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SB70-AA10,286,13 2767.855 Dismissal if adjudication not in child's best interest. Except as
3provided in s. 767.863 (1m), at any time in an action to establish the paternity of a
4child, upon the motion of a party or guardian ad litem or the child's mother if she is
5not a party
, the court or supplemental court commissioner under s. 757.675 (2) (g)
6may, if the court or supplemental court commissioner determines that a judicial
7determination of whether a male is the father of the child is not in the best interest
8of the child, dismiss the action with respect to the male, regardless of whether genetic
9tests have been performed or what the results of the tests, if performed, were.
10Notwithstanding ss. 767.813 (5g) (form) 4., 767.84 (1) and (2), 767.863 (2), 767.865
11(2), and 767.88 (4), if genetic tests have not yet been performed with respect to the
12male, the court or supplemental court commissioner is not required to order those
13genetic tests.
SB70-AA10,589 14Section 589. 767.863 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,286,2515 767.863 (1m) Paternity allegation by male person other than husband
16spouse; when determination not in best interest of child. In an action to establish
17the paternity of a child who was born to a woman while she was married, if a male
18person other than the woman's husband spouse alleges that he, not the husband
19woman's spouse, is the child's father biological parent, a party, or the woman if she
20is not a party,
may allege that a judicial determination that a male person other than
21the husband woman's spouse is the father biological parent is not in the best interest
22of the child. If the court or a supplemental court commissioner under s. 757.675 (2)
23(g) determines that a judicial determination of whether a male person other than the
24husband woman's spouse is the father biological parent is not in the best interest of
25the child, no genetic tests may be ordered and the action shall be dismissed.
SB70-AA10,590
1Section 590. 767.87 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,287,62 767.87 (1m) Birth record required. (intro.) If the child was born in this state,
3the petitioner shall present a certified copy of the child's birth record or a printed copy
4of the record from the birth database of the state registrar to the court, so that the
5court is aware of whether a name has been inserted on the birth record as the father
6parent of the child other than the mother, at the earliest possible of the following:
SB70-AA10,591 7Section 591. 767.87 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,287,128 767.87 (8) Burden of proof. The party bringing an action for the purpose of
9determining paternity or for the purpose of declaring the nonexistence of paternity
10presumed under s. 891.405, 891.407, or the nonexistence of parentage presumed
11under s. 891.405 or
891.41 (1) shall have the burden of proving the issues involved
12by clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence.
SB70-AA10,592 13Section 592. 767.87 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,287,1714 767.87 (9) Artificial insemination; natural father parent . Where If a child
15is conceived by artificial insemination, the husband spouse of the mother of the child
16at the time of the conception of the child is the natural father parent of the child, as
17provided in s. 891.40.
SB70-AA10,593 18Section 593. 767.883 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,288,1419 767.883 (1) Two parts. The trial shall be divided into 2 parts, the first part
20dealing with the determination of paternity parentage and the 2nd part dealing with
21child support, legal custody, periods of physical placement, and related issues. The
22main issue at the first part shall be whether the alleged or presumed father parent
23is or is not the father parent of the mother's child, but if the child was born to the
24mother while she was the lawful wife spouse of a specified male person, the prior
25issue of whether the husband mother's spouse was not the father parent of the child

1shall be determined first, as provided under s. 891.39. The first part of the trial shall
2be by jury only if the defendant verbally requests a jury trial either at the initial
3appearance or pretrial hearing or requests a jury trial in writing prior to the pretrial
4hearing. The court may direct and, if requested by either party before the
5introduction of any testimony in the party's behalf, shall direct the jury to find a
6special verdict as to any of the issues specified in this section, except that the court
7shall make all of the findings enumerated in s. 767.89 (2) to (4). If the mother is dead,
8becomes insane, cannot be found within the jurisdiction, or fails to commence or
9pursue the action, the proceeding does not abate if any of the persons under s. 767.80
10(1) makes a motion to continue. The testimony of the mother taken at the pretrial
11hearing may in any such case be read in evidence if it is competent, relevant, and
12material. The issues of child support, custody, and visitation, and related issues shall
13be determined by the court either immediately after the first part of the trial or at
14a later hearing before the court.
SB70-AA10,594 15Section 594. 769.316 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,288,1816 769.316 (9) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and
17wife
between spouses or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this
18chapter.
SB70-AA10,595 19Section 595. 769.401 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,288,2020 769.401 (2) (a) A parent or presumed father parent of the child.
SB70-AA10,596 21Section 596. 769.401 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA10,597 22Section 597. 815.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,289,1023 815.20 (1) An exempt homestead as defined in s. 990.01 (14) selected by a
24resident owner and occupied by him or her shall be exempt from execution, from the
25lien of every judgment, and from liability for the debts of the owner to the amount

