Amendment AA10-SB70

SB70-AA10,226,8 “ Section 435. 29.219 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,226,12 29.219 (4) Husband and wife Spouses resident licenses. A combined husband and wife spouses resident fishing license shall be issued subject to s. 29.024 by the department to residents applying for this license. This license confers upon both husband and wife spouses the privileges of resident fishing licenses.

SB70-AA10,436 Section 436. 29.228 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,226,17 29.228 (5) Annual family fishing license. The department shall issue a nonresident annual family fishing license, subject to s. 29.024, to any nonresident who applies for this license. This license entitles the husband, wife spouses and any minor children to fish under this license.

SB70-AA10,437 Section 437. 29.228 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,226,22 29.228 (6) Fifteen-day family fishing license. The department shall issue a nonresident 15-day family fishing license, subject to s. 29.024, to any nonresident who applies for this license. This license entitles the husband, wife spouses and any minor children to fish under this license.

SB70-AA10,438 Section 438. 29.229 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,226,24 29.229 (2) (i) Husband and wife Spouses fishing licenses.

SB70-AA10,439 Section 439. 29.2295 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,227,2 29.2295 (2) (i) Husband and wife Spouses fishing licenses.

SB70-AA10,440 Section 440. 29.563 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,227,4 29.563 (3) (a) 3. Husband and wife Spouses: $30.25.

SB70-AA10,441 Section 441. 29.607 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,227,15 29.607 (3) License required; exceptions; wild rice identification card. Every person over the age of 16 and under the age of 65 shall obtain the appropriate wild rice license to harvest or deal in wild rice but no license to harvest is required of the members of the immediate family of a licensee or of a recipient of old-age assistance or members of their immediate families. The department, subject to s. 29.024 (2g) and (2r), shall issue a wild rice identification card to each member of a licensee's immediate family, to a recipient of old-age assistance and to each member of the recipient's family. The term “immediate family" includes husband and wife spouses and minor children having their abode and domicile with the parent or legal guardian.

SB70-AA10,442 Section 442. 45.01 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,227,19 45.01 (6) (c) The biological natural or adoptive parent or a person who acts in the place of a parent and who has so acted for not less than 12 months prior to the veteran's entrance into active service.

SB70-AA10,443 Section 443. 45.51 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,227,22 45.51 (3) (c) 2. The department may deviate from this sequence upon order of the board to prevent the separation of a husband and wife spouses.

SB70-AA10,444 Section 444. 45.51 (5) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,228,2 45.51 (5) (a) 1. b. Was married to the person under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. at the time the person entered the service and who became a widow or widower surviving spouse by the death of the person while in the service or as a result of physical disability of the person incurred during the service.

SB70-AA10,445 Section 445. 45.51 (5) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,228,7 45.51 (5) (a) 1. c. The period during which the surviving spouse was married to and lived with the deceased person under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. plus the period of widowhood or widowerhood after the death of the deceased person is 6 months or more.

SB70-AA10,446 Section 446. 45.55 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,228,23 45.55 Notes and mortgages of minor veterans. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, any minor who served in the active armed forces of the United States at any time after August 27, 1940, and the husband or wife spouse of such a minor may execute, in his or her own right, notes or mortgages, as defined in s. 851.15, the payment of which is guaranteed or insured by the U.S. department of veterans affairs or the federal housing administrator under the servicemen's readjustment act of 1944, the national housing act, or any acts supplementing or amending these acts. In connection with these transactions, the minors may sell, release, or convey the mortgaged property and litigate or settle controversies arising therefrom, including the execution of releases, deeds, and other necessary papers or instruments. The notes, mortgages, releases, deeds, and other necessary papers or instruments when so executed are not subject to avoidance by the minor or the husband or wife spouse of the minor upon either or both of them attaining the age of 18 because of the minority of either or both of them at the time of the execution thereof.

