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AB68-SSA1,1431,2 21813.127 Combined actions; domestic abuse, child abuse, extreme risk
22protection,
and harassment. A petitioner may combine in one action 2 or more
23petitions under one or more of the provisions in ss. 813.12, 813.122 , 813.124, and
24813.125 if the respondent is the same person in each petition. In any such action,
25there is only one fee applicable under s. 814.61 (1) (a). In any such action, the

1hearings for different types of temporary restraining orders or injunctions may be
2combined.
AB68-SSA1,3086 3Section 3086 . 813.128 (2g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1431,84 813.128 (2g) (b) A foreign protection order or modification of the foreign
5protection order that meets the requirements under this section has the same effect
6as an order issued under s. 813.12, 813.122, 813.123, 813.124, or 813.125, except that
7the foreign protection order or modification shall be enforced according to its own
8terms.
AB68-SSA1,3087 9Section 3087. 814.04 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1431,14 10814.04 Items of costs. (intro.) Except as provided in ss. 93.20, 100.195 (5m)
11(b), 100.30 (5m), 106.50 (6) (i) and (6m) (a), 111.397 (2) (a), 115.80 (9), 767.553 (4) (d),
12769.313, 802.05, 814.245, 895.035 (4), 895.044, 895.443 (3), 895.444 (2), 895.445 (3),
13895.446 (3), 895.506, 943.212 (2) (b), 943.245 (2) (d), 943.51 (2) (b), and 995.10 (3),
14when allowed costs shall be as follows:
AB68-SSA1,3088 15Section 3088 . 815.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1432,316 815.20 (1) An exempt homestead as defined in s. 990.01 (14) selected by a
17resident owner and occupied by him or her shall be exempt from execution, from the
18lien of every judgment, and from liability for the debts of the owner to the amount
19of $75,000, except mortgages, laborers', mechanics', and purchase money liens, and
20taxes, and except as otherwise provided. The exemption shall not be impaired by
21temporary removal with the intention to reoccupy the premises as a homestead nor
22by the sale of the homestead, but shall extend to the proceeds derived from the sale
23to an amount not exceeding $75,000, while held, with the intention to procure
24another homestead with the proceeds, for 2 years. The exemption extends to land
25owned by husband and wife spouses jointly or in common or as marital property, and

1each spouse may claim a homestead exemption of not more than $75,000. The
2exemption extends to the interest therein of tenants in common, having a homestead
3thereon with the consent of the cotenants, and to any estate less than a fee.
AB68-SSA1,3089 4Section 3089 . 822.40 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1432,85 822.40 (4) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses
6and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife between
7spouses
or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this
8subchapter.
AB68-SSA1,3090 9Section 3090 . 851.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1432,1410 851.30 (2) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
11judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
12decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless they subsequently
13participate in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
14subsequently hold themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
AB68-SSA1,3091 15Section 3091 . 852.01 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1432,1916 852.01 (1) (f) 1. One-half to the maternal grandparents on one side equally if
17both survive, or to the surviving maternal grandparent on that side; if both maternal
18grandparents on that side are deceased, to the issue of the maternal grandparents
19on that side or either of them, per stirpes.
AB68-SSA1,3092 20Section 3092 . 852.01 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1432,2221 852.01 (1) (f) 2. One-half to the paternal relations on the other side in the same
22manner as to the maternal relations under subd. 1.
AB68-SSA1,3093 23Section 3093 . 852.01 (1) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1433,3
1852.01 (1) (f) 3. If either the maternal side or the paternal side has no surviving
2grandparent or issue of a grandparent, the entire estate to the decedent's relatives
3on the other side.
AB68-SSA1,3094 4Section 3094 . 854.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1433,115 854.03 (3) Marital property. Except as provided in subs. (4) and (5), if a
6husband and wife
2 spouses die leaving marital property and it is not established
7that one survived the other by at least 120 hours, 50 percent of the marital property
8shall be distributed as if it were the husband's the first spouse's individual property
9and the husband 2nd spouse had survived, and 50 percent of the marital property
10shall be distributed as if it were the wife's 2nd spouse's individual property and the
11wife first spouse had survived.
