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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:
SB70-AA10,255,75 69.15 (3) (d) The method prescribed by the state registrar for acknowledging
6paternity parentage shall require that the social security number of each of the
7registrant's parents be provided.
SB70-AA10,524 8Section 524. 69.15 (3m) (title) and (a) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to
9read:
SB70-AA10,255,1310 69.15 (3m) (title) Rescission of statement acknowledging paternity
11parentage. (a) (intro.) A statement acknowledging paternity parentage that is filed
12with the state registrar under sub. (3) (b) 3. may be rescinded by either person who
13signed the statement as a parent of the registrant if all of the following apply:
SB70-AA10,525 14Section 525. 69.15 (3m) (a) 3. and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-AA10,255,1915 69.15 (3m) (a) 3. The person rescinding the statement files a rescission in the
16method prescribed under subd. 2. before the day on which a court or circuit court
17commissioner makes an order in an action affecting the family involving the man
18person who signed the statement and the child who is the subject of the statement
19or before 60 days elapse after the statement was filed, whichever occurs first.
SB70-AA10,255,2320 (b) If the state registrar, within the time required under par. (a) 3., receives a
21rescission in the method prescribed by the state registrar, along with the proper fee
22under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall prepare under sub. (6) a new record omitting
23the father's parent's name if it was inserted under sub. (3) (b).
SB70-AA10,526 24Section 526. 71.03 (2) (d) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,255,2525 71.03 (2) (d) (title) Husband and wife Spouses joint filing.
SB70-AA10,527
1Section 527. 71.03 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,256,42 71.03 (2) (d) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3. and par. (e), a husband
3and a wife
spouses may file a joint return for income tax purposes even though one
4of the spouses has no gross income or no deductions.
SB70-AA10,528 5Section 528. 71.03 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,256,96 71.03 (2) (d) 2. No joint return may be filed if either the husband or wife spouse
7at any time during the taxable year is a nonresident alien, unless an election is in
8effect for the taxable year under section 6013 (g) or (h) of the internal revenue code
9Internal Revenue Code.
SB70-AA10,529 10Section 529. 71.03 (2) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,256,1711 71.03 (2) (d) 3. No joint return may be filed if the husband and wife spouses
12have different taxable years, except that if their taxable years begin on the same day
13and end on different days because of the death of either or both the joint return may
14be filed with respect to the taxable year of each unless the surviving spouse remarries
15before the close of his or her taxable year or unless the taxable year of either spouse
16is a fractional part of a year under section 443 (a) (1) of the internal revenue code
17Internal Revenue Code.
SB70-AA10,530 18Section 530. 71.03 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,257,819 71.03 (2) (g) Joint return following separate return. Except as provided in par.
20(i), if an individual has filed a separate return for a taxable year for which a joint
21return could have been filed by the individual and the individual's spouse under par.
22(d) or (e) and the time prescribed by law for timely filing the return for that taxable
23year has expired, the individual and the individual's spouse may file a joint return
24for that taxable year. A joint return filed by the husband and wife spouses under this
25paragraph is their return for that taxable year, and all payments, credits, refunds

1or other repayments made or allowed with respect to the separate return of each
2spouse for that taxable year shall be taken into account in determining the extent
3to which the tax based upon the joint return has been paid. If a joint return is filed
4under this paragraph, any election, other than the election to file a separate return,
5made by either spouse in that spouse's separate return for that taxable year with
6respect to the treatment of any income, deduction or credit of that spouse may not
7be changed in the filing of the joint return if that election would have been irrevocable
8if the joint return had not been filed.
SB70-AA10,531 9Section 531. 71.03 (2) (m) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,257,1310 71.03 (2) (m) 2. If a husband and wife spouses change from a joint return to
11separate returns within the time prescribed in subd. 1., the tax paid on the joint
12return shall be allocated between them in proportion to the tax liability shown on
13each separate return.
SB70-AA10,532 14Section 532. 71.03 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,257,2415 71.03 (4) (a) Natural persons whose total income is not in excess of $10,000 and
16consists entirely of wages subject to withholding for Wisconsin tax purposes and not
17more than $200 total of dividends, interest and other wages not subject to Wisconsin
18withholding, and who have elected the Wisconsin standard deduction and have not
19claimed either the credit for homestead property tax relief or deductions for expenses
20incurred in earning such income, shall, at their election, not be required to record on
21their income tax returns the amount of the tax imposed on their Wisconsin taxable
22income. Married persons shall be permitted this election only if the joint income of
23the husband and wife spouses does not exceed $10,000, if both report their incomes
24on the same joint income tax return form, and if both make this election.
SB70-AA10,533 25Section 533. 71.05 (22) (a) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,258,2
171.05 (22) (a) (title) Election of deductions; husband and wife spousal
2deductions.
SB70-AA10,534 3Section 534. 71.07 (5m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,258,54 71.07 (5m) (a) 3. “Household" means a claimant and an individual related to
5the claimant as husband or wife his or her spouse.
SB70-AA10,535 6Section 535. 71.07 (9e) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,258,107 71.07 (9e) (b) No credit may be allowed under this subsection to married
8persons, except married persons living apart who are treated as single under section
97703 (b) of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code, if the husband and wife
10spouses report their income on separate income tax returns for the taxable year.
SB70-AA10,536 11Section 536. 71.09 (13) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,258,1912 71.09 (13) (a) 2. The tax shown on the return for the preceding year. If a
13husband and wife
spouses who filed separate returns for the preceding taxable year
14file a joint return, the tax shown on the return for the preceding year is the sum of
15the taxes shown on the separate returns of the husband and wife spouses. If a
16husband and wife
spouses who filed a joint return for the preceding taxable year file
17separate returns, the tax shown on the return for the preceding year is the husband's
18or wife's
each spouse's proportion of that tax based on what their respective tax
19liabilities for that year would have been had they filed separately.
SB70-AA10,537 20Section 537. 71.52 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,258,2221 71.52 (4) “Household" means a claimant and an individual related to the
22claimant as husband or wife his or her spouse.
SB70-AA10,538 23Section 538. 71.83 (1) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,259,524 71.83 (1) (a) 8. `Joint return replacing separate returns.' If the amount shown
25as the tax by the husband and wife spouses on a joint return filed under s. 71.03 (2)

