168 Wis. 2d 1008 - Elfelt v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 state decisions

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1. “Formal requisites. (1) Transactions under s. 706.01(1) [all conveyances involving mortgages] shall not be valid unless evidenced by a conveyance which: (f) Is signed, or joined in by separate conveyance, by or on behalf of each spouse, if the conveyance alienates any interest of a married person in a homestead under s. 706.01(7) [homestead defined] except conveyances between spouses, but on a purchase money mortgage pledging that property as security only the purchaser need sign the mortgage ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 176 Wis. 2d 1085 - Weber v. Weber

2. “The policy of the statute ... is not to give the wife a mere personal right for her personal benefit which she may waive, or be estopped by her conduct from insisting upon .... If it should be held that the homestead right is a mere privilege which the wife may waive, or which may be lost under the rules of equitable estoppel, a very efficient way would be open to evade and nullify the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 176 Wis. 2d 1085 - Weber v. Weber

3. “the IRS, which merely steps into [the tax delinquent spouse's] shoes, also cannot convey any interest of the jointly held spousal homestead without either [the innocent spouse's] consent or court action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. O'Hagan v. United States