DeWitt v. Ferries

*4¶ 1 The Petitioners, collectively the DeWitts, seek to transfer a one-acre parcel of property to the Town of Forest.1 They assert that the parcel is a cemetery where they believe their relatives are buried and that the parcel is neglected or abandoned. The circuit court agreed and issued an order transferring the one-acre parcel to the Town to manage as a town cemetery, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 157.115(1)(c) (2015-16).2

*5¶ 2 The court of appeals, however, disagreed. It determined that the DeWitts failed to prove a statutory requirement-that "there exists no association or group with authority…