1of $75,000, except mortgages, laborers', mechanics', and purchase money liens, and
2taxes, and except as otherwise provided. The exemption shall not be impaired by
3temporary removal with the intention to reoccupy the premises as a homestead nor
4by the sale of the homestead, but shall extend to the proceeds derived from the sale
5to an amount not exceeding $75,000, while held, with the intention to procure
6another homestead with the proceeds, for 2 years. The exemption extends to land
7owned by husband and wife spouses jointly or in common or as marital property, and
8each spouse may claim a homestead exemption of not more than $75,000. The
9exemption extends to the interest therein of tenants in common, having a homestead
10thereon with the consent of the cotenants, and to any estate less than a fee.
SB70-AA10,598 11Section 598. 822.40 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,289,1512 822.40 (4) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses
13and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife between
14spouses
or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this
15subchapter.
SB70-AA10,599 16Section 599. 851.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,289,2117 851.30 (2) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
18judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
19decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless they subsequently
20participate in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
21subsequently hold themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
SB70-AA10,600 22Section 600. 852.01 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,290,223 852.01 (1) (f) 1. One-half to the maternal grandparents on one side equally if
24both survive, or to the surviving maternal grandparent on that side; if both maternal

1grandparents on that side are deceased, to the issue of the maternal grandparents
2on that side or either of them, per stirpes.
SB70-AA10,601 3Section 601. 852.01 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,290,54 852.01 (1) (f) 2. One-half to the paternal relations on the other side in the same
5manner as to the maternal relations under subd. 1.
SB70-AA10,602 6Section 602. 852.01 (1) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,290,97 852.01 (1) (f) 3. If either the maternal side or the paternal side has no surviving
8grandparent or issue of a grandparent, the entire estate to the decedent's relatives
9on the other side.
SB70-AA10,603 10Section 603. 854.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,290,1711 854.03 (3) Marital property. Except as provided in subs. (4) and (5), if a
12husband and wife
2 spouses die leaving marital property and it is not established
13that one survived the other by at least 120 hours, 50 percent of the marital property
14shall be distributed as if it were the husband's first spouse's individual property and
15the husband 2nd spouse had survived, and 50 percent of the marital property shall
16be distributed as if it were the wife's 2nd spouse's individual property and the wife
17first spouse had survived.
SB70-AA10,604 18Section 604. 891.39 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,290,20 19891.39 (title) Presumption as to whether a child is marital or
20nonmarital;
self-crimination self-incrimination; birth certificates.
SB70-AA10,605 21Section 605. 891.39 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,291,1022 891.39 (1) (a) Whenever it is established in an action or proceeding that a child
23was born to a woman while she was the lawful wife of legally married to a specified
24man person, any party asserting in such action or proceeding that the husband was
25spouse is not the father parent of the child shall have the burden of proving that

1assertion by a clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence. In all such
2actions or proceedings the husband and the wife spouses are competent to testify as
3witnesses to the facts. The court or judge in such cases shall appoint a guardian ad
4litem to appear for and represent the child whose paternity parentage is questioned.
5Results of a genetic test, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m), showing that a man person
6other than the husband mother's spouse is not excluded as the father of the child and
7that the statistical probability of the man's person's parentage is 99.0 percent or
8higher constitute a clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence of the
9assertion under this paragraph, even if the husband mother's spouse is unavailable
10to submit to genetic tests, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m).
SB70-AA10,606 11Section 606. 891.39 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,291,1912 891.39 (1) (b) In actions affecting the family , in which the question of paternity
13parentage is raised, and in paternity proceedings, the court, upon being satisfied that
14the parties to the action are unable to adequately compensate any such guardian ad
15litem for the guardian ad litem's services and expenses, shall then make an order
16specifying the guardian ad litem's compensation and expenses, which compensation
17and expenses shall be paid as provided in s. 967.06. If the court orders a county to
18pay the compensation of the guardian ad litem, the amount ordered may not exceed
19the compensation paid to private attorneys under s. 977.08 (4m) (b).
SB70-AA10,607 20Section 607. 891.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,292,221 891.39 (3) If any court under this section adjudges a child to be a nonmarital
22child, the clerk of court shall report the facts to the state registrar, who shall issue
23a new birth record showing the correct facts as found by the court, and shall dispose
24of the original, with the court's report attached under s. 69.15 (3). If the husband
25mother's spouse is a party to the action and the court makes a finding as to whether

