861.17 Rights in property transferred in fraud of surviving spouse.
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861.17 Rights in property transferred in fraud of surviving spouse.
(1)Nothing in this chapter precludes a court in an equitable proceeding from subjecting to the rights of the surviving spouse under ch. 852 and this chapter any property arrangement made by the decedent in fraud of those rights. A property arrangement in fraud of the rights of the surviving spouse means any of the following:
(a)Any transfer or acquisition of property, regardless of the form or type of property rights involved, made by the decedent during marriage or in anticipation of marriage for the primary purpose of defeating the rights of the surviving spouse under ch. 852 and this chapter.