Wisconsin § 157.10 - Alienation, disposition, and use of cemetery lots and mausoleum spaces.

§ 157.10. Alienation, disposition, and use of cemetery lots and mausoleum spaces.

157.10(1) (1) In this section, “owner” means a person named in the records of the cemetery authority who has an ownership interest in a cemetery lot or mausoleum space and a right to bury human remains in the cemetery lot or mausoleum space. 157.10(2) (2) 157.10(2)(a) (a) While any person is buried in a cemetery lot or mausoleum space, the cemetery lot or mausoleum space shall be inalienable, without the consent of the cemetery authority, and on the death of the last owner, full ownership of the cemetery lot or mausoleum space shall descend as follows: 157.10(2)(a)1. 1. To the owner’s surviving spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770 . 157.10(2)(a)2. 2. If there is no living member of the class designated in subd. 1. , to that owner’s children, including by adoption. 157.10(2)(a)3. 3. If there is no living member of the class designated in subd. 1. or 2. , to the owner’s grandchildren, including by adoption. 157.10(2)(a)4. 4. If there is no living member of the class designated in subd. 1. , 2. , or 3. , to the cemetery authority for the cemetery in which the cemetery lot or mausoleum space is located. 157.10(2)(b) (b) A cemetery lot or mausoleum space is not part of a decedent’s net estate for purposes of s.