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AB337,21,2410 48.913 (7) Report to the court; contents required. The report required under
11sub. (6) shall include a list of all transfers of anything of value made or agreed to be
12made by the proposed adoptive parents or by a person acting on their behalf to a birth
13parent of the child, an, alleged or presumed father parent of the child or the child,
14on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an, alleged or presumed father parent of the
15child or the child, or to any other person in connection with the pregnancy, the birth
16of the child, the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents, or the
17adoption of the child by the proposed adoptive parents. The report shall be itemized
18and shall show the goods or services for which payment was made or agreed to be
19made. The report shall include the dates of each payment, the names and addresses
20of each attorney, doctor, hospital, agency, or other person or organization receiving
21any payment from the proposed adoptive parents or a person acting on behalf of the
22proposed adoptive parents in connection with the pregnancy, the birth of the child,
23the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents, or the adoption of the
24child by the proposed adoptive parents.
AB337,56 25Section 56 . 49.141 (1) (j) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,22,1
149.141 (1) (j) 1. A biological natural parent.
AB337,57 2Section 57 . 49.141 (1) (j) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB337,58 3Section 58 . 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,22,114 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. If the individual is a foster parent of the child or a subsidized
5guardian or interim caretaker of the child under s. 48.623, the child's biological
6natural or adoptive family has a gross income that is at or below 200 percent of the
7poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological natural or
8adoptive family, the department or county department or agency determining
9eligibility shall include court-ordered child or family support payments received by
10the individual, if those support payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income
11described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
AB337,59 12Section 59 . 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,22,2013 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. If the individual is a relative of the child, is providing care
14for the child under a court order, and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or
15(3n) on behalf of the child, the child's biological natural or adoptive family has a gross
16income that is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line. In calculating the gross
17income of the child's biological natural or adoptive family, the department or county
18department or agency determining eligibility shall include court-ordered child or
19family support payments received by the individual, if those support payments
20exceed $1,250 per month, and income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
AB337,60 21Section 60 . 49.163 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,22,2522 49.163 (2) (am) 2. If over 24 years of age, be a biological natural or adoptive
23parent of a child under 18 years of age whose parental rights to the child have not
24been terminated or be a relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of
25age.
AB337,61
1Section 61. 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,23,122 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. Is living with a parent; a blood relative, including those of
3half-blood, and including first cousins, nephews or nieces and persons of preceding
4generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great or great-great; a stepfather,
5stepmother
stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister; a person who legally adopts the
6child or is the adoptive parent of the child's parent, a natural or legally adopted child
7of such person or a relative of an adoptive parent; or a spouse of any person named
8in this subparagraph subd. 2. a. even if the marriage is terminated by death or
9divorce; and is living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as
10the child's or their own home, or living in a residence maintained by one or more of
11these relatives as the child's or their own home because the parents of the child have
12been found unfit to have care and custody of the child; or
AB337,62 13Section 62. 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,23,1614 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) Aid may be granted to the mother or stepmother parent
15or stepparent
of a dependent child if he or she is without a husband spouse or if he
16or
she:
AB337,63 17Section 63. 49.19 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,23,1918 49.19 (4) (d) 1. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incapacitated for
19gainful work by mental or physical disability; or
AB337,64 20Section 64. 49.19 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,23,2421 49.19 (4) (d) 2. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incarcerated or
22who is a convicted offender permitted to live at home but precluded from earning a
23wage because the husband person is required by a court imposed sentence to perform
24unpaid public work or unpaid community service; or
AB337,65 25Section 65. 49.19 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,24,3
149.19 (4) (d) 3. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has been committed
2to the department pursuant to ch. 975, irrespective of the probable period of such
3commitment; or
AB337,66 4Section 66. 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,24,75 49.19 (4) (d) 4. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has continuously
6abandoned or failed to support him or her, if proceedings have been commenced
7against the husband person under ch. 769; or
AB337,67 8Section 67. 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,24,129 49.19 (4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a husband spouse or legally
10separated from his or her husband spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
11of law to compel his or her former husband spouse to adequately support the child
12for whom aid is sought; or
AB337,68 13Section 68 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,25,914 49.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
15person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
16938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
17services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
18chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
19and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
20person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
21case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
22including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
23(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
24order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
25the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of

1adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
2be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
3with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
4widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully
5dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such
6part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for
7the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable
8persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or
9the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
AB337,69 10Section 69. 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,25,1311 49.43 (12) “Spouse" means the legal husband or wife of person to whom the
12beneficiary is legally married, whether or not the person is eligible for medical
13assistance.
AB337,70 14Section 70 . 49.471 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,25,1515 49.471 (1) (b) 2. A stepfather, stepmother stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister.
AB337,71 16Section 71. 49.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,26,1817 49.90 (4) The circuit court shall in a summary way hear the allegations and
18proofs of the parties and by order require maintenance from these relatives, if they
19have sufficient ability, considering their own future maintenance and making
20reasonable allowance for the protection of the property and investments from which
21they derive their living and their care and protection in old age, in the following
22order: First the husband or wife spouse; then the father and the mother parents; and
23then the grandparents in the instances in which sub. (1) (a) 2. applies. The order
24shall specify a sum which that will be sufficient for the support of the dependent
25person under sub. (1) (a) 1. or the maintenance of a child of a dependent person under

1sub. (1) (a) 2., to be paid weekly or monthly, during a period fixed by the order or until
2the further order of the court. If the court is satisfied that any such relative is unable
3wholly to maintain the dependent person or the child, but is able to contribute to the
4person's support or the child's maintenance, the court may direct 2 or more of the
5relatives to maintain the person or the child and prescribe the proportion each shall
6contribute. If the court is satisfied that these relatives are unable together wholly
7to maintain the dependent person or the child, but are able to contribute to the
8person's support or the child's maintenance, the court shall direct a sum to be paid
9weekly or monthly by each relative in proportion to ability. Contributions directed
10by court order, if for less than full support, shall be paid to the department of health
11services or the department of children and families, whichever is appropriate, and
12distributed as required by state and federal law. An order under this subsection that
13relates to maintenance required under sub. (1) (a) 2. shall specifically assign
14responsibility for and direct the manner of payment of the child's health care
15expenses, subject to the limitations under subs. (1) (a) 2. and (11). Upon application
16of any party affected by the order and upon like notice and procedure, the court may
17modify such an order. Obedience to such an order may be enforced by proceedings
18for contempt.
AB337,72 19Section 72. 54.01 (36) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,26,2420 54.01 (36) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
21judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
22decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless the 2 subsequently
23participated in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
24subsequently held themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
AB337,73 25Section 73. 54.960 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,27,7
154.960 (1) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple
2beneficiaries are deemed to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests
3for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of
4husband and wife 2 individuals who are married to each other, for whom
5survivorship is presumed, a right of survivorship does not exist unless the
6instrument creating the custodial trust specifically provides for survivorship or
7survivorship is required as to marital property.
AB337,74 8Section 74 . 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,27,129 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
1059.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
11who reside in that county for whom no father's only one parent's name has been
12inserted on the registrant's birth record within 6 months of birth.
AB337,75 13Section 75 . 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,28,214 69.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth record that
15affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's name,
16or parent's marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence
17of the event that is the subject of the birth record, if the amendment is at the request
18of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is in the manner
19prescribed by the state registrar, and if the amendment is accompanied by 2 items
20of documentary evidence from early childhood that are sufficient to prove that the
21item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit of the person requesting the
22amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth record may be made under
23this paragraph only if the marital status is inconsistent with information concerning
24the father or husband
that appears on the birth record. This paragraph may not be
25used to add to or delete from a birth record the name of a parent, to change the

1identity of a parent named on the birth record, or to effect a name change prohibited
2under s. 301.47.
AB337,76 3Section 76 . 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,28,84 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the record of birth may be requested
5under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father or husband
6information appearing on the birth record. This section may not be used to add or
7delete the name of a parent on the record of birth or change the identity of either
8parent named on the birth record.
AB337,77 9Section 77 . 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,28,1410 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
11document, divorce or annulment record, or a final divorce decree that indicates that
12the mother was not married to the person listed as her husband spouse at any time
13during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any other legal document that
14clarifies the disputed information.
AB337,78 15Section 78 . 69.14 (1) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,28,1916 69.14 (1) (c) 4. In the absence of a person under subds. 1. to 3., the father or
17mother, father, or mother's spouse, or in the absence of the father or the mother's
18spouse
and the inability of the mother, the person responsible for the premises where
19the birth occurs.
AB337,79 20Section 79 . 69.14 (1) (e) (title) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB337,29,221 69.14 (1) (e) (title) Father's Spouse's or father's name. 1. If Except as provided
22in par. (h), if
the mother of a registrant under this section was married at any time
23from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the name of the husband spouse
24of the mother shall be entered on the birth record as the a legal father parent of the