1or not the husband mother's spouse is the father parent of the child, such finding
2shall be conclusive in all other courts of this state.
SB70-AA10,608 3Section 608. 891.40 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 891.40 (1) (a) and
4amended to read:
SB70-AA10,292,115 891.40 (1) (a) If, under the supervision of a licensed physician and with the
6spouse's consent of her husband, a wife person is inseminated artificially as provided
7in par. (b)
with semen donated by a man person who is not her husband the spouse
8of the person being inseminated
, the husband spouse of the mother inseminated
9person
at the time of the conception of the child shall be the natural father parent
10of a child conceived. The husband's spouse's consent must be in writing and signed
11by him or her and his wife. The by the inseminated person.
SB70-AA10,292,18 12(c) 1. If the artificial insemination under par. (a) takes place under the
13supervision of a licensed physician, the
physician shall certify their the signatures
14on the consent and the date of the insemination, and shall file the husband's spouse's
15consent with the department of health services, where it shall be kept. If the
16artificial insemination under par. (a) does not take place under the supervision of a
17licensed physician, the spouses shall file the signed consent, which shall include the
18date of the insemination, with the department of health services.
SB70-AA10,292,20 192. The department of health services shall keep a consent filed under subd. 1.
20confidential and in a sealed file except as provided in s. 46.03 (7) (bm). However,
SB70-AA10,292,22 213. Notwithstanding subd. 1., the physician's or spouses' failure to file the
22consent form does not affect the legal status of father natural parent and child.
SB70-AA10,293,2 23(d) All papers and records pertaining to the artificial insemination under par.
24(a)
, whether part of the permanent record of a court or of a file held by the a

1supervising physician or sperm bank or elsewhere, may be inspected only upon an
2order of the court for good cause shown.
SB70-AA10,609 3Section 609. 891.40 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,293,54 891.40 (1) (b) The artificial insemination under par. (a) must satisfy any of the
5following:
SB70-AA10,293,76 1. The artificial insemination takes place under the supervision of a licensed
7physician.
SB70-AA10,293,88 2. The semen used for the insemination is obtained from a sperm bank.
SB70-AA10,610 9Section 610. 891.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,293,1310 891.40 (2) The donor of semen provided to a licensed physician or obtained from
11a sperm bank
for use in the artificial insemination of a woman other than the donor's
12wife spouse is not the natural father parent of a child conceived, bears no liability for
13the support of the child, and has no parental rights with regard to the child.
SB70-AA10,611 14Section 611. 891.40 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,293,1715 891.40 (3) This section applies with respect to children conceived before, on,
16or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], as a result of
17artificial insemination.
SB70-AA10,612 18Section 612. 891.405 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,293,23 19891.405 Presumption of paternity parentage based on
20acknowledgment.
A man person is presumed to be the natural father parent of a
21child if he the person and the mother person who gave birth have acknowledged
22paternity parentage under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 1. or 3. and no other man person is
23presumed to be the father natural parent under s. 891.41 (1).
SB70-AA10,613 24Section 613. 891.407 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,294,5
1891.407 Presumption of paternity based on genetic test results. A man
2is presumed to be the natural father of a child if the man has been conclusively
3determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804 and no other
4man person is presumed to be the father natural parent under s. 891.405 or 891.41
5(1).
SB70-AA10,614 6Section 614. 891.41 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,294,8 7891.41 (title) Presumption of paternity parentage based on marriage of
8the parties.
SB70-AA10,615 9Section 615. 891.41 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,294,1110 891.41 (1) (intro.) A man person is presumed to be the natural father parent
11of a child if any of the following applies:
SB70-AA10,616 12Section 616. 891.41 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,294,1613 891.41 (1) (a) He The person and the child's established natural mother parent
14are or have been married to each other and the child is conceived or born after
15marriage and before the granting of a decree of legal separation, annulment, or
16divorce between the parties.
SB70-AA10,617 17Section 617. 891.41 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 891.41 (1) (b) (intro.)
18and amended to read:
SB70-AA10,294,2319 891.41 (1) (b) (intro.) He The person and the child's established natural mother
20parent were married to each other after the child was born but he the person and the
21child's established natural mother parent had a relationship with one another
22during the period of time within which the child was conceived and no other man all
23of the following apply:
SB70-AA10,294,24 241. No person has been adjudicated to be the father or.
SB70-AA10,295,2
12. No other person is presumed to be the father parent of the child under par.
2(a).
SB70-AA10,618 3Section 618. 891.41 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,295,104 891.41 (2) In a legal action or proceeding, a presumption under sub. (1) is
5rebutted by results of a genetic test, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m), that show that a
6man person other than the man person presumed to be the father parent under sub.
7(1) is not excluded as the father of the child and that the statistical probability of the
8man's person's parentage is 99.0 percent or higher, even if the man person presumed
9to be the father natural parent under sub. (1) is unavailable to submit to genetic
10tests, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m).
SB70-AA10,619 11Section 619. 891.41 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,295,1312 891.41 (3) This section applies with respect to children born before, on, or after
13the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date].
SB70-AA10,620 14Section 620. 905.05 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,295,15 15905.05 (title) Husband-wife Spousal and domestic partner privilege.
SB70-AA10,621 16Section 621. 938.02 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,296,1117 938.02 (13) “Parent" means a biological natural parent, a husband who has
18consented to the artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40,
or a parent by
19adoption. If the juvenile is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents
20do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, “parent" includes a person
21conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804
22or a person acknowledged under s. 767.805 or a substantially similar law of another
23state or adjudicated to be the biological father natural parent. “Parent" does not
24include any person whose parental rights have been terminated. For purposes of the
25application of s. 938.028 and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 USC 1901 to

