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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 877 — Actions by and against personal representatives, heirs, and legatees

877.42 Estate of deceased heir liable.

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877.42 Estate of deceased heir liable. The estate of any heir, devisee, legatee, or next of kin of a decedent who dies before paying his or her just share of the decedent’s debts is liable for his or her share of the decedent’s debts, as a personal debt, to the same extent that he or she would have been liable if living.
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