Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 851 — Probate — definitions and general provisions

851.09 Heir.

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851.09 Heir. “Heir” means any person, including the surviving spouse, who is entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to an interest in property of a decedent. The state is an heir of the decedent and a person interested under s. 45.51

(10)and

(11)when the decedent was a member of a Wisconsin veterans home operated by the department of veterans affairs under s. 45.50 at the time of the decedent’s death.