Wisconsin § 854.21 - Persons included in family groups or classes.

§ 854.21. Persons included in family groups or classes.

854.21(1) (1) Adopted persons. 854.21(1)(a) (a) Except as provided in sub. (7) , a gift of property by a governing instrument to a class of persons described as “issue,” “lawful issue,” “children,” “grandchildren,” “descendants,” “heirs,” “heirs of the body,” “next of kin,” “distributees,” or the like includes a person adopted by a person whose birth child would be a member of the class, and issue of the adopted person, if the conditions for membership in the class are otherwise satisfied and at least one of the criteria under s. 854.20 (1) (b) 1. , 2. , and 3. is satisfied. 854.21(1)(b) (b) Except as provided in sub. (7) , a gift of property by a governing instrument to a class of persons described as “issue,” “lawful issue,” “children,” “grandchildren,” “descendants,” “heirs,” “heirs of the body,” “next of kin,” “distributees,” or the like excludes a birth child and his or her issue otherwise within the class if the birth child has been adopted and would cease to be treated as a child of the birth parent under s. 854.20 (2) . 854.21(2) (2) Individuals born to unmarried parents. 854.21(2)(a) (a) Subject to par. (b) and sub. (7) , individuals born to unmarried parents are included in class gifts and other terms of relationship in accordance with s.