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148.837 (6) (b) At the beginning of the hearing held under sub. (2), the court shall
2review the report that is submitted under s. 48.913 (6). The court shall determine
3whether any payments or the conditions specified in any agreement to make
4payments are coercive to the any birth parent of the child or to an alleged or
5presumed father parent of the child or are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4). Making
6any payment to or on behalf of the a birth parent of the child, an, alleged or presumed
7father parent of the child , or the child conditional in any part upon transfer or
8surrender of the child or the termination of parental rights or the finalization of the
9adoption creates a rebuttable presumption of coercion. Upon a finding of coercion,
10the court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3) or amend the agreement
11to delete any coercive conditions, if the parties agree to the amendment. Upon a
12finding that payments which that are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4) have been
13made, the court may dismiss the petition and may refer the matter to the district
14attorney for prosecution under s. 948.24 (1).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,305 15Section 305. 48.837 (6) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,171,1916 48.837 (6) (br) At the hearing on the petition under sub. (2), the court shall
17determine whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any alleged or presumed
18father parent of the child in violation of sub. (1r) (e). Upon a finding of coercion, the
19court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,306 20Section 306. 48.913 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,171,2221 48.913 (1) (a) Preadoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an
22alleged or presumed father parent of the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,307 23Section 307. 48.913 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,171,2524 48.913 (1) (b) Post-adoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an
25alleged or presumed father parent of the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,308
1Section 308. 48.913 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,172,42 48.913 (1) (h) Legal and other services received by a birth parent of the child,
3an alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child in connection with the
4adoption.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,309 5Section 309. 48.913 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,172,126 48.913 (2) Payment of expenses when birth parent is residing in another
7state.
(intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the proposed adoptive parents of a child or
8a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents of a child may pay for an
9expense of a birth parent of the child or an alleged or presumed father parent of the
10child if the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent was residing in
11another state when the payment was made and when the expense was incurred and
12if all of the following apply:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,310 13Section 310. 48.913 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,172,1614 48.913 (2) (b) The state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed
15father parent was residing when the payment was made permits the payment of that
16expense by the proposed adoptive parents of the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,311 17Section 311. 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,172,2518 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) A listing of all payments made under this subsection, a
19copy of the statutory provisions of the state in which the birth parent or the alleged
20or presumed father parent was residing when the payments were made that permit
21those payments to be made by the proposed adoptive parents of the child, and a copy
22of all orders entered in the state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed
23father parent was residing when the payments were made that relate to the payment
24of expenses of the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent by the
25proposed adoptive parents of the child is submitted to the court as follows:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,312
1Section 312. 48.913 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,173,82 48.913 (3) Method of payment. Any payment under sub. (1) or (2) shall be made
3directly to the provider of a good or service except that a payment under sub. (1) or
4(2) may be made to a birth parent of the child or to an alleged or presumed father
5parent of the child as reimbursement of an amount previously paid by the birth
6parent or by the alleged or presumed father parent if documentation is provided
7showing that the birth parent or alleged or presumed father parent has made the
8previous payment.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,313 9Section 313. 48.913 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,173,1310 48.913 (4) Other payments prohibited. The proposed adoptive parents of a
11child or a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents may not make any
12payments to or on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father
13parent of the child, or the child except as provided in subs. (1) and (2).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,314 14Section 314. 48.913 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,174,415 48.913 (7) Report to the court; contents required. The report required under
16sub. (6) shall include a list of all transfers of anything of value made or agreed to be
17made by the proposed adoptive parents or by a person acting on their behalf to a birth
18parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child,
19on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father parent of the
20child, or the child, or to any other person in connection with the pregnancy, the birth
21of the child, the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents, or the
22adoption of the child by the proposed adoptive parents. The report shall be itemized
23and shall show the goods or services for which payment was made or agreed to be
24made. The report shall include the dates of each payment, the names and addresses
25of each attorney, doctor, hospital, agency, or other person or organization receiving