SB70-AA10,447 Section 447. 46.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,230,4 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person, including but not limited to a person admitted, committed, protected, or placed under s. 975.01, 1977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., s. 975.17, 1977 stats., s. 55.05 (5), 2003 stats., and s. 55.06, 2003 stats., and ss. 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45 (10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.055, 55.12, 55.13, 55.135, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06, receiving care, maintenance, services , and supplies provided by any institution in this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies, any person receiving care and services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from a facility established under s. 49.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or private agency under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s. 980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e) or 980.08 (4) (g) and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability.

SB70-AA10,448 Section 448. 48.02 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,230,25 48.02 (13) “Parent" means a biological natural parent, a husband who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40, or a parent by adoption. If the child is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, “parent" includes a person conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804 or, a person acknowledged under s. 767.805 or a substantially similar law of another state to be a natural parent, or a person adjudicated to be the biological father a natural parent. “Parent" does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated. For purposes of the application of s. 48.028 and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 USC 1901 to 1963, “parent" means a biological natural parent of an Indian child, an Indian husband spouse who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife or her spouse under s. 891.40, or an Indian person who has lawfully adopted an Indian child, including an adoption under tribal law or custom, and includes, in the case of a nonmarital Indian child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, a person conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804, a person acknowledged under s. 767.805, a substantially similar law of another state, or tribal law or custom to be the biological father natural parent, or a person adjudicated to be the biological father natural parent, but does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated.

SB70-AA10,449 Section 449. 48.025 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,231,3 48.025 (title) Declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting children.

SB70-AA10,450 Section 450. 48.025 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,231,9 48.025 (2) (b) A declaration under sub. (1) may be filed at any time before the birth of the child or within 14 days after the birth of the child, except that a man person who receives a notice under s. 48.42 (1g) (b) may file a declaration within 21 days after the date on which the notice was mailed. This paragraph does not apply to a declaration filed before July 1, 2006.

SB70-AA10,451 Section 451. 48.025 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,231,24 48.025 (3) (c) A court in a proceeding under s. 48.13, 48.133, 48.14, or 938.13 or under a substantially similar law of another state or a person authorized to file a petition under s. 48.25, 48.42, 48.837, or 938.25 or under a substantially similar law of another state may request the department to search its files to determine whether a person who may be the father parent of the child who is the subject of the proceeding has filed a declaration under this section. If the department has on file a declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting the child, the department shall issue to the requester a copy of the declaration. If the department does not have on file a declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting the child, the department shall issue to the requester a statement that no declaration could be located. The department may require a person who requests a search under this paragraph to pay a reasonable fee that is sufficient to defray the costs to the department of maintaining its file of declarations and publicizing information relating to declarations of paternal parental interest under this section.

SB70-AA10,452 Section 452. 48.27 (3) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,232,2 48.27 (3) (b) 1. a. A person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025.

SB70-AA10,453 Section 453. 48.27 (3) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,232,7 48.27 (3) (b) 1. b. A person alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the child or who may, based on the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to the court, be the father a parent of the child.

SB70-AA10,454 Section 454. 48.27 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,232,15 48.27 (5) Subject to sub. (3) (b), the court shall make every reasonable effort to identify and notify any person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025, any person conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804 (1), any person who has acknowledged paternity parentage of the child under s. 767.805 (1), and any person who has been adjudged to be the father parent of the child in a judicial proceeding unless the person's parental rights have been terminated.

SB70-AA10,455 Section 455. 48.299 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,232,21 48.299 (6) (intro.) If a man person who has been given notice under s. 48.27 (3) (b) 1., 48.977 (4) (c) 1., 48.978 (2) (c) 1., or 48.9795 (4) (c) 1. appears at any hearing for which he or she received the notice, alleges that he or she is the father a parent of the child, and states that he or she wishes to establish the paternity parentage of the child, all of the following apply:

SB70-AA10,456 Section 456. 48.299 (6) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,233,2 48.299 (6) (e) 1. In this paragraph, “genetic test" means a test that examines genetic markers present on blood cells, skin cells, tissue cells, bodily fluid cells or cells of another body material for the purpose of determining the statistical probability that a man person who is alleged to be a child's father parent is the child's biological father parent.

