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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.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,346 13Section 346. 69.15 (3) (b) 1., 2., 3. and 4. (intro.), a. and b. of the statutes are
14amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,184,2315 69.15 (3) (b) 1. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives
16a statement acknowledging paternity parentage in the manner prescribed by the
17state registrar and signed by both of the birth natural parents of a child determined
18to be a marital child under s. 767.803, a certified copy of the parents' marriage record,
19and the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name
20of the husband spouse of the person who gave birth from the marriage record as the
21father parent if the name of the father that parent was omitted on the original birth
22record. The state registrar shall include for the acknowledgment the items in s.
23767.813 (5g).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,185,324 2. Except as provided under par. (c), if the parent of a child determined to be
25a marital child under s. 767.803 dies after his or her marriage and before the

1statement acknowledging paternity parentage has been signed, the state registrar
2shall insert the name of the father parent under subd. 1. upon receipt of a court order
3determining that the husband spouse was the father parent of the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,185,144 3. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a statement
5acknowledging paternity parentage in the method prescribed by the state registrar
6and signed by both parents, neither of whom was under the age of 18 years when the
7form was signed, along with the fee under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall insert the
8name of the father parent under subd. 1. The state registrar shall mark the record
9to show that the acknowledgement is on file. The acknowledgement shall be
10available to the department of children and families or a county child support agency
11under s. 59.53 (5) pursuant to the program responsibilities under s. 49.22 or to any
12other person with a direct and tangible interest in the record. The state registrar
13shall include on the acknowledgment the information in s. 767.805 and the items in
14s. 767.813 (5g).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,185,1915 4. (intro.) If a registrant has not reached the age of 18 years and if any of the
16following indicate, in a statement acknowledging paternity parentage under subd.
171. or 3., that the given name or surname, or both, of the registrant should be changed
18on the birth record, the state registrar shall enter the name indicated on the birth
19record without a court order:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,185,2120 a. The mother of the parent who gave birth to the registrant, except as provided
21under subd. 4. b. and c.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,185,2322 b. The father of natural parent who did not give birth to the registrant if the
23father
that parent has legal custody of the registrant.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,347 24Section 347. 69.15 (3) (b) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,186,7
169.15 (3) (b) 3m. Except as provided in par. (c), if the state registrar receives
2an acknowledgement of parentage on a form prescribed by the state registrar and
3signed by both of the people presumed to be natural parents under s. 891.41 (1) (b),
4a certified copy of the parents' marriage certificate, and the fee required under s.
569.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name of the spouse from the
6marriage certificate as a parent if the name of that parent was omitted on the original
7birth certificate.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,348 8Section 348. 69.15 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,186,119 69.15 (3) (d) The method prescribed by the state registrar for acknowledging
10paternity parentage shall require that the social security number of each of the
11registrant's parents be provided.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,349 12Section 349. 69.15 (3m) (title) and (a) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to
13read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,186,1714 69.15 (3m) (title) Rescission of statement acknowledging paternity
15parentage. (a) (intro.) A statement acknowledging paternity parentage that is filed
16with the state registrar under sub. (3) (b) 3. may be rescinded by either person who
17signed the statement as a parent of the registrant if all of the following apply:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,350 18Section 350. 69.15 (3m) (a) 3. and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,186,2319 69.15 (3m) (a) 3. The person rescinding the statement files a rescission in the
20method prescribed under subd. 2. before the day on which a court or circuit court
21commissioner makes an order in an action affecting the family involving the man
22person who signed the statement and the child who is the subject of the statement
23or before 60 days elapse after the statement was filed, whichever occurs first.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,187,224 (b) If the state registrar, within the time required under par. (a) 3., receives a
25rescission in the method prescribed by the state registrar, along with the proper fee

1under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall prepare under sub. (6) a new record omitting
2the father's parent's name if it was inserted under sub. (3) (b).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,351 3Section 351. 71.03 (2) (d) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,187,44 71.03 (2) (d) (title) Husband and wife Spouses joint filing.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,352 5Section 352. 71.03 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,187,86 71.03 (2) (d) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3. and par. (e), a husband
7and a wife
spouses may file a joint return for income tax purposes even though one
8of the spouses has no gross income or no deductions.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,353 9Section 353. 71.03 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,187,1310 71.03 (2) (d) 2. No joint return may be filed if either the husband or wife spouse
11at any time during the taxable year is a nonresident alien, unless an election is in
12effect for the taxable year under section 6013 (g) or (h) of the internal revenue code
13Internal Revenue Code.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,354 14Section 354. 71.03 (2) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,187,2115 71.03 (2) (d) 3. No joint return may be filed if the husband and wife spouses
16have different taxable years, except that if their taxable years begin on the same day
17and end on different days because of the death of either or both the joint return may
18be filed with respect to the taxable year of each unless the surviving spouse remarries
19before the close of his or her taxable year or unless the taxable year of either spouse
20is a fractional part of a year under section 443 (a) (1) of the internal revenue code
21Internal Revenue Code.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,355 22Section 355. 71.03 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,188,1223 71.03 (2) (g) Joint return following separate return. Except as provided in par.