1any payment from the proposed adoptive parents or a person acting on behalf of the
2proposed adoptive parents in connection with the pregnancy, the birth of the child,
3the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents, or the adoption of the
4child by the proposed adoptive parents.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,315 5Section 315. 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,174,96 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. Any person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental
7interest under s. 48.025, who is alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the
8child, or who may, based on the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to
9the child
or other information presented to the court, be the father parent of the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,316 10Section 316. 48.9795 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,174,1511 48.9795 (1) (b) “Party" means the person petitioning for the appointment of a
12guardian for a child or any interested person other than a person who is alleged to
13the court to be the father a parent of the child or who may, based on the statements
14of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to
15the court, be the father parent of the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,317 16Section 317. 49.141 (1) (j) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,174,1717 49.141 (1) (j) 1. A biological natural parent.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,318 18Section 318. 49.141 (1) (j) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,319 19Section 319. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,175,220 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. If the individual is a foster parent of the child or a subsidized
21guardian or interim caretaker of the child under s. 48.623, the child's biological
22natural or adoptive family has a gross income that is at or below 200 percent of the
23poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological natural or
24adoptive family, the department or county department or agency determining
25eligibility shall include court-ordered child or family support payments received by

1the individual, if those support payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income
2described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,320 3Section 320. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,175,114 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. If the individual is a relative of the child, is providing care
5for the child under a court order, and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or
6(3n) on behalf of the child, the child's biological natural or adoptive family has a gross
7income that is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line. In calculating the gross
8income of the child's biological natural or adoptive family, the department or county
9department or agency determining eligibility shall include court-ordered child or
10family support payments received by the individual, if those support payments
11exceed $1,250 per month, and income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,321 12Section 321. 49.163 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,175,1613 49.163 (2) (am) 2. If over 25 years of age, be a biological natural or adoptive
14parent of a child under 18 years of age whose parental rights to the child have not
15been terminated or be a relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of
16age.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,322 17Section 322. 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,176,318 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. Is living with a parent; a blood relative, including those of
19half-blood, and including first cousins, nephews or nieces and persons of preceding
20generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great or great-great; a stepfather,
21stepmother
stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister; a person who legally adopts the
22child or is the adoptive parent of the child's parent, a natural or legally adopted child
23of such person or a relative of an adoptive parent; or a spouse of any person named
24in this subparagraph subd. 2. a. even if the marriage is terminated by death or
25divorce; and is living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as

1the child's or their own home, or living in a residence maintained by one or more of
2these relatives as the child's or their own home because the parents of the child have
3been found unfit to have care and custody of the child; or
SB70-SSA2-SA2,323 4Section 323. 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,176,75 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) Aid may be granted to the mother or stepmother parent
6or stepparent
of a dependent child if he or she is without a husband spouse or if he
7or
she:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,324 8Section 324. 49.19 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,176,109 49.19 (4) (d) 1. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incapacitated for
10gainful work by mental or physical disability; or
SB70-SSA2-SA2,325 11Section 325. 49.19 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,176,1512 49.19 (4) (d) 2. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incarcerated or
13who is a convicted offender permitted to live at home but precluded from earning a
14wage because the husband person is required by a court imposed sentence to perform
15unpaid public work or unpaid community service; or
SB70-SSA2-SA2,326 16Section 326. 49.19 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,176,1917 49.19 (4) (d) 3. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has been committed
18to the department pursuant to ch. 975, irrespective of the probable period of such
19commitment; or
SB70-SSA2-SA2,327 20Section 327. 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,176,2321 49.19 (4) (d) 4. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has continuously
22abandoned or failed to support him or her, if proceedings have been commenced
23against the husband person under ch. 769; or
SB70-SSA2-SA2,328 24Section 328. 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.19 (4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a husband spouse or legally
2separated from his or her husband spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
3of law to compel his or her former husband spouse to adequately support the child
4for whom aid is sought; or
SB70-SSA2-SA2,329 5Section 329 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,178,26 49.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
7person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
8938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
9services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
10chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
11and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
12person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
13case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
14including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
15(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
16order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
17the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
18adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
19be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
20with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
21widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully
22dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such
23part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for
24the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable

1persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or
2the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,330 3Section 330. 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,178,64 49.43 (12) “Spouse" means the legal husband or wife of person to whom the
5beneficiary is legally married, whether or not the person is eligible for medical
6assistance.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,331 7Section 331. 49.471 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,178,88 49.471 (1) (b) 2. A stepfather, stepmother stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,332 9Section 332. 49.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,179,1110 49.90 (4) The circuit court shall in a summary way hear the allegations and
11proofs of the parties and by order require maintenance from these relatives, if they
12have sufficient ability, considering their own future maintenance and making
13reasonable allowance for the protection of the property and investments from which
14they derive their living and their care and protection in old age, in the following
15order: First the husband or wife spouse; then the father and the mother parents; and
16then the grandparents in the instances in which sub. (1) (a) 2. applies. The order
17shall specify a sum which that will be sufficient for the support of the dependent
18person under sub. (1) (a) 1. or the maintenance of a child of a dependent person under
19sub. (1) (a) 2., to be paid weekly or monthly, during a period fixed by the order or until
20the further order of the court. If the court is satisfied that any such relative is unable
21wholly to maintain the dependent person or the child, but is able to contribute to the
22person's support or the child's maintenance, the court may direct 2 or more of the
23relatives to maintain the person or the child and prescribe the proportion each shall
24contribute. If the court is satisfied that these relatives are unable together wholly
25to maintain the dependent person or the child, but are able to contribute to the

1person's support or the child's maintenance, the court shall direct a sum to be paid
2weekly or monthly by each relative in proportion to ability. Contributions directed
3by court order, if for less than full support, shall be paid to the department of health
4services or the department of children and families, whichever is appropriate, and
5distributed as required by state and federal law. An order under this subsection that
6relates to maintenance required under sub. (1) (a) 2. shall specifically assign
7responsibility for and direct the manner of payment of the child's health care
8expenses, subject to the limitations under subs. (1) (a) 2. and (11). Upon application
9of any party affected by the order and upon like notice and procedure, the court may
10modify such an order. Obedience to such an order may be enforced by proceedings
11for contempt.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,333 12Section 333. 54.01 (36) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,179,1713 54.01 (36) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
14judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
15decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless the 2 subsequently
16participated in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
17subsequently held themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,334 18Section 334. 54.960 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,179,2519 54.960 (1) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple
20beneficiaries are deemed to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests
21for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of
22husband and wife 2 individuals who are married to each other, for whom
23survivorship is presumed, a right of survivorship does not exist unless the
24instrument creating the custodial trust specifically provides for survivorship or
25survivorship is required as to marital property.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,335
1Section 335. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,180,52 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
359.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
4who reside in that county for whom no father's only one parent's name has been
5inserted on the registrant's birth record within 6 months of birth.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,336 6Section 336. 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,180,207 69.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth record that
8affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's name,
9or parent's marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence
10of the event that is the subject of the birth record, if the amendment is at the request
11of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is in the manner
12prescribed by the state registrar, and if the amendment is accompanied by 2 items
13of documentary evidence from early childhood that are sufficient to prove that the
14item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit of the person requesting the
15amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth record may be made under
16this paragraph only if the marital status is inconsistent with information concerning
17the father or husband
that appears on the birth record. This paragraph may not be
18used to add to or delete from a birth record the name of a parent, to change the
19identity of a parent named on the birth record, or to effect a name change prohibited
20under s. 301.47.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,337 21Section 337. 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,181,222 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the record of birth may be requested
23under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father or husband
24information appearing on the birth record. This section may not be used to add or

