Statute – Wisconsin Statutes § 154-01 – 154-30

Definitions – § 154-01 – 154-02

Signing Requirements – The document must be signed before two (2) viable witnesses to validate the declaration. State law additionally stipulates the following regarding witness acceptability:

“No witness to the execution of the declaration may, at the time of the execution, be any of the following:

(a) Related to the declarant by blood, marriage or adoption.
(b) Have knowledge that he or she is entitled to or has a claim on any portion of the declarant’s estate.
(c) Directly financially responsible for the declarant’s health care.
(d) An individual who is a health care provider, as defined in §155-01(7), who is serving the declarant at the time of execution, an employee, other than a chaplain or a social worker, of the health care provider or an employee, other than a chaplain or a social worker, of an inpatient health care facility in which the declarant is a patient.” (§ 154-03(1))