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AB484,108 13Section 108 . 48.913 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,48,2014 48.913 (2) Payment of expenses when birth parent is residing in another
15state.
(intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the proposed adoptive parents of a child or
16a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents of a child may pay for an
17expense of a birth parent of the child or an alleged or presumed father parent of the
18child if the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent was residing in
19another state when the payment was made and when the expense was incurred and
20if all of the following apply:
AB484,109 21Section 109 . 48.913 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,48,2422 48.913 (2) (b) The state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed
23father parent was residing when the payment was made permits the payment of that
24expense by the proposed adoptive parents of the child.
AB484,110 25Section 110 . 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,49,8
148.913 (2) (c) (intro.) A listing of all payments made under this subsection, a
2copy of the statutory provisions of the state in which the birth parent or the alleged
3or presumed father parent was residing when the payments were made that permit
4those payments to be made by the proposed adoptive parents of the child, and a copy
5of all orders entered in the state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed
6father parent was residing when the payments were made that relate to the payment
7of expenses of the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent by the
8proposed adoptive parents of the child is submitted to the court as follows:
AB484,111 9Section 111 . 48.913 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,49,1610 48.913 (3) Method of payment. Any payment under sub. (1) or (2) shall be made
11directly to the provider of a good or service except that a payment under sub. (1) or
12(2) may be made to a birth parent of the child or to an alleged or presumed father
13parent of the child as reimbursement of an amount previously paid by the birth
14parent or by the alleged or presumed father parent if documentation is provided
15showing that the birth parent or alleged or presumed father parent has made the
16previous payment.
AB484,112 17Section 112 . 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB484,49,2118 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. Any person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental
19interest under s. 48.025, who is alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the
20child, or who may, based on the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to
21the child
or other information presented to the court, be the father parent of the child.
AB484,50,222 (b) “Party" means the person petitioning for the appointment of a guardian for
23a child or any interested person other than a person who is alleged to the court to be
24the father a parent of the child or who may, based on the statements of the mother

1parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to the court, be the
2father parent of the child.
AB484,113 3Section 113 . 48.9795 (4) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,50,84 48.9795 (4) (e) 3. If a man person who has been given notice under par. (c) 1.
5appears at the initial hearing, alleges that he is the father to be a parent of the child,
6and states that he wishes requests to establish the paternity parentage of the child,
7s. 48.299 (6) applies. The court may order a temporary guardianship under sub. (5)
8pending the outcome of the paternity parentage proceedings.
AB484,114 9Section 114 . 49.141 (1) (i) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,50,1110 49.141 (1) (i) 3. A parent person who has been conclusively determined from
11genetic test results to be the father parent under s. 767.804.
AB484,115 12Section 115 . 49.141 (1) (j) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,50,1313 49.141 (1) (j) 1. A biological natural parent.
AB484,116 14Section 116. 49.141 (1) (j) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,50,1615 49.141 (1) (j) 2. A person who has consented to the artificial insemination of his
16wife
a spouse under s. 891.40.
AB484,117 17Section 117. 49.141 (1) (j) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,50,2018 49.141 (1) (j) 4. A man person adjudged in a judicial proceeding to be the
19biological father natural parent of a child if the child is a nonmarital child who is not
20adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803.
AB484,118 21Section 118. 49.141 (1) (j) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,50,2322 49.141 (1) (j) 5. A man person who has signed and filed with the state registrar
23under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. a statement acknowledging paternity parentage.
AB484,119 24Section 119. 49.141 (1) (j) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,51,2
149.141 (1) (j) 6. A man person who has been conclusively determined from
2genetic test results to be the father parent under s. 767.804.
AB484,120 3Section 120. 49.148 (1m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,51,54 49.148 (1m) (title) Custodial parent of infant; unmarried, pregnant woman
5person.
AB484,121 6Section 121. 49.148 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,51,117 49.148 (1m) (a) 2. An unmarried woman person who would be eligible under
8s. 49.145 except that he or she is not a custodial parent of a dependent child and who
9is in the 3rd trimester of a pregnancy that is medically verified and that is shown by
10medical documentation to be at risk and to render the woman person unable to
11participate in the workforce.
AB484,122 12Section 122. 49.148 (1m) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,51,2213 49.148 (1m) (c) 2. Receipt of a grant under this subsection by a participant
14under par. (a) 1. constitutes participation in a Wisconsin Works employment position
15if the child is born to the participant more than 10 months after the date that the
16participant was first determined to be eligible for assistance under s. 49.19 or for a
17Wisconsin Works employment position unless the child was conceived as a result of
18a sexual assault in violation of s. 940.225 (1), (2), or (3) in which the mother person
19who gave birth to the child
did not indicate a freely given agreement to have sexual
20intercourse or in violation of s. 948.02 or 948.025 or as a result of incest in violation
21of s. 944.06 or 948.06 and that incest or sexual assault has been reported to a
22physician and to law enforcement authorities.
AB484,123 23Section 123 . 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,52,624 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. If the individual is a foster parent of the child or a subsidized
25guardian or interim caretaker of the child under s. 48.623, the child's biological