AB68-SSA1,3095 12Section 3095 . 891.39 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1433,14 13891.39 (title) Presumption as to whether a child is marital or
14nonmarital;
self-crimination self-incrimination; birth certificates.
AB68-SSA1,3096 15Section 3096 . 891.39 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1434,416 891.39 (1) (a) Whenever it is established in an action or proceeding that a child
17was born to a woman while she was the lawful wife of legally married to a specified
18man person, any party asserting in such action or proceeding that the husband was
19spouse is not the father parent of the child shall have the burden of proving that
20assertion by a clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence. In all such
21actions or proceedings the husband and the wife spouses are competent to testify as
22witnesses to the facts. The court or judge in such cases shall appoint a guardian ad
23litem to appear for and represent the child whose paternity parentage is questioned.
24Results of a genetic test, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m), showing that a man person
25other than the husband mother's spouse is not excluded as the father of the child and

1that the statistical probability of the man's person's parentage is 99.0 percent or
2higher constitute a clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence of the
3assertion under this paragraph, even if the husband mother's spouse is unavailable
4to submit to genetic tests, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m).
AB68-SSA1,3097 5Section 3097 . 891.39 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1434,136 891.39 (1) (b) In actions affecting the family , in which the question of paternity
7parentage is raised, and in paternity proceedings, the court, upon being satisfied that
8the parties to the action are unable to adequately compensate any such guardian ad
9litem for the guardian ad litem's services and expenses, shall then make an order
10specifying the guardian ad litem's compensation and expenses, which compensation
11and expenses shall be paid as provided in s. 967.06. If the court orders a county to
12pay the compensation of the guardian ad litem, the amount ordered may not exceed
13the compensation paid to private attorneys under s. 977.08 (4m) (b).
AB68-SSA1,3098 14Section 3098 . 891.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1434,2115 891.39 (3) If any court under this section adjudges a child to be a nonmarital
16child, the clerk of court shall report the facts to the state registrar, who shall issue
17a new birth record showing the correct facts as found by the court, and shall dispose
18of the original, with the court's report attached under s. 69.15 (3). If the husband
19mother's spouse is a party to the action and the court makes a finding as to whether
20or not the husband mother's spouse is the father parent of the child, such finding
21shall be conclusive in all other courts of this state.
AB68-SSA1,3099 22Section 3099 . 891.40 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 891.40 (1) (a) and
23amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1435,524 891.40 (1) (a) If, under the supervision of a licensed physician and with the
25spouse's consent of her husband, a wife person is inseminated artificially as provided

1in par. (b)
with semen donated by a man person who is not her husband the spouse
2of the person being inseminated
, the husband spouse of the mother inseminated
3person
at the time of the conception of the child shall be the natural father parent
4of a child conceived. The husband's spouse's consent must be in writing and signed
5by him or her and his wife. The by the inseminated person.
AB68-SSA1,1435,12 6(c) 1. If the artificial insemination under par. (a) takes place under the
7supervision of a licensed physician, the
physician shall certify their the signatures
8on the consent and the date of the insemination, and shall file the husband's spouse's
9consent with the department of health services, where it shall be kept. If the
10artificial insemination under par. (a) does not take place under the supervision of a
11licensed physician, the spouses shall file the signed consent, which shall include the
12date of the insemination, with the department of health services.
AB68-SSA1,1435,14 132. The department of health services shall keep a consent filed under subd. 1.
14confidential and in a sealed file except as provided in s. 46.03 (7) (bm). However,
AB68-SSA1,1435,16 153. Notwithstanding subd. 1., the physician's or spouses' failure to file the
16consent form does not affect the legal status of father natural parent and child.
AB68-SSA1,1435,20 17(d) All papers and records pertaining to the artificial insemination under par.
18(a)
, whether part of the permanent record of a court or of a file held by the a
19supervising physician or sperm bank or elsewhere, may be inspected only upon an
20order of the court for good cause shown.