24(i), if an individual has filed a separate return for a taxable year for which a joint
25return could have been filed by the individual and the individual's spouse under par.

1(d) or (e) and the time prescribed by law for timely filing the return for that taxable
2year has expired, the individual and the individual's spouse may file a joint return
3for that taxable year. A joint return filed by the husband and wife spouses under this
4paragraph is their return for that taxable year, and all payments, credits, refunds
5or other repayments made or allowed with respect to the separate return of each
6spouse for that taxable year shall be taken into account in determining the extent
7to which the tax based upon the joint return has been paid. If a joint return is filed
8under this paragraph, any election, other than the election to file a separate return,
9made by either spouse in that spouse's separate return for that taxable year with
10respect to the treatment of any income, deduction or credit of that spouse may not
11be changed in the filing of the joint return if that election would have been irrevocable
12if the joint return had not been filed.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,356 13Section 356. 71.03 (2) (m) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,188,1714 71.03 (2) (m) 2. If a husband and wife spouses change from a joint return to
15separate returns within the time prescribed in subd. 1., the tax paid on the joint
16return shall be allocated between them in proportion to the tax liability shown on
17each separate return.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,357 18Section 357. 71.03 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,189,319 71.03 (4) (a) Natural persons whose total income is not in excess of $10,000 and
20consists entirely of wages subject to withholding for Wisconsin tax purposes and not
21more than $200 total of dividends, interest and other wages not subject to Wisconsin
22withholding, and who have elected the Wisconsin standard deduction and have not
23claimed either the credit for homestead property tax relief or deductions for expenses
24incurred in earning such income, shall, at their election, not be required to record on
25their income tax returns the amount of the tax imposed on their Wisconsin taxable

1income. Married persons shall be permitted this election only if the joint income of
2the husband and wife spouses does not exceed $10,000, if both report their incomes
3on the same joint income tax return form, and if both make this election.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,358 4Section 358. 71.05 (22) (a) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,189,65 71.05 (22) (a) (title) Election of deductions; husband and wife spousal
6deductions.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,359 7Section 359. 71.07 (5m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,189,98 71.07 (5m) (a) 3. “Household" means a claimant and an individual related to
9the claimant as husband or wife his or her spouse.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,360 10Section 360. 71.07 (9e) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,189,1411 71.07 (9e) (b) No credit may be allowed under this subsection to married
12persons, except married persons living apart who are treated as single under section
137703 (b) of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code, if the husband and wife
14spouses report their income on separate income tax returns for the taxable year.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,361 15Section 361. 71.09 (13) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,189,2316 71.09 (13) (a) 2. The tax shown on the return for the preceding year. If a
17husband and wife
spouses who filed separate returns for the preceding taxable year
18file a joint return, the tax shown on the return for the preceding year is the sum of
19the taxes shown on the separate returns of the husband and wife spouses. If a
20husband and wife
spouses who filed a joint return for the preceding taxable year file
21separate returns, the tax shown on the return for the preceding year is the husband's
22or wife's
each spouse's proportion of that tax based on what their respective tax
23liabilities for that year would have been had they filed separately.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,362 24Section 362. 71.52 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,190,2
171.52 (4) “Household" means a claimant and an individual related to the
2claimant as husband or wife his or her spouse.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,363 3Section 363. 71.83 (1) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,190,104 71.83 (1) (a) 8. `Joint return replacing separate returns.' If the amount shown
5as the tax by the husband and wife spouses on a joint return filed under s. 71.03 (2)
6(g) to (L) exceeds the sum of the amounts shown as the tax upon the separate return
7of each spouse and if any part of that excess is attributable to negligence or
8intentional disregard of this chapter, but without intent to defraud, at the time of the
9filing of that separate return, then 25 percent of the total amount of that excess shall
10be added to the tax.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,364 11Section 364. 71.83 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,190,1712 71.83 (1) (b) 5. `Joint return after separate returns.' If the amount shown as
