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SB464,45,2015 48.63 (3) (b) 5. Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
16may coerce a birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the
17child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the
18transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the
19child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise
20his or her parental rights to the child.
SB464,96 21Section 96 . 48.82 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,45,2322 48.82 (1) (a) A husband and wife Spouses jointly, or either the husband or wife
23if
the other spouse is of a parent of the minor.
SB464,97 24Section 97 . 48.837 (1r) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.837 (1r) (d) Before a child may be placed under par. (a), the department,
2county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed
3adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who
4is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the
5finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who
6has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the
7department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive
8parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any alleged or
9presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.
SB464,98 10Section 98 . 48.837 (1r) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,46,1611 48.837 (1r) (e) Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
12may coerce a birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the
13child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the
14transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the
15child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise
16his or her parental rights to the child.
SB464,99 17Section 99 . 48.837 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,47,618 48.837 (6) (b) At the beginning of the hearing held under sub. (2), the court shall
19review the report that is submitted under s. 48.913 (6). The court shall determine
20whether any payments or the conditions specified in any agreement to make
21payments are coercive to the any birth parent of the child or to an alleged or
22presumed father parent of the child or are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4). Making
23any payment to or on behalf of the a birth parent of the child, an, alleged or presumed
24father parent of the child , or the child conditional in any part upon transfer or
25surrender of the child or the termination of parental rights or the finalization of the

1adoption creates a rebuttable presumption of coercion. Upon a finding of coercion,
2the court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3) or amend the agreement
3to delete any coercive conditions, if the parties agree to the amendment. Upon a
4finding that payments which that are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4) have been
5made, the court may dismiss the petition and may refer the matter to the district
6attorney for prosecution under s. 948.24 (1).
SB464,100 7Section 100 . 48.837 (6) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,47,118 48.837 (6) (br) At the hearing on the petition under sub. (2), the court shall
9determine whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any alleged or presumed
10father parent of the child in violation of sub. (1r) (e). Upon a finding of coercion, the
11court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3).
SB464,101 12Section 101. 48.837 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,47,1413 48.837 (8) Attorney representation. The same attorney may not represent the
14adoptive parents and the a birth mother or birth father parent.
SB464,102 15Section 102 . 48.913 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,47,1716 48.913 (1) (a) Preadoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an
17alleged or presumed father parent of the child.
SB464,103 18Section 103 . 48.913 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,47,2019 48.913 (1) (b) Post-adoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an
20alleged or presumed father parent of the child.
SB464,104 21Section 104 . 48.913 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,47,2422 48.913 (1) (c) Maternity clothes Clothes to wear during pregnancy for the
23child's birth mother person who is pregnant with the child, in an amount not to
24exceed $300.
SB464,105 25Section 105 . 48.913 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.913 (1) (f) Medical and hospital care received by the child's birth mother
2person who gives birth to the child in connection with the pregnancy or birth of the
3child. Medical and hospital care does not include lost wages or living expenses.
SB464,106 4Section 106 . 48.913 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,48,95 48.913 (1) (i) Living expenses of the child's birth mother person who gives birth
6to the child
, in an amount not to exceed $5,000, if payment of the expenses by the
7proposed adoptive parents or a person acting on their behalf is necessary to protect
8the health and welfare of the birth mother person who gives birth to the child or the
9fetus.
SB464,107 10Section 107 . 48.913 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,48,1211 48.913 (1) (m) A gift to the child's birth mother person who gives birth to the
12child
from the proposed adoptive parents, of no greater than $100 in value.
SB464,108 13Section 108 . 48.913 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,48,2014 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:
SB464,109 21Section 109 . 48.913 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,48,2422 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.
SB464,110 25Section 110 . 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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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:
SB464,111 9Section 111 . 48.913 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,49,1610 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.
SB464,112 17Section 112 . 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB464,49,2118 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.
SB464,50,222 (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.
SB464,113 3Section 113 . 48.9795 (4) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,50,84 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.
SB464,114 9Section 114 . 49.141 (1) (i) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,50,1110 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.
SB464,115 12Section 115 . 49.141 (1) (j) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,50,1313 49.141 (1) (j) 1. A biological natural parent.
SB464,116 14Section 116. 49.141 (1) (j) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,50,1615 49.141 (1) (j) 2. A person who has consented to the artificial insemination of his
16wife
a spouse under s. 891.40.
SB464,117 17Section 117. 49.141 (1) (j) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,50,2018 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.
SB464,118 21Section 118. 49.141 (1) (j) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,50,2322 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.
SB464,119 24Section 119. 49.141 (1) (j) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
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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.
SB464,120 3Section 120. 49.148 (1m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,51,54 49.148 (1m) (title) Custodial parent of infant; unmarried, pregnant woman
5person.
SB464,121 6Section 121. 49.148 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,51,117 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.
SB464,122 12Section 122. 49.148 (1m) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,51,2213 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.
SB464,123 23Section 123 . 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,52,624 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.
SB464,124 7Section 124 . 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,52,158 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.
SB464,125 16Section 125. 49.162 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,52,1817 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.
SB464,126 19Section 126. 49.162 (2m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,52,2120 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.
SB464,127 22Section 127. 49.163 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,53,223 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.
SB464,128 3Section 128 . 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,53,144 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
SB464,129 15Section 129 . 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,53,1816 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:
SB464,130 19Section 130 . 49.19 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,53,2120 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
SB464,131 22Section 131 . 49.19 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,54,223 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
SB464,132 3Section 132 . 49.19 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,54,64 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
SB464,133 7Section 133 . 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,54,108 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
SB464,134 11Section 134 . 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,54,1512 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
SB464,135 16Section 135 . 49.225 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,55,317 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.
SB464,55,84 (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.
SB464,136 9Section 136 . 49.225 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,55,1510 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.
SB464,137 16Section 137. 49.26 (1) (g) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,55,1917 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.
SB464,138 20Section 138 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,56,1621 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.
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