1registrant. The name of the father parent entered under this subdivision may not
2be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.
AB337,80 3Section 80 . 69.14 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,29,94 69.14 (1) (f) 1. a. Except as provided under subd. 1. b., if the mother of a
5registrant of a birth record under this section is married to the father of the
6registrant
at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the given
7name and surname which that the mother and father of the registrant and her
8spouse
enter for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and
9surname filed and registered on the birth record.
AB337,29,1810 b. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is married
11to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
12registrant and the mother is separated or divorced from the father of the registrant
13at the time of birth, the given name and surname which that the parent of the
14registrant with actual custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be
15the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record, except that if
16a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname
17which that the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record
18shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record.
AB337,30,219 c. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is not married
20to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
21registrant, the given name and surname which that the mother of the registrant
22enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and surname
23filed and registered on the birth record, except that if a court has granted legal
24custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which that the person with

1legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and
2surname filed and registered on the birth record.
AB337,81 3Section 81 . 69.14 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,30,104 69.14 (1) (g) Birth by artificial insemination. If the registrant of a birth record
5under this section is born as a result of artificial insemination under the
6requirements of s. 891.40, the husband spouse of the woman person inseminated
7shall be considered the father a parent of the registrant on the birth record. If the
8registrant is born as a result of artificial insemination which does not satisfy the
9requirements of s. 891.40, the information about the father of the registrant shall be
10omitted from the registrant's birth record.
AB337,82 11Section 82 . 69.14 (2) (b) 2. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,30,1512 69.14 (2) (b) 2. d. The full name of the father or the mother's spouse, except that
13if the mother was not married at the time of conception or birth or between conception
14and birth of the registrant, the name of the father may not be entered except as
15provided under s. 69.15 (3).
AB337,83 16Section 83 . 69.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,30,2117 69.15 (1) Birth record information changes. The state registrar may change
18information on a birth record registered in this state which was correct at the time
19the birth record was filed under a court or administrative order issued in this state,
20in another state or in Canada or under the valid order of a court of any federally
21recognized Indian tribe, band, or nation if all of the following occur:
AB337,30,2322 (a) The order provides for an adoption, name change, or name change with sex
23change or establishes paternity; and or parentage.
AB337,31,324 (b) A clerk of court or, for a paternity or parentage action, a clerk of court or
25county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), sends the state registrar a certified

1report of an order of a court in this state in the method prescribed by the state
2registrar or, in the case of any other order, the state registrar receives a certified copy
3of the order and the proper fee under s. 69.22.
AB337,84 4Section 84 . 69.15 (3) (title), (a) (intro.), 1., 2. and 3. and (b) 1., 2., 3. and 4.
5(intro), a. and b. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB337,31,96 69.15 (3) (title) Paternity Parentage. (a) (intro.) If the state registrar receives
7an order under sub. (1) which establishes paternity or determines that the man
8person whose name appears on a registrant's birth record is not the father parent of
9the registrant, the state registrar shall do the following, as appropriate:
AB337,31,1310 1. Prepare under sub. (6) a new record omitting the father's parent's name if
11the order determines that the man person whose name appears on a registrant's
12birth record is not the father parent of the registrant and if there is no adjudicated
13father.
AB337,31,1614 2. Prepare under sub. (6) a new record for the subject of a paternity action
15changing the name of the father parent if the name of the adjudicated father is
16different than the name of the man person on the birth record.
AB337,31,1917 3. Except as provided under subd. 4., insert the name of the adjudicated father
18on the original birth record if the name of the father that parent was omitted on the
19original record.
AB337,32,320 (b) 1. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a
21statement acknowledging paternity parentage in the manner prescribed by the state
22registrar and signed by both of the birth natural parents of a child determined to be
23a marital child under s. 767.803, a certified copy of the parents' marriage record, and
24the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name of
25the husband spouse of the person who gave birth from the marriage record as the