1natural or adoptive family has a gross income that is at or below 200 percent of the
2poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological natural or
3adoptive family, the department or county department or agency determining
4eligibility shall include court-ordered child or family support payments received by
5the individual, if those support payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income
6described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
AB484,124 7Section 124 . 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,52,158 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. If the individual is a relative of the child, is providing care
9for the child under a court order, and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or
10(3n) on behalf of the child, the child's biological natural or adoptive family has a gross
11income that is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line. In calculating the gross
12income of the child's biological natural or adoptive family, the department or county
13department or agency determining eligibility shall include court-ordered child or
14family support payments received by the individual, if those support payments
15exceed $1,250 per month, and income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
AB484,125 16Section 125. 49.162 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,52,1817 49.162 (2m) (a) 2. A woman person who is in a pregnancy that is medically
18verified and that is shown by medical documentation to be at risk.
AB484,126 19Section 126. 49.162 (2m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,52,2120 49.162 (2m) (b) 2. A woman person who is in a pregnancy that is medically
21verified and that is shown by medical documentation to be at risk.
AB484,127 22Section 127. 49.163 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,53,223 49.163 (2) (am) 2. If over 25 years of age, be a biological natural or adoptive
24parent of a child under 18 years of age whose parental rights to the child have not

1been terminated or be a relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of
2age.
AB484,128 3Section 128 . 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,53,144 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. Is living with a parent; a blood relative, including those of
5half-blood, and including first cousins, nephews or nieces and persons of preceding
6generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great or great-great; a stepfather,
7stepmother
stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister; a person who legally adopts the
8child or is the adoptive parent of the child's parent, a natural or legally adopted child
9of such person or a relative of an adoptive parent; or a spouse of any person named
10in this subparagraph subd. 2. a. even if the marriage is terminated by death or
11divorce; and is living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as
12the child's or their own home, or living in a residence maintained by one or more of
13these relatives as the child's or their own home because the parents of the child have
14been found unfit to have care and custody of the child; or
AB484,129 15Section 129 . 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,53,1816 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) Aid may be granted to the mother or stepmother parent
17or stepparent
of a dependent child if he or she is without a husband spouse or if he
18or
she:
AB484,130 19Section 130 . 49.19 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,53,2120 49.19 (4) (d) 1. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incapacitated for
21gainful work by mental or physical disability; or
AB484,131 22Section 131 . 49.19 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,54,223 49.19 (4) (d) 2. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incarcerated or
24who is a convicted offender permitted to live at home but precluded from earning a