11963, “parent" means a biological natural parent of an Indian child, an Indian
2husband spouse who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife or her
3spouse
under s. 891.40, or an Indian person who has lawfully adopted an Indian
4juvenile, including an adoption under tribal law or custom, and includes, in the case
5of a nonmarital Indian child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently
6intermarry under s. 767.803, a person conclusively determined from genetic test
7results to be the father under s. 767.804, a person acknowledged under s. 767.805,
8a substantially similar law of another state, or tribal law or custom to be the
9biological father natural parent, or a person adjudicated to be the biological father
10natural parent, but does not include any person whose parental rights have been
11terminated.
SB70-AA10,622 12Section 622. 938.396 (2g) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,296,2413 938.396 (2g) (g) Paternity Parentage of juvenile. Upon request of a court having
14jurisdiction over actions affecting the family, an attorney responsible for support
15enforcement under s. 59.53 (6) (a) or a party to a paternity proceeding under subch.
16IX of ch. 767, the party's attorney or the guardian ad litem for the juvenile who is the
17subject of that proceeding to review or be provided with information from the records
18of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 relating
19to the paternity parentage of a juvenile for the purpose of determining the paternity
20parentage of the juvenile or for the purpose of rebutting the presumption of paternity
21under s. 891.405, 891.407, or the presumption of parentage under s. 891.405 or
22891.41, the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 shall
23open for inspection by the requester its records relating to the paternity parentage
24of the juvenile or disclose to the requester those records.
SB70-AA10,623 25Section 623. 943.20 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,297,3
1943.20 (2) (c) “Property of another" includes property in which the actor is a
2co-owner and property of a partnership of which the actor is a member, unless the
3actor and the victim are husband and wife married to each other.
SB70-AA10,624 4Section 624. 943.201 (1) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,297,65 943.201 (1) (b) 8. The maiden name surname of an individual's mother parent
6before marriage if the surname was changed as a result of marriage
.
SB70-AA10,625 7Section 625. 943.205 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,297,108 943.205 (2) (b) “Owner" includes a co-owner of the person charged and a
9partnership of which the person charged is a member, unless the person charged and
10the victim are husband and wife married to each other.
SB70-AA10,626 11Section 626. 990.01 (22h) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,297,1412 990.01 (22h) Natural parent. “Natural parent" means a parent of a child who
13is not an adoptive parent, whether the parent is biologically related to the child or
14not.
SB70-AA10,627 15Section 627. 990.01 (39) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,297,1716 990.01 (39) Spouses. “Spouses" means 2 individuals of the same sex or different
17sexes who are legally married to each other.
SB70-AA10,628 18Section 628. 990.01 (40m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,297,2019 990.01 (40m) Stepparent. “Stepparent" means a person who is the spouse of
20a child's parent and who is not also a parent of the child.
SB70-AA10,9151 21Section 9151. Nonstatutory provisions; Other.
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