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Will Requirements in Wisconsin

Important Notes

  1. The testator must be 18 years old and of “sound mind”

  2. The document must be signed

  3. In the presence of two witnesses

  4. Witnesses must not be related to the testator

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Age of Testator

  • 18 years or older and of “sound mind”

Number of Witnesses

  • Two

Oral (Nuncupative) Wills

  • Not recognized

Holographic (Handwritten) Wills

  • Not recognized

Revocation of Wills

  • A will is revoked in whole or in part by burning, tearing, canceling, obliterating or destroying the will, or part, with the intent to revoke, by the testator or by some person in the testator’s conscious presence and by the testator’s direction.

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