1wage because the husband person is required by a court imposed sentence to perform
2unpaid public work or unpaid community service; or
AB484,132 3Section 132 . 49.19 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,54,64 49.19 (4) (d) 3. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has been committed
5to the department pursuant to ch. 975, irrespective of the probable period of such
6commitment; or
AB484,133 7Section 133 . 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,54,108 49.19 (4) (d) 4. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has continuously
9abandoned or failed to support him or her, if proceedings have been commenced
10against the husband person under ch. 769; or
AB484,134 11Section 134 . 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,54,1512 49.19 (4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a husband spouse or legally
13separated from his or her husband spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
14of law to compel his or her former husband spouse to adequately support the child
15for whom aid is sought; or
AB484,135 16Section 135 . 49.225 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,55,317 49.225 (2) (a) A county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) may require, by
18subpoena in substantially the form authorized under s. 885.02 or by other means, a
19child, the child's mother person who gave birth to the child, and a male alleged, or
20alleging himself, to be the child's father
an alleged biological parent to submit to
21genetic tests if there is probable cause to believe that the male alleged biological
22parent
had sexual intercourse with the child's mother person who gave birth to the
23child
during a possible time of the child's conception. Probable cause of sexual
24intercourse during a possible time of conception may be established by a sufficient
25affidavit of the child's mother person who gave birth to the child, the male alleged,

1or alleging himself, to be the child's father
alleged biological parent, or the county
2child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) based on information provided by the child's
3mother
person who gave birth to the child.
AB484,55,84 (b) If there is only one male alleged, or alleging himself, to be the father
5biological parent and one or more persons required to submit to genetic tests under
6par. (a) fail to appear for the scheduled tests, the county child support agency under
7s. 59.53 (5) may bring an action under s. 767.80 for determining the paternity
8parentage of the child.
AB484,136 9Section 136 . 49.225 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,55,1510 49.225 (3) (a) The county may seek reimbursement from either the mother or
11male alleged, or alleging himself, to be the father
person who gave birth to the child
12or the alleged biological parent
, or from both, if the test results show that the male
13alleged biological parent is not excluded as the father biological parent and that the
14statistical probability of the male's alleged biological parent's parentage is 99.0
15percent or higher.
AB484,137 16Section 137. 49.26 (1) (g) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,55,1917 49.26 (1) (g) 11. If the individual is the mother of gave birth to a child, a
18physician has not determined that the individual should delay her return returning
19to school after giving birth.
AB484,138 20Section 138 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,56,1621 49.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
22person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
23938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
24services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
25chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,

1and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
2person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
3case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
4including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
5(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
6order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
7the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
8adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
9be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
10with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
11widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully
12dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such
13part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for
14the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable
15persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or
16the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
AB484,139 17Section 139 . 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,56,2018 49.43 (12) “Spouse" means the legal husband or wife of person to whom the
19beneficiary is legally married, whether or not the person is eligible for medical
20assistance.
AB484,140 21Section 140 . 49.463 (3) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,56,2322 49.463 (3) (b) 2. a. Alleged to be the father parent in a parentage action under
23s. 767.80 of a child under the age of 18.
AB484,141 24Section 141 . 49.471 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,56,2525 49.471 (1) (b) 2. A stepfather, stepmother stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister.
AB484,142
1Section 142. 49.79 (6q) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,57,32 49.79 (6q) (b) 2. a. Alleged to be the father parent in a parentage action under
3s. 767.80 of a child under the age of 18.
AB484,143 4Section 143 . 49.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,58,65 49.90 (4) The circuit court shall in a summary way hear the allegations and
6proofs of the parties and by order require maintenance from these relatives, if they
7have sufficient ability, considering their own future maintenance and making
8reasonable allowance for the protection of the property and investments from which
9they derive their living and their care and protection in old age, in the following
10order: First the husband or wife spouse; then the father and the mother parents; and
11then the grandparents in the instances in which sub. (1) (a) 2. applies. The order
12shall specify a sum which that will be sufficient for the support of the dependent
13person under sub. (1) (a) 1. or the maintenance of a child of a dependent person under
14sub. (1) (a) 2., to be paid weekly or monthly, during a period fixed by the order or until
15the further order of the court. If the court is satisfied that any such relative is unable
16wholly to maintain the dependent person or the child, but is able to contribute to the
17person's support or the child's maintenance, the court may direct 2 or more of the
18relatives to maintain the person or the child and prescribe the proportion each shall
19contribute. If the court is satisfied that these relatives are unable together wholly
20to maintain the dependent person or the child, but are able to contribute to the
21person's support or the child's maintenance, the court shall direct a sum to be paid
22weekly or monthly by each relative in proportion to ability. Contributions directed
23by court order, if for less than full support, shall be paid to the department of health
24services or the department of children and families, whichever is appropriate, and
25distributed as required by state and federal law. An order under this subsection that