SB70-AA10,457 Section 457. 48.299 (6) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,233,6 48.299 (6) (e) 2. The court shall, at the hearing, orally inform any man person specified in sub. (6) (intro.) that he or she may be required to pay for any testing ordered by the court under this paragraph or under s. 885.23.

SB70-AA10,458 Section 458. 48.299 (6) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,233,20 48.299 (6) (e) 3. In addition to ordering testing as provided under s. 885.23, if the court determines that it would be in the best interests of the child, the court may order any man person specified in sub. (6) (intro.) to submit to one or more genetic tests which shall be performed by an expert qualified as an examiner of genetic markers present on the cells and of the specific body material to be used for the tests, as appointed by the court. A report completed and certified by the court-appointed expert stating genetic test results and the statistical probability that the man person alleged to be the child's father parent is the child's biological father parent based upon the genetic tests is admissible as evidence without expert testimony and may be entered into the record at any hearing. The court, upon request by a party, may order that independent tests be performed by other experts qualified as examiners of genetic markers present on the cells of the specific body materials to be used for the tests.

SB70-AA10,459 Section 459. 48.299 (6) (e) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,234,2 48.299 (6) (e) 4. If the genetic tests show that an alleged father parent is not excluded and that the statistical probability that the alleged father parent is the child's biological father parent is 99.0 percent or higher, the court may determine that for purposes of a proceeding under this chapter, other than a proceeding under subch. VIII, the man person is the child's biological parent.

SB70-AA10,460 Section 460. 48.299 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,234,12 48.299 (7) If a man person who has been given notice under s. 48.27 (3) (b) 1., 48.977 (4) (c) 1., 48.978 (2) (c) 1., or 48.9795 (4) (c) 1. appears at any hearing for which he or she received the notice but does not allege that he or she is the father a parent of the child and state that he or she wishes to establish the paternity parentage of the child or if no man person to whom such notice was given appears at a hearing, the court may refer the matter to the state or to the attorney responsible for support enforcement under s. 59.53 (6) (a) for a determination, under s. 767.80, of whether an action should be brought for the purpose of determining the paternity parentage of the child.

SB70-AA10,461 Section 461. 48.355 (4g) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,234,20 48.355 (4g) (a) 1. The child's parents are parties to a pending action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation, a man person determined under s. 48.299 (6) (e) 4. to be the biological father parent of the child for purposes of a proceeding under this chapter is a party to a pending action to determine paternity of the child under ch. 767, or the child is the subject of a pending independent action under s. 767.41 or 767.43 to determine legal custody of the child or visitation rights with respect to the child.

SB70-AA10,462 Section 462. 48.396 (2) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,235,7 48.396 (2) (dm) Upon request of a court having jurisdiction over actions affecting the family, an attorney responsible for support enforcement under s. 59.53 (6) (a) or a party to a paternity proceeding under subch. IX of ch. 767, the party's attorney or the guardian ad litem for the child who is the subject of that proceeding to review or be provided with information from the records of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 relating to the paternity of a child for the purpose of determining the paternity of the child or for the purpose of rebutting the presumption of paternity parentage under s. 891.405, 891.407, or 891.41 (1), the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 shall open for inspection by the requester its records relating to the paternity of the child or disclose to the requester those records.

SB70-AA10,463 Section 463. 48.42 (1g) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,235,10 48.42 (1g) (a) 4. A statement identifying any man person who has lived in a familial relationship with the child and who may be the father a parent of the child.

SB70-AA10,464 Section 464. 48.42 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,235,20 48.42 (1g) (b) The petitioner shall notify any man person identified in the affidavit under par. (a) as an alleged father parent of his the right to file a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025 before the birth of the child, within 14 days after the birth of the child, or within 21 days after the date on which the notice is mailed, whichever is later; of the birth date or anticipated birth date of the child; and of the consequences of filing or not filing a declaration of paternal parental interest. The petitioner shall include with the notice a copy of the form required to file a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025. The notice shall be sent by certified mail to the last-known address of the alleged father parent.

SB70-AA10,465 Section 465. 48.42 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,235,23 48.42 (1g) (c) If an affidavit under par. (a) is not filed with the petition, notice shall be given to an alleged father parent under sub. (2).