1father parent if the name of the father that parent was omitted on the original birth
2record. The state registrar shall include for the acknowledgment the items in s.
3767.813 (5g).
AB337,32,84 2. Except as provided under par. (c), if the parent of a child determined to be
5a marital child under s. 767.803 dies after his or her marriage and before the
6statement acknowledging paternity parentage has been signed, the state registrar
7shall insert the name of the father parent under subd. 1. upon receipt of a court order
8determining that the husband spouse was the father parent of the child.
AB337,32,199 3. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a statement
10acknowledging paternity parentage in the method prescribed by the state registrar
11and signed by both parents, neither of whom was under the age of 18 years when the
12form was signed, along with the fee under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall insert the
13name of the father parent under subd. 1. The state registrar shall mark the record
14to show that the acknowledgement is on file. The acknowledgement shall be
15available to the department of children and families or a county child support agency
16under s. 59.53 (5) pursuant to the program responsibilities under s. 49.22 or to any
17other person with a direct and tangible interest in the record. The state registrar
18shall include on the acknowledgment the information in s. 767.805 and the items in
19s. 767.813 (5g).
AB337,32,2420 4. (intro.) If a registrant has not reached the age of 18 years and if any of the
21following indicate, in a statement acknowledging paternity parentage under subd.
221. or 3., that the given name or surname, or both, of the registrant should be changed
23on the birth record, the state registrar shall enter the name indicated on the birth
24record without a court order:
AB337,33,2
1a. The mother of the parent who gave birth to the registrant, except as provided
2under subd. 4. b. and c.
AB337,33,43 b. The father of natural parent who did not give birth to the registrant if the
4father
that parent has legal custody of the registrant.
AB337,85 5Section 85 . 69.15 (3) (b) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB337,33,126 69.15 (3) (b) 3m. Except as provided in par. (c), if the state registrar receives
7an acknowledgement of parentage on a form prescribed by the state registrar and
8signed by both of the people presumed to be natural parents under s. 891.41 (1) (b),
9a certified copy of the parents' marriage certificate, and the fee required under s.
1069.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name of the spouse from the
11marriage certificate as a parent if the name of that parent was omitted on the original
12birth certificate.
AB337,86 13Section 86 . 69.15 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,33,1614 69.15 (3) (d) The method prescribed by the state registrar for acknowledging
15paternity parentage shall require that the social security number of each of the
16registrant's parents be provided.
AB337,87 17Section 87 . 69.15 (3m) (title), (a) (intro.) and 3. and (b) of the statutes are
18amended to read:
AB337,33,2219 69.15 (3m) (title) Rescission of statement acknowledging paternity
20parentage. (a) (intro.) A statement acknowledging paternity parentage that is filed
21with the state registrar under sub. (3) (b) 3. may be rescinded by either person who
22signed the statement as a parent of the registrant if all of the following apply:
AB337,34,223 3. The person rescinding the statement files a rescission in the method
24prescribed under subd. 2. before the day on which a court or circuit court
25commissioner makes an order in an action affecting the family involving the man

1person who signed the statement and the child who is the subject of the statement
2or before 60 days elapse after the statement was filed, whichever occurs first.
AB337,34,63 (b) If the state registrar, within the time required under par. (a) 3., receives a
4rescission in the method prescribed by the state registrar, along with the proper fee
5under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall prepare under sub. (6) a new record omitting
6the father's parent's name if it was inserted under sub. (3) (b).
AB337,88 7Section 88 . 71.03 (2) (d) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,34,88 71.03 (2) (d) (title) Husband and wife Spouses joint filing.
AB337,89 9Section 89 . 71.03 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,34,1210 71.03 (2) (d) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3. and par. (e), a husband
11and a wife
spouses may file a joint return for income tax purposes even though one
12of the spouses has no gross income or no deductions.
AB337,90 13Section 90 . 71.03 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,34,1714 71.03 (2) (d) 2. No joint return may be filed if either the husband or wife spouse
15at any time during the taxable year is a nonresident alien, unless an election is in
16effect for the taxable year under section 6013 (g) or (h) of the internal revenue code
17Internal Revenue Code.
AB337,91 18Section 91 . 71.03 (2) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,34,2519 71.03 (2) (d) 3. No joint return may be filed if the husband and wife spouses
20have different taxable years, except that if their taxable years begin on the same day
21and end on different days because of the death of either or both the joint return may
22be filed with respect to the taxable year of each unless the surviving spouse remarries
23before the close of his or her taxable year or unless the taxable year of either spouse
24is a fractional part of a year under section 443 (a) (1) of the internal revenue code
25Internal Revenue Code.
AB337,92
1Section 92. 71.03 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,35,162 71.03 (2) (g) Joint return following separate return. Except as provided in par.
3(i), if an individual has filed a separate return for a taxable year for which a joint
4return could have been filed by the individual and the individual's spouse under par.
5(d) or (e) and the time prescribed by law for timely filing the return for that taxable
6year has expired, the individual and the individual's spouse may file a joint return
7for that taxable year. A joint return filed by the husband and wife spouses under this
8paragraph is their return for that taxable year, and all payments, credits, refunds
9or other repayments made or allowed with respect to the separate return of each
10spouse for that taxable year shall be taken into account in determining the extent
11to which the tax based upon the joint return has been paid. If a joint return is filed
12under this paragraph, any election, other than the election to file a separate return,
13made by either spouse in that spouse's separate return for that taxable year with
14respect to the treatment of any income, deduction or credit of that spouse may not
15be changed in the filing of the joint return if that election would have been irrevocable
16if the joint return had not been filed.
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