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SB70-AA10,237,2220 48.422 (7) (br) Establish whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any
21alleged or presumed father parent of the child in violation of s. 48.63 (3) (b) 5. Upon
22a finding of coercion, the court shall dismiss the petition.
SB70-AA10,472 23Section 472. 48.423 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.423 (2) (d) That the person has complied with the requirements of the state
2where the mother birth parent previously resided or was located to protect and
3preserve his paternal or her parental interests in matters affecting the child.
SB70-AA10,473 4Section 473. 48.432 (1) (am) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,238,75 48.432 (1) (am) 2. b. If there is no adjudicated father, the husband spouse of the
6mother at the time the individual or adoptee is conceived or born, or when the parents
7intermarry under s. 767.803.
SB70-AA10,474 8Section 474. 48.63 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,238,179 48.63 (3) (b) 4. Before a child may be placed under subd. 1., the department,
10county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed
11adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who
12is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the
13finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who
14has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the
15department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive
16parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any alleged or
17presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.
SB70-AA10,475 18Section 475. 48.63 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,238,2419 48.63 (3) (b) 5. Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
20may coerce a birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the
21child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the
22transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the
23child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise
24his or her parental rights to the child.
SB70-AA10,476 25Section 476. 48.82 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.82 (1) (a) A husband and wife Spouses jointly, or either the husband or wife
2if
the other spouse is of a parent of the minor.
SB70-AA10,477 3Section 477. 48.837 (1r) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,239,124 48.837 (1r) (d) Before a child may be placed under par. (a), the department,
5county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed
6adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who
7is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the
8finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who
9has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the
10department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive
11parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any alleged or
12presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.
SB70-AA10,478 13Section 478. 48.837 (1r) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,239,1914 48.837 (1r) (e) Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
15may coerce a birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the
16child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the
17transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the
18child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise
19his or her parental rights to the child.
SB70-AA10,479 20Section 479. 48.837 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,240,921 48.837 (6) (b) At the beginning of the hearing held under sub. (2), the court shall
22review the report that is submitted under s. 48.913 (6). The court shall determine
23whether any payments or the conditions specified in any agreement to make
24payments are coercive to the any birth parent of the child or to an alleged or
25presumed father parent of the child or are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4). Making

1any payment to or on behalf of the a birth parent of the child, an, alleged or presumed
2father parent of the child , or the child conditional in any part upon transfer or
3surrender of the child or the termination of parental rights or the finalization of the
4adoption creates a rebuttable presumption of coercion. Upon a finding of coercion,
5the court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3) or amend the agreement
6to delete any coercive conditions, if the parties agree to the amendment. Upon a
7finding that payments which that are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4) have been
8made, the court may dismiss the petition and may refer the matter to the district
9attorney for prosecution under s. 948.24 (1).
SB70-AA10,480 10Section 480. 48.837 (6) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,240,1411 48.837 (6) (br) At the hearing on the petition under sub. (2), the court shall
12determine whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any alleged or presumed
13father parent of the child in violation of sub. (1r) (e). Upon a finding of coercion, the
14court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3).
SB70-AA10,481 15Section 481. 48.913 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,240,1716 48.913 (1) (a) Preadoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an
17alleged or presumed father parent of the child.
SB70-AA10,482 18Section 482. 48.913 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,240,2019 48.913 (1) (b) Post-adoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an
20alleged or presumed father parent of the child.
SB70-AA10,483 21Section 483. 48.913 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,240,2422 48.913 (1) (h) Legal and other services received by a birth parent of the child,
23an alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child in connection with the
24adoption.
SB70-AA10,484 25Section 484. 48.913 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.913 (2) Payment of expenses when birth parent is residing in another
2state.
(intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the proposed adoptive parents of a child or
3a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents of a child may pay for an
4expense of a birth parent of the child or an alleged or presumed father parent of the
5child if the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent was residing in
6another state when the payment was made and when the expense was incurred and
7if all of the following apply:
SB70-AA10,485 8Section 485. 48.913 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,241,119 48.913 (2) (b) The state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed
10father parent was residing when the payment was made permits the payment of that
11expense by the proposed adoptive parents of the child.
SB70-AA10,486 12Section 486. 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,241,2013 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) A listing of all payments made under this subsection, a
14copy of the statutory provisions of the state in which the birth parent or the alleged
15or presumed father parent was residing when the payments were made that permit
16those payments to be made by the proposed adoptive parents of the child, and a copy
17of all orders entered in the state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed
18father parent was residing when the payments were made that relate to the payment
19of expenses of the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent by the
20proposed adoptive parents of the child is submitted to the court as follows:
SB70-AA10,487 21Section 487. 48.913 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,242,322 48.913 (3) Method of payment. Any payment under sub. (1) or (2) shall be made
23directly to the provider of a good or service except that a payment under sub. (1) or
24(2) may be made to a birth parent of the child or to an alleged or presumed father
25parent of the child as reimbursement of an amount previously paid by the birth

