Wisconsin § 700.08 - Estate tail becomes fee simple; effect of gift over after attempted estate tail.
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§ 700.08. Estate tail becomes fee simple; effect of gift over after attempted estate tail.
The use of language in an instrument appropriate to create a present or future interest in fee tail, such as to a named person “and the heirs of his body” or “and the heirs of her body” or “and his issue” or “and her issue”, creates a present or future interest in fee simple. If the same instrument attempts to create a future interest after the interest that is made a fee simple by reason of this section, the future interest is valid. 700.08 History History: 1993 a. 486 ; 1999 a. 85 .
Source: official Wisconsin text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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