Wisconsin Statutes 853.17 – Effect of will provision changing beneficiary of life insurance or annuity
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 853.17
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) Any provision in a will which purports to name a different beneficiary of a life insurance or annuity contract than the beneficiary properly designated in accordance with the contract with the issuing company, or its bylaws, is ineffective to change the contract beneficiary unless the contract or the company’s bylaws authorizes such a change by will.
(2) This section does not prevent the court from requiring the contract beneficiary to elect under s. 853.15 in order to take property under the will.