
766.62 - Classification of deferred employment benefits.
766.75 - Treatment of certain property at dissolution.
766.95 - Rules of construction.