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SB70-AA10,241,7
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:
SB70-AA10,243,4
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:
SB70-AA10,245,3
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:
SB70-AA10,246,21
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.
SB70-AA10,506
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:
SB70-AA10,249,14
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:
SB70-AA10,250,2116 69.14 (1) (f) 1. a. Except as provided under subd. 1. b., if the mother of a
17registrant of a birth record under this section is married to the father of the
18registrant
at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the given
19name and surname which that the mother and father of the registrant and her
20spouse
enter for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and
21surname filed and registered on the birth record.
SB70-AA10,251,522 b. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is married
23to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
24registrant and the mother is separated or divorced from the father of the registrant
25at the time of birth, the given name and surname which that the parent of the

1registrant with actual custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be
2the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record, except that if
3a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname
4which that the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record
5shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record.
SB70-AA10,251,136 c. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is not married
7to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
8registrant, the given name and surname which that the mother of the registrant
9enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and surname
10filed and registered on the birth record, except that if a court has granted legal
11custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which that the person with
12legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and
13surname filed and registered on the birth record.
SB70-AA10,517 14Section 517. 69.14 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,251,2115 69.14 (1) (g) Birth by artificial insemination. If the registrant of a birth record
16under this section is born as a result of artificial insemination under the
17requirements of s. 891.40, the husband spouse of the woman person inseminated
18shall be considered the father a parent of the registrant on the birth record. If the
19registrant is born as a result of artificial insemination which does not satisfy the
20requirements of s. 891.40, the information about the father of the registrant shall be
21omitted from the registrant's birth record.
SB70-AA10,518 22Section 518. 69.14 (2) (b) 2. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,252,223 69.14 (2) (b) 2. d. The full name of the father or the mother's spouse, except that
24if the mother was not married at the time of conception or birth or between conception

1and birth of the registrant, the name of the father may not be entered except as
2provided under s. 69.15 (3).
SB70-AA10,519 3Section 519. 69.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,252,84 69.15 (1) Birth record information changes. The state registrar may change
5information on a birth record registered in this state which was correct at the time
6the birth record was filed under a court or administrative order issued in this state,
7in another state or in Canada or under the valid order of a court of any federally
8recognized Indian tribe, band, or nation if all of the following occur:
SB70-AA10,252,109 (a) The order provides for an adoption, name change, or name change with sex
10change or establishes paternity; and or parentage.
SB70-AA10,252,1511 (b) A clerk of court or, for a paternity or parentage action, a clerk of court or
12county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), sends the state registrar a certified
13report of an order of a court in this state in the method prescribed by the state
14registrar or, in the case of any other order, the state registrar receives a certified copy
15of the order and the proper fee under s. 69.22.
SB70-AA10,520 16Section 520. 69.15 (3) (title) and (a) (intro.), 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are
17amended to read:
SB70-AA10,252,2218 69.15 (3) (title) Paternity Parentage. (a) (intro.) If the state registrar receives
19an order under sub. (1) that establishes paternity or determines that the man person
20whose name appears on a registrant's birth record is not the father parent of the
21registrant, or a report under s. 767.804 (1) (c) that shows a conclusive determination
22of paternity, the state registrar shall do the following, as appropriate:
SB70-AA10,253,223 1. Prepare under sub. (6) a new record omitting the father's parent's name if
24the order determines that the man person whose name appears on a registrant's

1birth record is not the father parent of the registrant and if there is no adjudicated
2father.
SB70-AA10,253,53 2. Prepare under sub. (6) a new record for the subject of a paternity action
4changing the name of the father parent if the name of the adjudicated father is
5different than the name of the man person on the birth record.
SB70-AA10,253,86 3. Except as provided under subd. 4., insert the name of the adjudicated or
7conclusively determined father on the original birth record if the name of the father
8that parent was omitted on the original record.
SB70-AA10,521 9Section 521. 69.15 (3) (b) 1., 2., 3. and 4. (intro.), a. and b. of the statutes are
10amended to read:
SB70-AA10,253,1911 69.15 (3) (b) 1. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives
12a statement acknowledging paternity parentage in the manner prescribed by the
13state registrar and signed by both of the birth natural parents of a child determined
14to be a marital child under s. 767.803, a certified copy of the parents' marriage record,
15and the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name
16of the husband spouse of the person who gave birth from the marriage record as the
17father parent if the name of the father that parent was omitted on the original birth
18record. The state registrar shall include for the acknowledgment the items in s.
19767.813 (5g).
SB70-AA10,253,2420 2. Except as provided under par. (c), if the parent of a child determined to be
21a marital child under s. 767.803 dies after his or her marriage and before the
22statement acknowledging paternity parentage has been signed, the state registrar
23shall insert the name of the father parent under subd. 1. upon receipt of a court order
24determining that the husband spouse was the father parent of the child.
SB70-AA10,254,11
13. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a statement
2acknowledging paternity parentage in the method prescribed by the state registrar
3and signed by both parents, neither of whom was under the age of 18 years when the
4form was signed, along with the fee under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall insert the
5name of the father parent under subd. 1. The state registrar shall mark the record
6to show that the acknowledgement is on file. The acknowledgement shall be
7available to the department of children and families or a county child support agency
8under s. 59.53 (5) pursuant to the program responsibilities under s. 49.22 or to any
9other person with a direct and tangible interest in the record. The state registrar
10shall include on the acknowledgment the information in s. 767.805 and the items in
11s. 767.813 (5g).
SB70-AA10,254,1612 4. (intro.) If a registrant has not reached the age of 18 years and if any of the
13following indicate, in a statement acknowledging paternity parentage under subd.
141. or 3., that the given name or surname, or both, of the registrant should be changed
15on the birth record, the state registrar shall enter the name indicated on the birth
16record without a court order:
SB70-AA10,254,1817 a. The mother of the parent who gave birth to the registrant, except as provided
18under subd. 4. b. and c.
SB70-AA10,254,2019 b. The father of natural parent who did not give birth to the registrant if the
20father
that parent has legal custody of the registrant.
SB70-AA10,522 21Section 522. 69.15 (3) (b) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,255,322 69.15 (3) (b) 3m. Except as provided in par. (c), if the state registrar receives
23an acknowledgement of parentage on a form prescribed by the state registrar and
24signed by both of the people presumed to be natural parents under s. 891.41 (1) (b),
25a certified copy of the parents' marriage certificate, and the fee required under s.

169.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name of the spouse from the
2marriage certificate as a parent if the name of that parent was omitted on the original
3birth certificate.
SB70-AA10,523 4Section 523. 69.15 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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