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SB464,124,176 767.87 (6) When mother parent who gave birth not compelled to testify. (a)
7Whenever the state brings the action to determine paternity parentage pursuant to
8an assignment under s. 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b) 2., 48.645 (3), 49.19 (4) (h) 1., or
949.45 (19), or receipt of benefits under s. 49.148, 49.155, 49.157, or 49.159, the
10natural mother of parent who gave birth to the child may not be compelled to testify
11about the paternity parentage of the child if it has been determined that the mother
12parent who gave birth to the child has good cause for refusing to cooperate in
13establishing paternity parentage as provided in 42 USC 602 (a) (26) (B) and the
14federal regulations promulgated pursuant to this statute, as of July 1, 1981, and
15pursuant to any rules promulgated by the department which that define good cause
16in accordance with the federal regulations, as authorized by 42 USC 602 (a) (26) (B)
17in effect on July 1, 1981.
SB464,124,2218 (b) Nothing in par. (a) prevents the state from bringing an action to determine
19paternity parentage pursuant to an assignment under s. 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b)
202., 49.19 (4) (h) 1. or 49.45 (19), or receipt of benefits under s. 49.148, 49.155, 49.157
21or 49.159, where evidence other than the testimony of the mother person who gave
22birth
may establish the paternity parentage of the child.
SB464,281 23Section 281 . 767.87 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,125,224 767.87 (9) Artificial insemination; natural father parent . Where If a child
25is conceived by artificial insemination, the husband spouse of the mother of person

1who gave birth to
the child at the time of the conception of the child is the natural
2father parent of the child, as provided in s. 891.40.
SB464,282 3Section 282 . 767.87 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,125,74 767.87 (10) Record of mother's testimony admissible. A record of the
5testimony of the child's mother person who gave birth to the child relating to the
6child's paternity parentage, made as provided under s. 48.299 (8) or 938.299 (8), is
7admissible in evidence on the issue of paternity parentage.
SB464,283 8Section 283 . 767.88 (2) (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB464,125,109 767.88 (2) (b) That the alleged father parent voluntarily acknowledge
10paternity parentage of the child.
SB464,125,1411 (c) If the alleged father parent voluntarily acknowledges paternity parentage
12of the child, that he the acknowledged parent agree to the duty of support, the legal
13custody of the child, periods of physical placement of the child and other matters as
14determined to be in the best interests of the child by the court.
SB464,284 15Section 284 . 767.883 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,126,1216 767.883 (1) Two parts. The trial shall be divided into 2 parts, the first part
17dealing with the determination of paternity parentage and the 2nd part dealing with
18child support, legal custody, periods of physical placement, and related issues. The
19main issue at the first part shall be whether the alleged or presumed father parent
20is or is not the father parent of the mother's child, but if the child was born to the
21mother
while she the person who gave birth was the lawful wife spouse of a specified
22male person, the prior issue of whether the husband was spouse is not the father
23parent of the child shall be determined first, as provided under s. 891.39. The first
24part of the trial shall be by jury only if the defendant verbally requests a jury trial
25either at the initial appearance or pretrial hearing or requests a jury trial in writing