1(g) to (L) exceeds the sum of the amounts shown as the tax upon the separate return
2of each spouse and if any part of that excess is attributable to negligence or
3intentional disregard of this chapter, but without intent to defraud, at the time of the
4filing of that separate return, then 25 percent of the total amount of that excess shall
5be added to the tax.
SB70-AA10,539 6Section 539. 71.83 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,259,127 71.83 (1) (b) 5. `Joint return after separate returns.' If the amount shown as
8the tax by the husband and wife spouses on a joint return filed under s. 71.03 (2) (g)
9to (L) exceeds the sum of the amounts shown as the tax on the separate return of each
10spouse and if any part of that excess is attributable to fraud with intent to evade tax
11at the time of the filing of that separate return, then 50 percent of the total amount
12of that excess shall be added to the tax.
SB70-AA10,540 13Section 540. 77.25 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,259,1414 77.25 (8m) Between husband and wife spouses.
SB70-AA10,541 15Section 541. 77.54 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,259,1916 77.54 (7) (b) 1. The item is transferred to a child, spouse, parent, father-in-law,
17mother-in-law
parent-in-law, daughter-in-law , or son-in-law of the transferor or,
18if the item is a motor vehicle, from the transferor to a corporation owned solely by the
19transferor or by the transferor's spouse.
SB70-AA10,542 20Section 542. 101.91 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,260,221 101.91 (5m) “Manufactured home community" means any plot or plots of
22ground upon which 3 or more manufactured homes that are occupied for dwelling or
23sleeping purposes are located. “Manufactured home community" does not include a
24farm where the occupants of the manufactured homes are the father, mother, son,

1daughter, brother or sister
parents, children, or siblings of the farm owner or
2operator or where the occupants of the manufactured homes work on the farm.
SB70-AA10,543 3Section 543. 102.07 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,260,64 102.07 (5) (b) The parents, spouse, child, brother, sister, son-in-law,
5daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law parent-in-law, brother-in-law, or
6sister-in-law of a farmer shall not be deemed the farmer's employees.
SB70-AA10,544 7Section 544. 102.07 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,260,148 102.07 (5) (c) A shareholder-employee of a family farm corporation shall be
9deemed a “farmer" for purposes of this chapter and shall not be deemed an employee
10of a farmer. A “family farm corporation" means a corporation engaged in farming all
11of whose shareholders are related as lineal ancestors or lineal descendants, whether
12by blood or by adoption, or as spouses, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins,
13sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law parents-in-law,
14brothers-in-law, or sisters-in-law of such lineal ancestors or lineal descendants.
SB70-AA10,545 15Section 545. 102.51 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,260,1716 102.51 (1) (a) 1. A wife married person upon a husband his or her spouse with
17whom he or she is living at the time of his the spouse's death.
SB70-AA10,546 18Section 546. 102.51 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA10,547 19Section 547. 103.10 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,260,2120 103.10 (1) (h) “Spouse" means an employee's legal husband or wife the person
21to whom an employee is legally married
.
SB70-AA10,548 22Section 548. 103.165 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,260,2423 103.165 (3) (a) 3. The decedent's father or mother parent or parents if the
24decedent leaves no surviving spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, or children.
SB70-AA10,549 25Section 549. 111.32 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,261,2
1111.32 (12) “Marital status" means the status of being married, single,
2divorced, separated, or widowed a surviving spouse.
SB70-AA10,550 3Section 550. 115.76 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,261,44 115.76 (12) (a) 1. A biological natural parent.
SB70-AA10,551 5Section 551. 115.76 (12) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA10,552 6Section 552. 115.76 (12) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA10,553 7Section 553. 115.76 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,261,148 115.76 (13) “Person acting as a parent of a child" means a relative of the child
9or a private individual allowed to act as a parent of a child by the child's biological
10natural or adoptive parents or guardian, and includes the child's grandparent,
11neighbor, friend or private individual caring for the child with the explicit or tacit
12approval of the child's biological natural or adoptive parents or guardian. “Person
13acting as a parent of a child" does not include any person that receives public funds
14to care for the child if such funds exceed the cost of such care.
SB70-AA10,554 15Section 554. 146.34 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,261,2116 146.34 (1) (f) “Parent" means a biological natural parent, a husband who has
17consented to the artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40
or a parent by
18adoption. If the minor is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do
19not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, “parent" includes a person adjudged
20in a judicial proceeding under ch. 48 to be the biological father of the minor. “Parent"
21does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated.
SB70-AA10,555 22Section 555. 157.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,262,4 23157.05 Autopsy. Consent for a licensed physician to conduct an autopsy on
24the body of a deceased person shall be deemed sufficient when given by whichever
25one of the following assumes custody of the body for purposes of burial: Father,