1parent or by the alleged or presumed father parent if documentation is provided
2showing that the birth parent or alleged or presumed father parent has made the
3previous payment.
SB70-AA10,488 4Section 488. 48.913 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,242,85 48.913 (4) Other payments prohibited. The proposed adoptive parents of a
6child or a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents may not make any
7payments to or on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father
8parent of the child, or the child except as provided in subs. (1) and (2).
SB70-AA10,489 9Section 489. 48.913 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,242,2410 48.913 (7) Report to the court; contents required. The report required under
11sub. (6) shall include a list of all transfers of anything of value made or agreed to be
12made by the proposed adoptive parents or by a person acting on their behalf to a birth
13parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child,
14on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father parent of the
15child, or the child, or to any other person in connection with the pregnancy, the birth
16of the child, the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents, or the
17adoption of the child by the proposed adoptive parents. The report shall be itemized
18and shall show the goods or services for which payment was made or agreed to be
19made. The report shall include the dates of each payment, the names and addresses
20of each attorney, doctor, hospital, agency, or other person or organization receiving
21any payment from the proposed adoptive parents or a person acting on behalf of the
22proposed adoptive parents in connection with the pregnancy, the birth of the child,
23the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents, or the adoption of the
24child by the proposed adoptive parents.
SB70-AA10,490 25Section 490. 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. Any person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental
2interest under s. 48.025, who is alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the
3child, or who may, based on the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to
4the child
or other information presented to the court, be the father parent of the child.
SB70-AA10,491 5Section 491. 48.9795 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,243,106 48.9795 (1) (b) “Party" means the person petitioning for the appointment of a
7guardian for a child or any interested person other than a person who is alleged to
8the court to be the father a parent of the child or who may, based on the statements
9of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to
10the court, be the father parent of the child.
SB70-AA10,492 11Section 492. 49.141 (1) (j) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,243,1212 49.141 (1) (j) 1. A biological natural parent.
SB70-AA10,493 13Section 493. 49.141 (1) (j) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA10,494 14Section 494. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,243,2215 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. If the individual is a foster parent of the child or a subsidized
16guardian or interim caretaker of the child under s. 48.623, the child's biological
17natural or adoptive family has a gross income that is at or below 200 percent of the
18poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological natural or
19adoptive family, the department or county department or agency determining
20eligibility shall include court-ordered child or family support payments received by
21the individual, if those support payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income
22described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
SB70-AA10,495 23Section 495. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,244,624 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. If the individual is a relative of the child, is providing care
25for the child under a court order, and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or

1(3n) on behalf of the child, the child's biological natural or adoptive family has a gross
2income that is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line. In calculating the gross
3income of the child's biological natural or adoptive family, the department or county
4department or agency determining eligibility shall include court-ordered child or
5family support payments received by the individual, if those support payments
6exceed $1,250 per month, and income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
SB70-AA10,496 7Section 496. 49.163 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,244,118 49.163 (2) (am) 2. If over 25 years of age, be a biological natural or adoptive
9parent of a child under 18 years of age whose parental rights to the child have not
10been terminated or be a relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of
11age.
SB70-AA10,497 12Section 497. 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,244,2313 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. Is living with a parent; a blood relative, including those of
14half-blood, and including first cousins, nephews or nieces and persons of preceding
15generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great or great-great; a stepfather,
16stepmother
stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister; a person who legally adopts the
17child or is the adoptive parent of the child's parent, a natural or legally adopted child
18of such person or a relative of an adoptive parent; or a spouse of any person named
19in this subparagraph subd. 2. a. even if the marriage is terminated by death or
20divorce; and is living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as
21the child's or their own home, or living in a residence maintained by one or more of
22these relatives as the child's or their own home because the parents of the child have
23been found unfit to have care and custody of the child; or
SB70-AA10,498 24Section 498. 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.19 (4) (d) (intro.) Aid may be granted to the mother or stepmother parent
2or stepparent
of a dependent child if he or she is without a husband spouse or if he
3or
she:
SB70-AA10,499 4Section 499. 49.19 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,245,65 49.19 (4) (d) 1. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incapacitated for
6gainful work by mental or physical disability; or
SB70-AA10,500 7Section 500. 49.19 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,245,118 49.19 (4) (d) 2. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incarcerated or
9who is a convicted offender permitted to live at home but precluded from earning a
10wage because the husband person is required by a court imposed sentence to perform
11unpaid public work or unpaid community service; or
SB70-AA10,501 12Section 501. 49.19 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,245,1513 49.19 (4) (d) 3. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has been committed
14to the department pursuant to ch. 975, irrespective of the probable period of such
15commitment; or
SB70-AA10,502 16Section 502. 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,245,1917 49.19 (4) (d) 4. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has continuously
18abandoned or failed to support him or her, if proceedings have been commenced
19against the husband person under ch. 769; or
SB70-AA10,503 20Section 503. 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,245,2421 49.19 (4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a husband spouse or legally
22separated from his or her husband spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
23of law to compel his or her former husband spouse to adequately support the child
24for whom aid is sought; or
SB70-AA10,504 25Section 504 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
2person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
3938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
4services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
5chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
6and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
7person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
8case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
9including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
10(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
11order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
12the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
13adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
14be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
15with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
16widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully
17dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such
18part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for
19the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable
20persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or
21the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
SB70-AA10,505 22Section 505. 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,246,2523 49.43 (12) “Spouse" means the legal husband or wife of person to whom the
24beneficiary is legally married, whether or not the person is eligible for medical
25assistance.
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1Section 506. 49.471 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,247,22 49.471 (1) (b) 2. A stepfather, stepmother stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister.
SB70-AA10,507 3Section 507. 49.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,248,54 49.90 (4) The circuit court shall in a summary way hear the allegations and
5proofs of the parties and by order require maintenance from these relatives, if they
6have sufficient ability, considering their own future maintenance and making
7reasonable allowance for the protection of the property and investments from which
8they derive their living and their care and protection in old age, in the following
9order: First the husband or wife spouse; then the father and the mother parents; and
10then the grandparents in the instances in which sub. (1) (a) 2. applies. The order
11shall specify a sum which that will be sufficient for the support of the dependent
12person under sub. (1) (a) 1. or the maintenance of a child of a dependent person under
13sub. (1) (a) 2., to be paid weekly or monthly, during a period fixed by the order or until
14the further order of the court. If the court is satisfied that any such relative is unable
15wholly to maintain the dependent person or the child, but is able to contribute to the
16person's support or the child's maintenance, the court may direct 2 or more of the
17relatives to maintain the person or the child and prescribe the proportion each shall
18contribute. If the court is satisfied that these relatives are unable together wholly
19to maintain the dependent person or the child, but are able to contribute to the
20person's support or the child's maintenance, the court shall direct a sum to be paid
21weekly or monthly by each relative in proportion to ability. Contributions directed
22by court order, if for less than full support, shall be paid to the department of health
23services or the department of children and families, whichever is appropriate, and
24distributed as required by state and federal law. An order under this subsection that
25relates to maintenance required under sub. (1) (a) 2. shall specifically assign

