A mortgage on real property creates a lien on the property mortgaged; except for the lien and subject to s. 708.11, the mortgagor retains the interest that the mortgagor had at the time of mortgage until that interest is divested by some later act.
Wis. Stat. § 708.01
Effect of mortgage
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In Re Crawley (2004)
Most recently applied in In re McGough (October 2018)
1993 a. 486; 1995 a. 283
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Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.