A provision in a governing instrument that prescribes a penalty against an interested person for contesting the governing instrument or instituting other proceedings relating to the governing instrument may not be enforced if the court determines that the interested person had probable cause for instituting the proceedings.
Wis. Stat. § 854.19
Penalty clause for contest
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Jenifer Duncan v. Olga Rawls (2018)
Most recently applied in Jenifer Duncan v. Olga Rawls (March 2018)
1997 a. 188.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.