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INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY
9:00 - 10:15, Mark Hazelbaker
- Your Bundle of Sticks - Classification of Estates
- Recording Interests and the Importance of Accurate Legal Description
- Requirements For Valid Conveyances
- How Wetland, Floodplain, Lake and Streams Affect Title
- Condemnation and Regulation and Title
- Differences Between Inland Interests and Interests in Water Bodies
- Drafting Agreements to Avoid Boundary Disputes
- Special Rules Regarding Manufactured Structures
REAL PROPERTY POSSESSION
10:30 - 11:45, Richard L. Schmidt
- Achieving and Perfecting Possession
- Dealing with Sherriff's Sales and Tax Sales
- Landlord-Tenant Relationships
- Adverse Possession
- Creation, Use and Maintenance of Easements
- The Rule Against Perpetuities - Wisconsin Style
- Disproving Recorded or Unrecorded Possessory Rights
- Proper Use of Surveys and Surveyors
TITLE ISSUES
11:45 - 12:45, Duane H. Wunsch
- How Good is the Title: Marketability and Insurability
- The Wisconsin Notice Race Statutes
- Title Insurance
- Examining Title for Evidence of Possessory Interest
- Voluntary and Involuntary Transfers of Title
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE LAW AND LEGISLATION
1:45 - 2:30, Douglas S. Buck
- RESPA and other Legislative Updates
- Important Case Law
ETHICS
2:30 - 3:20, Mark Hazelbaker
- Responsibility Under the Rules of Professional Conduct
- Ex Parte Contacts
- Conflicts of Interest
- Attorneys' Fees
- Acting on Behalf of the Public
AGREEMENT OR LITIGATION - HOW TO RESOLVE THE CASE
3:35 - 4:30, Richard L. Schmidt
- Settlement Agreements: Terms and Enforcement
- Claiming an Interest in the Property: Adverse Possession, Specific Performance and Constructive Trust
- When and How to File a Lis Pendens
- Partition Suits
- The Use of a Special Commissioner
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