863.37 Distribution of money or other property where payment or transfer is prohibited.
(1) If the laws, executive orders or regulations of the United States prohibit payment, conveyance, transfer, assignment or delivery of property to a legatee, devisee, ward or beneficiary of an estate or trust, or to any person on his or her behalf, the court, after notice to the person under s. 879.03, may by judgment or decree authorize such disposition of the property as is or may be permissible under or in conformity with the laws, executive orders or regulations of the United States.
(2)
(a) Whenever payment of a legacy or a distributive share cannot be made to the person entitled to payment or it appears that the person may not receive or have the opportunity to obtain payment, the court may, on petition of a person interested or on its own motion, order that the funds be paid or delivered to the secretary of revenue for deposit as provided under s. 177.23. Claims on the funds may be made under s. 863.39 within 10 years after the date of publication under s. 177.18. When a claimant to the funds resides outside the United States or its territories the court may require the personal appearance of the claimant before the court.
(b) Notwithstanding par. (a), whenever moneys arising from an unclaimed legacy or unclaimed intestate property have been deposited with the state treasurer on or after April 1, 1971, but before April 30, 1980, claims may be made for the property under s. 863.39 within 10 years after April 30, 1980.
History: 1977 c. 449; 1979 c. 221; 1983 a. 408; 1997 a. 188; 2013 a. 20.
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