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Wis JI-Civil 2797A
Affirmative defense: good faith - Wis. Stat. 242.08
(Defendant) is not liable to (plaintiff) [on the claim for actual fraud]1 if (defendant)
proves both of the following:
Use one of the following two sets of elements:
[1. That (defendant) took the property from (debtor) in good faith; and
2. That (he) (she) (it) took the property for a reasonably equivalent value.]
or
[1. That (defendant) received the property from (third party), who had taken the
property from (debtor) in good faith; and
2. That (third party) had taken the property for a reasonably equivalent value.]
“Good faith” means that (defendant) did not have actual or constructive notice of
(plaintiff)’s rights in the (property/obligation). If you decide (defendant) had, or under
the facts and circumstances should have had, such notice, then (defendant) did not take
the (property) (obligation) in good faith.2
[Give Wis JI-Civil 200, Burden of Proof: Ordinary.]
History
Wis JI-Civil 2797A (11/2025). Release No. 59. Wisconsin Court System, 11/2025. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
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- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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