1prior to the pretrial hearing. The court may direct and, if requested by either party
2before the introduction of any testimony in the party's behalf, shall direct the jury
3to find a special verdict as to any of the issues specified in this section, except that
4the court shall make all of the findings enumerated in s. 767.89 (2) to (4). If the
5mother person who gave birth is dead, becomes insane, cannot be found within the
6jurisdiction, or fails to commence or pursue the action, the proceeding does not abate
7if any of the persons under s. 767.80 (1) makes a motion to continue. The testimony
8of the mother person who gave birth, taken at the pretrial hearing, may in any such
9case be read in evidence if it is competent, relevant, and material. The issues of child
10support, custody and visitation, and related issues shall be determined by the court
11either immediately after the first part of the trial or at a later hearing before the
12court.
SB464,285 13Section 285 . 767.89 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,126,2114 767.89 (2) (a) The clerk of court or county child support agency under s. 59.53
15(5) shall file with the state registrar, within 30 days after the entry of a judgment or
16order determining paternity parentage, a report showing the names, dates, and birth
17places of the child and the father adjudicated parent, the social security numbers of
18the mother, father person who gave birth to the child, adjudicated parent, and child,
19and the maiden name of the mother full birth name of the person who gave birth to
20the child
on a form designated by the state registrar, along with the fee set forth in
21s. 69.22 (5), which the clerk of court or county child support agency shall collect.
SB464,286 22Section 286 . 767.89 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 767.89 (2) (b)
23and amended to read:
SB464,127,324 767.89 (2) (b) If, under par. (a), the clerk of court or county child support agency
25is unable to collect any of the following fees under par. (a) a fee for omitting, changing,

1or inserting a parent's name on a birth record under s. 69.15 (3) (a) 1., 2., or 3.
, the
2department shall pay the fee and may not require the county or county child support
3agency to reimburse the department for the cost:.
SB464,287 4Section 287 . 767.89 (2) (b) 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.
SB464,288 5Section 288 . 767.89 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,127,136 767.89 (3) (e) 1. An order establishing the amount of the father's adjudicated
7parent's
obligation to pay or contribute to the reasonable expenses of the mother's
8pregnancy and the child's birth childbirth. The amount established may not exceed
9one-half of the total actual and reasonable pregnancy and birth expenses. The order
10also shall specify the court's findings as to whether the father's adjudicated parent's
11income is at or below the poverty line established under 42 USC 9902 (2), and shall
12specify whether periodic payments are due on the obligation, based on the father's
13adjudicated parent's ability to pay or contribute to those expenses.
SB464,127,1714 2. If the order does not require periodic payments because the father
15adjudicated parent has no present ability to pay or contribute to the expenses, the
16court may modify the judgment or order at a later date to require periodic payments
17if the father adjudicated parent has the ability to pay at that time.
SB464,289 18Section 289 . 767.893 (1m), (2) (b) 1. and 2. and (2m) (a) of the statutes are
19amended to read:
SB464,128,220 767.893 (1m) Judgment when mother parent fails to appear.
21Notwithstanding sub. (1), a court may enter an order adjudicating the alleged father
22parent, or male person alleging that he is the father to be the parent, to be the father
23parent of the child under s. 767.89 if the mother of person who gave birth to the child
24fails to appear at the first appearance, scheduled genetic test, pretrial hearing, or

1trial if sufficient evidence exists to establish the male person as the father parent of
2the child.
SB464,128,4 3(2) (b) 1. Only one of those persons fails to appear and all of the other male
4respondents have been excluded as the father parent.
SB464,128,85 2. The alleged father parent who fails to appear has had genetic tests under s.
649.225 or 767.84 showing that the alleged father parent is not excluded and that the
7statistical probability of the alleged father's parent's parentage is 99.0 percent or
8higher.
SB464,128,16 9(2m) (a) At any time after service of the summons and petition, a respondent
10who is the alleged father parent may, with or without appearance in court and subject
11to the approval of the court, in writing acknowledge that he the alleged parent has
12read and understands the notice under s. 767.813 (5g) and stipulate that he is to
13being
the father parent of the child and for child support payments, legal custody, and
14physical placement. The court may not approve a stipulation for child support unless
15it provides for payment of child support determined in a manner consistent with s.
16767.511 or 767.89.
SB464,290 17Section 290. 767.895 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,128,22 18767.895 Motion to reopen judgment based on statement
19acknowledging
paternity parentage. (intro.) A judgment which adjudicates a
20person to be the father parent of a child and which was based upon a statement
21acknowledging paternity parentage that was signed and filed before April 1, 1998,
22may, if no trial was conducted, be reopened under any of the following circumstances:
SB464,291 23Section 291 . 769.201 (1m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,129,224 769.201 (1m) (g) The individual asserted parentage of a child in a declaration
25of paternal parental interest filed with the department of children and families

1under s. 48.025 or in a statement acknowledging paternity parentage filed with the
2state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 1. or 3.
SB464,292 3Section 292 . 769.316 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,129,104 769.316 (4) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, or for prenatal
5and postnatal health care of the mother person who gave birth and the child, or copies
6of reports of medical assistance payments under subch. IV of ch. 49 for such testing
7or prenatal and postnatal health care, furnished to the adverse party at least 10 days
8before trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed or
9the amount of the medical assistance paid and that the charges or payments were
10reasonable, necessary, and customary.
SB464,293 11Section 293 . 769.316 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,129,1412 769.316 (9) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and
13wife
between spouses or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this
14chapter.
SB464,294 15Section 294 . 769.401 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,129,1616 769.401 (2) (a) A parent or presumed father parent of the child.
SB464,295 17Section 295 . 769.401 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB464,296 18Section 296 . 770.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,130,219 770.07 (2) If sub. (1) and s. 770.05 are complied with, the county clerk shall
20issue a declaration of domestic partnership. With each declaration of domestic
21partnership the county clerk shall provide information describing the causes and
22effects of fetal alcohol syndrome and the dangers to a fetus from the mother's use of
23cocaine or other drugs by the pregnant person during pregnancy. After the
24application for the declaration of domestic partnership is filed, the clerk shall, upon
25the sworn statement of either of the applicants, correct any erroneous, false, or

1insufficient statement in the application that comes to the clerk's attention and shall
2notify the other applicant of the correction, as soon as reasonably possible.
SB464,297 3Section 297 . 786.36 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,130,74 786.36 (1) (c) The minor's mother the person who gave birth to the minor, if the
5minor is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently
6intermarry under s. 767.803 and if paternity parentage of the minor has not been
7established.
SB464,298 8Section 298. 808.075 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,130,109 808.075 (4) (a) 4. Hearing for child held in custody under s. 48.21 or an adult
10expectant mother parent of an unborn child held in custody under s. 48.213.
SB464,299 11Section 299 . 815.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,130,2412 815.20 (1) An exempt homestead as defined in s. 990.01 (14) selected by a
13resident owner and occupied by him or her shall be exempt from execution, from the
14lien of every judgment, and from liability for the debts of the owner to the amount
15of $75,000, except mortgages, laborers', mechanics', and purchase money liens, and
16taxes, and except as otherwise provided. The exemption shall not be impaired by
17temporary removal with the intention to reoccupy the premises as a homestead nor
18by the sale of the homestead, but shall extend to the proceeds derived from the sale
19to an amount not exceeding $75,000, while held, with the intention to procure
20another homestead with the proceeds, for 2 years. The exemption extends to land
21owned by husband and wife spouses jointly or in common or as marital property, and
22each spouse may claim a homestead exemption of not more than $75,000. The
23exemption extends to the interest therein of tenants in common, having a homestead
24thereon with the consent of the cotenants, and to any estate less than a fee.
SB464,300 25Section 300 . 822.40 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,131,4
1822.40 (4) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses
2and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife between
3spouses
or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this
4subchapter.
SB464,301 5Section 301 . 851.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,131,106 851.30 (2) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
7judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
8decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless they subsequently
9participate in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
10subsequently hold themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
SB464,302 11Section 302. 852.01 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,131,1412 852.01 (1) (d) If there is no surviving spouse, surviving domestic partner, issue,
13or parent, to the brothers and sisters siblings and the issue of any deceased brother
14or sister
sibling per stirpes.
SB464,303 15Section 303 . 852.01 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,131,1916 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.
SB464,304 20Section 304 . 852.01 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,131,2221 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.
SB464,305 23Section 305 . 852.01 (1) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,132,3
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.
SB464,306 4Section 306 . 852.05 (1) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB464,132,95 852.05 (1) A child born to unmarried parents, or the child's issue, is treated in
6the same manner as a child, or the issue of a child, born to married parents with
7respect to intestate succession from and through the child's mother person who gave
8birth to the child
, and from and through the child's father other parent if any of the
9following applies to the person alleged to be the other parent of the child:
SB464,132,1210 (a) The father person has been adjudicated to be the father a parent of the child
11in a paternity parentage proceeding under ch. 767 or by final order or judgment of
12a court of competent jurisdiction in another state.
SB464,132,1413 (b) The father person has admitted in open court that he is the father to being
14the parent of the child
.
SB464,132,1615 (c) The father person has acknowledged himself to be the father parentage in
16writing signed by him the person.
SB464,132,23 17(2) Property of a child born to unmarried parents passes in accordance with s.
18852.01 except that the father or the father's kindred a parent who did not give birth
19to the child, or the kindred of such a parent,
can inherit only if the father the parent
20has been adjudicated to be the father parent of the child in a paternity parentage
21proceeding under ch. 767 or by final order or judgment of a court of competent
22jurisdiction in another state or has been determined to be the father parent under
23s. 767.804 or 767.805 or a substantially similar law of another state.
SB464,307 24Section 307 . 854.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,133,7
1854.03 (3) Marital property. Except as provided in subs. (4) and (5), if a
2husband and wife
2 spouses die leaving marital property and it is not established
3that one survived the other by at least 120 hours, 50 percent of the marital property
4shall be distributed as if it were the husband's the first spouse's individual property
5and the husband 2nd spouse had survived, and 50 percent of the marital property
6shall be distributed as if it were the wife's 2nd spouse's individual property and the
7wife first spouse had survived.
SB464,308 8Section 308 . 891.39 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,133,10 9891.39 (title) Presumption as to whether a child is marital or
10nonmarital;
self-crimination self-incrimination; birth certificates.
SB464,309 11Section 309 . 891.39 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,134,212 891.39 (1) (a) Whenever it is established in an action or proceeding that a child
13was born to a woman person while he or she was the lawful wife of legally married
14to
a specified man person, any party asserting in such action or proceeding that the
15husband was spouse is not the father parent of the child shall have the burden of
16proving that assertion by a clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence. In
17all such actions or proceedings the husband and the wife spouses are competent to
18testify as witnesses to the facts. The court or judge in such cases shall appoint a
19guardian ad litem to appear for and represent the child whose paternity parentage
20is questioned. Results of a genetic test, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m), showing that
21a man person other than the husband spouse of the person who gave birth to the child
22is not excluded as the father parent of the child and that the statistical probability
23of the man's person's parentage is 99.0 percent or higher constitute a clear and
24satisfactory preponderance of the evidence of the assertion under this paragraph,

1even if the husband spouse of the person who gave birth to the child is unavailable
2to submit to genetic tests, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m).
SB464,310 3Section 310 . 891.39 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,134,104 891.39 (2) (a) The mother of person who gave birth to the child shall not be
5excused or privileged from testifying fully in any action or proceeding mentioned in
6sub. (1) in which the determination of whether the child is a marital or nonmarital
7child is involved or in issue, when ordered to testify by a court of record or any judge
8thereof; but she the person who gave birth to the child shall not be prosecuted or
9subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of testifying or producing
10evidence, except for perjury committed in giving the testimony.
SB464,311 11Section 311 . 891.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,134,1812 891.39 (3) If any court under this section adjudges a child to be a nonmarital
13child, the clerk of court shall report the facts to the state registrar, who shall issue
14a new birth record showing the correct facts as found by the court, and shall dispose
15of the original, with the court's report attached under s. 69.15 (3). If the husband
16spouse of the person who gave birth to the child is a party to the action and the court
17makes a finding as to whether or not the husband spouse is the father parent of the
18child, such finding shall be conclusive in all other courts of this state.
SB464,312 19Section 312 . 891.395 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,135,5 20891.395 Presumption as to time of conception. In any paternity parentage
21proceeding, in the absence of a valid birth certificate indicating the birth weight, the
22mother person who gave birth to the child shall be competent to testify as to the birth
23weight of the child whose paternity parentage is at issue, and where the child whose
24paternity parentage is at issue weighed 5 1/2 pounds or more at the time of its birth,
25the testimony of the mother person who gave birth to the child as to the weight shall

1be presumptive evidence that the child was a full term child, unless competent
2evidence to the contrary is presented to the court. The conception of the child shall
3be presumed to have occurred within a span of time extending from 240 days to 300
4days before the date of its birth, unless competent evidence to the contrary is
5presented to the court.
SB464,313 6Section 313 . 891.40 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,135,22 7891.40 Artificial insemination. (1) If, A person is the natural parent of a
8child conceived by artificial insemination if the artificial insemination is performed

9under the supervision of a licensed physician and with the consent of her husband,
10a wife is inseminated artificially with semen donated by a man not her husband, the
11husband of the mother at the time of the conception of the child shall be the natural
12father of a child conceived. The husband's consent must be in writing and signed by
13him and his wife
if the person who receives the artificial insemination and the spouse
14of that person consent to the artificial insemination in a written document signed by
15both parties
. The physician performing the artificial insemination shall certify their
16both parties' signatures and the date of the insemination, and shall file the husband's
17consent form with the department of health services, where it shall be kept
18confidential and in a sealed file except as provided in s. 46.03 (7) (bm). However, the
19physician's failure to file the consent form does not affect the legal status of father
20parent and child. All papers and records pertaining to the insemination, whether
21part of the permanent record of a court or of a file held by the supervising physician
22or elsewhere, may be inspected only upon an order of the court for good cause shown.
SB464,136,2 23(2) The donor of semen provided to a licensed physician for use in artificial
24insemination of a woman person other than the donor's wife spouse is not the natural

1father parent of a child conceived, bears no liability for the support of the child and
2has no parental rights with regard to the child.
SB464,314 3Section 314 . 891.405 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,136,8 4891.405 Presumption of paternity parentage based on
5acknowledgment.
A man person is presumed to be the natural father parent of a
6child if he the person and the mother person who gave birth to the child have
7acknowledged paternity parentage under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 1. or 3. and no other man
8person is presumed to be the father natural parent under s. 891.41 (1).
SB464,315 9Section 315 . 891.407 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,136,14 10891.407 Presumption of paternity parentage based on genetic test
11results.
A man person is presumed to be the natural father parent of a child if the
12man person has been conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the
13father parent under s. 767.804 and no other man is presumed to be the father person
14is presumed to be a parent of the child
under s. 891.405 or 891.41 (1).
SB464,316 15Section 316 . 891.41 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,136,17 16891.41 (title) Presumption of paternity parentage based on marriage of
17the parties.
SB464,317 18Section 317 . 891.41 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,136,2019 891.41 (1) (intro.) A man person is presumed to be the natural father parent
20of a child if any of the following applies:
SB464,318 21Section 318 . 891.41 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,136,2522 891.41 (1) (a) He The person and the child's natural mother person who gave
23birth to the child
are or have been married to each other and the child is conceived
24or born after marriage and before the granting of a decree of legal separation,
25annulment, or divorce between the parties.
SB464,319
1Section 319. 891.41 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 891.41 (1) (b) (intro.)
2and amended to read:
SB464,137,73 891.41 (1) (b) (intro.) He The person and the child's natural mother person who
4gave birth to the child
were married to each other after the child was born but he the
5person
and the child's natural mother person who gave birth to the child had a
6relationship with one another during the period of time within which the child was
7conceived and no other man all of the following apply:
SB464,137,8 81. No person has been adjudicated to be the father or other parent.
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