1relates to maintenance required under sub. (1) (a) 2. shall specifically assign
2responsibility for and direct the manner of payment of the child's health care
3expenses, subject to the limitations under subs. (1) (a) 2. and (11). Upon application
4of any party affected by the order and upon like notice and procedure, the court may
5modify such an order. Obedience to such an order may be enforced by proceedings
6for contempt.
AB484,144 7Section 144 . 51.13 (4) (h) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,58,138 51.13 (4) (h) 4. If there is a reason to believe the minor is in need of protection
9or services under s. 48.13 or 938.13 or the minor is an expectant mother of pregnant
10with
an unborn child in need of protection or services under s. 48.133, dismiss the
11petition and authorize the filing of a petition under s. 48.25 (3) or 938.25 (3). The
12court may release the minor or may order that the minor be taken and held in custody
13under s. 48.19 (1) (c) or (cm) or 938.19 (1) (c).
AB484,145 14Section 145 . 54.01 (36) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,58,1915 54.01 (36) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
16judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
17decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless the 2 subsequently
18participated in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
19subsequently held themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
AB484,146 20Section 146 . 54.960 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,59,221 54.960 (1) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple
22beneficiaries are deemed to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests
23for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of
24husband and wife 2 individuals who are married to each other, for whom
25survivorship is presumed, a right of survivorship does not exist unless the

1instrument creating the custodial trust specifically provides for survivorship or
2survivorship is required as to marital property.
AB484,147 3Section 147 . 69.03 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,59,104 69.03 (14) Provide hospitals with a pamphlet containing information for
5parents about birth records, including how to add the name of the father other parent
6of a child whose parents were not married at any time from the conception to the birth
7of the child to the birth record under s. 69.15 (3) (b) or, if the father other parent will
8not sign an affidavit, through a paternity parentage action; the legal significance and
9future medical advantages to the child of having the father's other parent's name
10inserted on the birth record; and the availability of services under s. 49.22.
AB484,148 11Section 148 . 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,59,1512 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
1359.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
14who reside in that county for whom no father's only one parent's name has been
15inserted on the registrant's birth record within 6 months of birth.
AB484,149 16Section 149 . 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,60,517 69.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth record that
18affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's name,
19or parent's marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence
20of the event that is the subject of the birth record, if the amendment is at the request
21of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is in the manner
22prescribed by the state registrar, and if the amendment is accompanied by 2 items
23of documentary evidence from early childhood that are sufficient to prove that the
24item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit of the person requesting the
25amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth record may be made under

1this paragraph only if the marital status is inconsistent with information concerning
2the father or husband
that appears on the birth record. This paragraph may not be
3used to add to or delete from a birth record the name of a parent, to change the
4identity of a parent named on the birth record, or to effect a name change prohibited
5under s. 301.47.
AB484,150 6Section 150 . 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,60,117 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the record of birth may be requested
8under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father or husband
9information appearing on the birth record. This section may not be used to add or
10delete the name of a parent on the record of birth or change the identity of either
11parent named on the birth record.
AB484,151 12Section 151. 69.13 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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