1delete the name of a parent on the record of birth or change the identity of either
2parent named on the birth record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,338 3Section 338. 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,181,84 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
5document, divorce or annulment record, or a final divorce decree that indicates that
6the mother was not married to the person listed as her husband spouse at any time
7during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any other legal document that
8clarifies the disputed information.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,339 9Section 339. 69.14 (1) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,181,1310 69.14 (1) (c) 4. In the absence of a person under subds. 1. to 3., the father or
11mother, father, or mother's spouse, or in the absence of the father or the mother's
12spouse
and the inability of the mother, the person responsible for the premises where
13the birth occurs.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,340 14Section 340. 69.14 (1) (e) (title) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,181,2015 69.14 (1) (e) (title) Father's Spouse's or father's name. 1. If Except as provided
16in par. (h), if
the mother of a registrant under this section was married at any time
17from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the name of the husband spouse
18of the mother shall be entered on the birth record as the a legal father parent of the
19registrant. The name of the father parent entered under this subdivision may not
20be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,341 21Section 341. 69.14 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,182,222 69.14 (1) (f) 1. a. Except as provided under subd. 1. b., if the mother of a
23registrant of a birth record under this section is married to the father of the
24registrant
at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the given
25name and surname which that the mother and father of the registrant and her

1spouse
enter for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and
2surname filed and registered on the birth record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,182,113 b. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is married
4to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
5registrant and the mother is separated or divorced from the father of the registrant
6at the time of birth, the given name and surname which that the parent of the
7registrant with actual custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be
8the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record, except that if
9a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname
10which that the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record
11shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,182,1912 c. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is not married
13to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
14registrant, the given name and surname which that the mother of the registrant
15enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and surname
16filed and registered on the birth record, except that if a court has granted legal
17custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which that the person with
18legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and
19surname filed and registered on the birth record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,342 20Section 342. 69.14 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,183,221 69.14 (1) (g) Birth by artificial insemination. If the registrant of a birth record
22under this section is born as a result of artificial insemination under the
23requirements of s. 891.40, the husband spouse of the woman person inseminated
24shall be considered the father a parent of the registrant on the birth record. If the
25registrant is born as a result of artificial insemination which does not satisfy the

1requirements of s. 891.40, the information about the father of the registrant shall be
2omitted from the registrant's birth record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,343 3Section 343. 69.14 (2) (b) 2. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,183,74 69.14 (2) (b) 2. d. The full name of the father or the mother's spouse, except that
5if the mother was not married at the time of conception or birth or between conception
6and birth of the registrant, the name of the father may not be entered except as
7provided under s. 69.15 (3).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,344 8Section 344. 69.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,183,139 69.15 (1) Birth record information changes. The state registrar may change
10information on a birth record registered in this state which was correct at the time
11the birth record was filed under a court or administrative order issued in this state,
12in another state or in Canada or under the valid order of a court of any federally
13recognized Indian tribe, band, or nation if all of the following occur:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,183,1514 (a) The order provides for an adoption, name change, or name change with sex
15change or establishes paternity; and or parentage.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,183,2016 (b) A clerk of court or, for a paternity or parentage action, a clerk of court or
17county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), sends the state registrar a certified
18report of an order of a court in this state in the method prescribed by the state
19registrar or, in the case of any other order, the state registrar receives a certified copy
20of the order and the proper fee under s. 69.22.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,345 21Section 345. 69.15 (3) (title) and (a) (intro.), 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are
22amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,184,223 69.15 (3) (title) Paternity Parentage. (a) (intro.) If the state registrar receives
24an order under sub. (1) that establishes paternity or determines that the man person
25whose name appears on a registrant's birth record is not the father parent of the

1registrant, or a report under s. 767.804 (1) (c) that shows a conclusive determination
2of paternity, the state registrar shall do the following, as appropriate:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,184,63 1. Prepare under sub. (6) a new record omitting the father's parent's name if
4the order determines that the man person whose name appears on a registrant's
5birth record is not the father parent of the registrant and if there is no adjudicated
6father.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,184,97 2. Prepare under sub. (6) a new record for the subject of a paternity action
8changing the name of the father parent if the name of the adjudicated father is
9different than the name of the man person on the birth record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,184,1210 3. Except as provided under subd. 4., insert the name of the adjudicated or
11conclusively determined father on the original birth record if the name of the father
12that parent was omitted on the original record.
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