1responsibility for and direct the manner of payment of the child's health care
2expenses, subject to the limitations under subs. (1) (a) 2. and (11). Upon application
3of any party affected by the order and upon like notice and procedure, the court may
4modify such an order. Obedience to such an order may be enforced by proceedings
5for contempt.
SB70-AA10,508 6Section 508. 54.01 (36) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,248,117 54.01 (36) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
8judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
9decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless the 2 subsequently
10participated in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
11subsequently held themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
SB70-AA10,509 12Section 509. 54.960 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,248,1913 54.960 (1) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple
14beneficiaries are deemed to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests
15for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of
16husband and wife 2 individuals who are married to each other, for whom
17survivorship is presumed, a right of survivorship does not exist unless the
18instrument creating the custodial trust specifically provides for survivorship or
19survivorship is required as to marital property.
SB70-AA10,510 20Section 510. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,248,2421 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
2259.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
23who reside in that county for whom no father's only one parent's name has been
24inserted on the registrant's birth record within 6 months of birth.
SB70-AA10,511 25Section 511. 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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169.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth record that
2affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's name,
3or parent's marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence
4of the event that is the subject of the birth record, if the amendment is at the request
5of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is in the manner
6prescribed by the state registrar, and if the amendment is accompanied by 2 items
7of documentary evidence from early childhood that are sufficient to prove that the
8item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit of the person requesting the
9amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth record may be made under
10this paragraph only if the marital status is inconsistent with information concerning
11the father or husband
that appears on the birth record. This paragraph may not be
12used to add to or delete from a birth record the name of a parent, to change the
13identity of a parent named on the birth record, or to effect a name change prohibited
14under s. 301.47.
SB70-AA10,512 15Section 512. 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,249,2016 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the record of birth may be requested
17under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father or husband
18information appearing on the birth record. This section may not be used to add or
19delete the name of a parent on the record of birth or change the identity of either
20parent named on the birth record.
SB70-AA10,513 21Section 513. 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,250,222 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
23document, divorce or annulment record, or a final divorce decree that indicates that
24the mother was not married to the person listed as her husband spouse at any time

1during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any other legal document that
2clarifies the disputed information.
SB70-AA10,514 3Section 514. 69.14 (1) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,250,74 69.14 (1) (c) 4. In the absence of a person under subds. 1. to 3., the father or
5mother, father, or mother's spouse, or in the absence of the father or the mother's
6spouse
and the inability of the mother, the person responsible for the premises where
7the birth occurs.
SB70-AA10,515 8Section 515. 69.14 (1) (e) (title) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-AA10,250,149 69.14 (1) (e) (title) Father's Spouse's or father's name. 1. If Except as provided
10in par. (h), if
the mother of a registrant under this section was married at any time
11from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the name of the husband spouse
12of the mother shall be entered on the birth record as the a legal father parent of the
13registrant. The name of the father parent entered under this subdivision may not
14be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.
SB70-AA10,516 15Section 516. 69.14 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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