SB70-AA10,466 Section 466. 48.42 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,236,3 48.42 (2) (b) 1. A person who has filed an unrevoked declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025 before the birth of the child or within 14 days after the birth of the child.

SB70-AA10,467 Section 467. 48.42 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,236,8 48.42 (2) (b) 2. A person or persons alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the child or who may, based upon the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to the court, be the father parent of the child unless that person has waived the right to notice under s. 48.41 (2) (c).

SB70-AA10,468 Section 468. 48.42 (2) (bm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,236,13 48.42 (2) (bm) 1. A person who has filed an unrevoked declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025 before the birth of the child, within 14 days after the birth of the child, or within 21 days after a notice under sub. (1g) (b) is mailed, whichever is later.

SB70-AA10,469 Section 469. 48.422 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,236,24 48.422 (6) (a) In the case of a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803 and for whom paternity has not been established, or for whom a declaration of paternal parental interest has not been filed under s. 48.025 within 14 days after the date of birth of the child or, if s. 48.42 (1g) (b) applies, within 21 days after the date on which the notice under s. 48.42 (1g) (b) is mailed, the court shall hear testimony concerning the paternity parentage of the child. Based on the testimony, the court shall determine whether all interested parties who are known have been notified under s. 48.42 (2) and (2g) (ag). If not, the court shall adjourn the hearing and order appropriate notice to be given.

SB70-AA10,470 Section 470. 48.422 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,237,18 48.422 (7) (bm) Establish whether a proposed adoptive parent of the child has been identified. If a proposed adoptive parent of the child has been identified and the proposed adoptive parent is not a relative of the child, the court shall order the petitioner to submit a report to the court containing the information specified in s. 48.913 (7). The court shall review the report to determine whether any payments or agreement to make payments set forth in the report are coercive to the birth parent of the child or to an alleged to or presumed father parent of the child or are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4). Making any payment to or on behalf of the any birth parent of the child, an, alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child conditional in any part upon transfer or surrender of the child or the termination of parental rights or the finalization of the adoption creates a rebuttable presumption of coercion. Upon a finding of coercion, the court shall dismiss the petition or amend the agreement to delete any coercive conditions, if the parties agree to the amendment. Upon a finding that payments which that are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4) have been made, the court may dismiss the petition and may refer the matter to the district attorney for prosecution under s. 948.24 (1). This paragraph does not apply if the petition was filed with a petition for adoptive placement under s. 48.837 (2).

SB70-AA10,471 Section 471. 48.422 (7) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,237,22 48.422 (7) (br) Establish whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any alleged or presumed father parent of the child in violation of s. 48.63 (3) (b) 5. Upon a finding of coercion, the court shall dismiss the petition.

SB70-AA10,472 Section 472. 48.423 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,238,3 48.423 (2) (d) That the person has complied with the requirements of the state where the mother birth parent previously resided or was located to protect and preserve his paternal or her parental interests in matters affecting the child.

SB70-AA10,473 Section 473. 48.432 (1) (am) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,238,7 48.432 (1) (am) 2. b. If there is no adjudicated father, the husband spouse of the mother at the time the individual or adoptee is conceived or born, or when the parents intermarry under s. 767.803.

SB70-AA10,474 Section 474. 48.63 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,238,17 48.63 (3) (b) 4. Before a child may be placed under subd. 1., the department, county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.

SB70-AA10,475 Section 475. 48.63 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,238,24 48.63 (3) (b) 5. Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person may coerce a birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise his or her parental rights to the child.

SB70-AA10,476 Section 476. 48.82 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,239,2 48.82 (1) (a) A husband and wife Spouses jointly, or either the husband or wife if the other spouse is of a parent of the minor.

SB70-AA10,477 Section 477. 48.837 (1r) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,239,12 48.837 (1r) (d) Before a child may be placed under par. (a), the department, county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.

SB70-AA10,478 Section 478. 48.837 (1r) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA10,239,19 48.837 (1r) (e) Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person may coerce a birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise his or her parental rights to the child.

SB70-AA10,479 Section 479. 48.837 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: