Rules of classification

Wis. Stat. § 702.205
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(1) In this section, “adverse party” means a person with a substantial beneficial interest in appointive property that would be affected adversely by a powerholder’s exercise or nonexercise of a power of appointment in favor of the powerholder, the powerholder’s estate, a creditor of the powerholder, or a creditor of the powerholder’s estate. (2) If a powerholder may exercise a power of appointment only with the consent or joinder of an adverse party, the power is a nongeneral power of appointment. (3) If the permissible appointees of a power of appointment are not defined and limited, the power is an exclusionary power of appointment.
Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/702.205Fetched: 10/7/2026