AB68-SSA1,3100 21Section 3100 . 891.40 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1435,2322 891.40 (1) (b) The artificial insemination under par. (a) must satisfy any of the
23following:
AB68-SSA1,1435,2524 1. The artificial insemination takes place under the supervision of a licensed
25physician.
AB68-SSA1,1436,1
12. The semen used for the insemination is obtained from a sperm bank.
AB68-SSA1,3101 2Section 3101 . 891.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1436,63 891.40 (2) The donor of semen provided to a licensed physician or obtained from
4a sperm bank
for use in the artificial insemination of a woman other than the donor's
5wife spouse is not the natural father parent of a child conceived, bears no liability for
6the support of the child, and has no parental rights with regard to the child.
AB68-SSA1,3102 7Section 3102 . 891.40 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1436,108 891.40 (3) This section applies with respect to children conceived before, on,
9or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], as a result of
10artificial insemination.
AB68-SSA1,3103 11Section 3103 . 891.405 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1436,16 12891.405 Presumption of paternity parentage based on
13acknowledgment.
A man person is presumed to be the natural father parent of a
14child if he the person and the mother person who gave birth have acknowledged
15paternity parentage under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 1. or 3. and no other man person is
16presumed to be the father natural parent under s. 891.41 (1).
AB68-SSA1,3104 17Section 3104 . 891.407 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1436,22 18891.407 Presumption of paternity based on genetic test results. A man
19is presumed to be the natural father of a child if the man has been conclusively
20determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804 and no other
21man person is presumed to be the father natural parent under s. 891.405 or 891.41
22(1).
AB68-SSA1,3105 23Section 3105 . 891.41 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1436,25 24891.41 (title) Presumption of paternity parentage based on marriage of
25the parties.
AB68-SSA1,3106
1Section 3106. 891.41 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1437,32 891.41 (1) (intro.) A man person is presumed to be the natural father parent
3of a child if any of the following applies:
AB68-SSA1,3107 4Section 3107 . 891.41 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1437,85 891.41 (1) (a) He The person and the child's established natural mother parent
6are or have been married to each other and the child is conceived or born after
7marriage and before the granting of a decree of legal separation, annulment, or
8divorce between the parties.
AB68-SSA1,3108 9Section 3108 . 891.41 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 891.41 (1) (b) (intro.)
10and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1437,1511 891.41 (1) (b) (intro.) He The person and the child's established natural mother
12parent were married to each other after the child was born but he the person and the
13child's established natural mother parent had a relationship with one another
14during the period of time within which the child was conceived and no other man all
15of the following apply:
AB68-SSA1,1437,16 161. No person has been adjudicated to be the father or.
AB68-SSA1,1437,18 172. No other person is presumed to be the father parent of the child under par.
18(a).
AB68-SSA1,3109 19Section 3109 . 891.41 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1438,220 891.41 (2) In a legal action or proceeding, a presumption under sub. (1) is
21rebutted by results of a genetic test, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m), that show that a
22man person other than the man person presumed to be the father parent under sub.
23(1) is not excluded as the father of the child and that the statistical probability of the
24man's person's parentage is 99.0 percent or higher, even if the man person presumed

1to be the father natural parent under sub. (1) is unavailable to submit to genetic
2tests, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m).
AB68-SSA1,3110 3Section 3110 . 891.41 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1438,54 891.41 (3) This section applies with respect to children born before, on, or after
5the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date].
AB68-SSA1,3111 6Section 3111 . Subchapter VIII (title) of chapter 893 [precedes 893.80] of the
7statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1438,88 CHAPTER 893
AB68-SSA1,1438,129 SUBCHAPTER VIII
10 CLAIMS AGAINST GOVERNMENTAL
11 BODIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES;
12STATUTORY CHALLENGES
AB68-SSA1,3112 13Section 3112 . 893.825 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,3113 14Section 3113 . 893.9815 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1438,17 15893.9815 False claims. An action or claim under s. 20.9315 shall be
16commenced within 10 years after the cause of the action or claim accrues or be
17barred.