1mother, husband, wife
parent, spouse, child, guardian, next of kin, domestic partner
2under ch. 770, or in the absence of any of the foregoing, a friend, or a person charged
3by law with the responsibility for burial. If 2 or more such persons assume custody
4of the body, the consent of one of them shall be deemed sufficient.
SB70-AA10,556 5Section 556. 182.004 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,262,116 182.004 (6) Stock may be issued and leases made to husband and wife spouses,
7and to the survivor of them, in which event title shall descend the same as in like
8conveyances of real property subject to ch. 766. Otherwise, title to the stock and lease
9shall descend to the persons to whom a homestead of the stockholder would descend
10except as provided in ch. 766. The interest of a tenant in the lease and stock shall
11be exempt from execution to the same extent as a homestead in real estate.
SB70-AA10,557 12Section 557. 250.04 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,262,1613 250.04 (3) (a) The department shall establish and maintain surveillance
14activities sufficient to detect any occurrence of acute, communicable , or chronic
15diseases and threat of occupational or environmental hazards, injuries , or changes
16in the health of mothers parents and children.
SB70-AA10,558 17Section 558. 301.50 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,263,218 301.50 (1) In this section, “substantial parental relationship" means the
19acceptance and exercise of significant responsibility for the daily supervision,
20education, protection, and care of the child. In evaluating whether an individual has
21had a substantial parental relationship with the child, factors that may be
22considered include, but are not limited to, whether the individual has expressed
23concern for or interest in the support, care, or well-being of the child; whether the
24individual has neglected or refused to provide care or support for the child; and
25whether, with respect to an individual who is or may be the father a parent of the

1child, the individual has expressed concern for or interest in the support, care, or
2well-being of the mother during her parent who gave birth during pregnancy.
SB70-AA10,559 3Section 559. 700.19 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,263,114 700.19 (2) Husband and wife Spouses. If persons named as owners in a
5document of title, transferees in an instrument of transfer, or buyers in a bill of sale
6are described in the document, instrument, or bill of sale as husband and wife
7married to each other, or are in fact husband and wife married to each other, they are
8joint tenants, unless the intent to create a tenancy in common is expressed in the
9document, instrument, or bill of sale. This subsection applies to property acquired
10before January 1, 1986, and, if ch. 766 does not apply when the property is acquired,
11to property acquired on or after January 1, 1986.
SB70-AA10,560 12Section 560. 705.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,263,1813 705.01 (4) “Joint account" means an account, other than a marital account,
14payable on request to one or more of 2 or more parties whether or not mention is made
15of any right of survivorship. “Joint account" also means any account established with
16the right of survivorship on or after January 1, 1986, by 2 parties who claim to be
17husband and wife married to each other, which is payable on request to either or both
18of the parties.
SB70-AA10,561 19Section 561. 705.01 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,263,2520 705.01 (4m) “Marital account" means an account established without the right
21of survivorship on or after January 1, 1986, by 2 parties who claim to be husband and
22wife
married to each other, which is payable on request to either or both of the parties
23and which is designated as a marital account. An account established by those
24parties with the right of survivorship under s. 766.58 (3) (f) or 766.60 is a joint
25account.
SB70-AA10,562
1Section 562. 706.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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