766.15 Responsibility between spouses.
(1) Each spouse shall act in good faith with respect to the other spouse in matters involving marital property or other property of the other spouse. This obligation may not be varied by a marital property agreement.
(2) Management and control by a spouse of that spouse's property that is not marital property in a manner that limits, diminishes or fails to produce income from that property does not violate sub. (1).
History: 1983 a. 186.
Intentional misrepresentation is a breach of the duty of good faith for which the exclusive pre-divorce remedy is s. 766.70 (1). Gardner v. Gardner, 175 Wis. 2d 420, 499 N.W.2d 266 (Ct. App. 1993).
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.