Wisconsin Statutes Probate (Ch. 851 to 882) § 852.05. Status of child born to unmarried parents for purposes of intestate succession

(1) A child born to unmarried parents, or the child's issue, is treated in the same manner as a child, or the issue of a child, born to married parents with respect to intestate succession from and through the child's mother, and from and through the child's father if any of the following applies:

(2) Property of a child born to unmarried parents passes in accordance with s. 852.01 except that the father or the father's kindred can inherit only if the father has been adjudicated to be the father in a paternity proceeding under ch. 767 or by final order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in another state or has been determined to be the father under s. 767.804 or767.805 or a substantially similar law of another state.

(4) Section 895.01(1) applies to paternity proceedings under ch. 767.