AB68-SSA1,3114 18Section 3114 . 895.440 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1438,22 19895.440 Unnecessarily summoning officer; action for. (1) A person may
20bring a civil cause of action for damages against another person who, with the intent
21to do any of the following, knowingly causes a law enforcement officer to arrive at a
22location to contact the person:
AB68-SSA1,1438,2423 (a) Infringe upon a right of the person under the Wisconsin Constitution or the
24U.S. Constitution.
AB68-SSA1,1438,2525 (b) Unlawfully discriminate against the person.
AB68-SSA1,1439,1
1(c) Cause the person to feel harassed, humiliated, or embarrassed.
AB68-SSA1,1439,32 (d) Cause the person to be expelled from a place in which the person is lawfully
3located.
AB68-SSA1,1439,44 (e) Damage the person's reputation or standing within the community.
AB68-SSA1,1439,65 (f) Damage the person's financial, economic, consumer, or business prospects
6or interests.
AB68-SSA1,1439,8 7(2) The burden of proof in a civil action under sub. (1) rests with the plaintiff
8to prove his or her case by a preponderance of the credible evidence.
AB68-SSA1,1439,13 9(3) If the plaintiff prevails in a civil action under sub. (1), he or she may recover
10the greater of special and general damages, including damages for emotional
11distress, or an amount equal to $250 from each defendant found liable; punitive
12damages; and costs, including all reasonable attorney fees and other costs of the
13investigation and litigation that were reasonably incurred.
AB68-SSA1,3115 14Section 3115 . 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1440,215 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), any physician, physician
16assistant, podiatrist, or athletic trainer licensed under ch. 448, chiropractor licensed
17under ch. 446, dentist or dental therapist licensed under ch. 447, emergency medical
18services practitioner licensed under s. 256.15, emergency medical responder
19certified under s. 256.15 (8), registered nurse licensed under ch. 441, or a massage
20therapist or bodywork therapist licensed under ch. 460 who renders voluntary health
21care to a participant in an athletic event or contest sponsored by a nonprofit
22corporation, as defined in s. 66.0129 (6) (b), a private school, as defined in s. 115.001
23(3r), a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), a public agency, as defined in s.
2446.856 (1) (b), or a school, as defined in s. 609.655 (1) (c), is immune from civil liability

1for his or her acts or omissions in rendering that care if all of the following conditions
2exist:
AB68-SSA1,3116 3Section 3116 . 895.48 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1440,84 895.48 (1m) (a) 2. The physician, podiatrist, athletic trainer, chiropractor,
5dentist, dental therapist, emergency medical services practitioner, as defined in s.
6256.01 (5), emergency medical responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p), physician
7assistant, registered nurse, massage therapist or bodywork therapist does not
8receive compensation for the health care, other than reimbursement for expenses.
AB68-SSA1,3117 9Section 3117 . 895.483 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1440,1510 895.483 (4) A regional structural collapse team An urban search and rescue
11task force
, a member of such a team task force, and a local agency, as defined in s.
12323.70 (1) (b), that contracts with the division of emergency management in the
13department of military affairs for the provision of a regional structural collapse team
14emergency services, are immune from civil liability for acts or omissions related to
15carrying out responsibilities under a contract under s. 323.72 (1).
AB68-SSA1,3118 16Section 3118 . 895.537 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,1440,18 17895.537 Liability exemption; sexual assault evidence collection. (1) In
18this section:
AB68-SSA1,1440,1919 (a) “Health care professional” has the meaning given in s. 154.01 (3).
AB68-SSA1,1440,2120 (b) “Sexual assault forensic examination” has the meaning given in s. 165.775
21(1) (d).
AB68-SSA1,1440,25 22(2) Any health care professional conducting a sexual assault forensic
23examination pursuant to informed consent or a court order is immune from any civil
24or criminal liability for the act, except for civil liability for negligence in the
25performance of the act.
AB68-SSA1,1441,3
1(3) Any employer of the health care professional under sub. (2) or any health
2care facility where the sexual assault forensic examination is conducted by that
3health care professional has the same immunity from liability under sub (2).
AB68-SSA1,3119 4Section 3119 . 905.05 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,1441,5 5905.05 (title) Husband-wife Spousal and domestic partner privilege.
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