13the tax by the husband and wife spouses on a joint return filed under s. 71.03 (2) (g)
14to (L) exceeds the sum of the amounts shown as the tax on the separate return of each
15spouse and if any part of that excess is attributable to fraud with intent to evade tax
16at the time of the filing of that separate return, then 50 percent of the total amount
17of that excess shall be added to the tax.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,365 18Section 365. 77.25 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,190,1919 77.25 (8m) Between husband and wife spouses.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,366 20Section 366. 77.54 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,190,2421 77.54 (7) (b) 1. The item is transferred to a child, spouse, parent, father-in-law,
22mother-in-law
parent-in-law, daughter-in-law , or son-in-law of the transferor or,
23if the item is a motor vehicle, from the transferor to a corporation owned solely by the
24transferor or by the transferor's spouse.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,367 25Section 367. 101.91 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,191,6
1101.91 (5m) “Manufactured home community" means any plot or plots of
2ground upon which 3 or more manufactured homes that are occupied for dwelling or
3sleeping purposes are located. “Manufactured home community" does not include a
4farm where the occupants of the manufactured homes are the father, mother, son,
5daughter, brother or sister
parents, children, or siblings of the farm owner or
6operator or where the occupants of the manufactured homes work on the farm.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,368 7Section 368. 102.07 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,191,108 102.07 (5) (b) The parents, spouse, child, brother, sister, son-in-law,
9daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law parent-in-law, brother-in-law, or
10sister-in-law of a farmer shall not be deemed the farmer's employees.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,369 11Section 369. 102.07 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,191,1812 102.07 (5) (c) A shareholder-employee of a family farm corporation shall be
13deemed a “farmer" for purposes of this chapter and shall not be deemed an employee
14of a farmer. A “family farm corporation" means a corporation engaged in farming all
15of whose shareholders are related as lineal ancestors or lineal descendants, whether
16by blood or by adoption, or as spouses, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins,
17sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law parents-in-law,
18brothers-in-law, or sisters-in-law of such lineal ancestors or lineal descendants.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,370 19Section 370. 102.51 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,191,2120 102.51 (1) (a) 1. A wife married person upon a husband his or her spouse with
21whom he or she is living at the time of his the spouse's death.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,371 22Section 371. 102.51 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,372 23Section 372. 103.10 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,191,2524 103.10 (1) (h) “Spouse" means an employee's legal husband or wife the person
25to whom an employee is legally married
.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,373
1Section 373. 103.165 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,192,32 103.165 (3) (a) 3. The decedent's father or mother parent or parents if the
3decedent leaves no surviving spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, or children.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,374 4Section 374. 111.32 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,192,65 111.32 (12) “Marital status" means the status of being married, single,
6divorced, separated, or widowed a surviving spouse.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,375 7Section 375. 115.76 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,192,88 115.76 (12) (a) 1. A biological natural parent.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,376 9Section 376. 115.76 (12) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,377 10Section 377. 115.76 (12) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,378 11Section 378. 115.76 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,192,1812 115.76 (13) “Person acting as a parent of a child" means a relative of the child
13or a private individual allowed to act as a parent of a child by the child's biological
14natural or adoptive parents or guardian, and includes the child's grandparent,
15neighbor, friend or private individual caring for the child with the explicit or tacit
16approval of the child's biological natural or adoptive parents or guardian. “Person
17acting as a parent of a child" does not include any person that receives public funds
18to care for the child if such funds exceed the cost of such care.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,379 19Section 379. 146.34 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,192,2520 146.34 (1) (f) “Parent" means a biological natural parent, a husband who has
21consented to the artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40
or a parent by
22adoption. If the minor is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do
23not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, “parent" includes a person adjudged
24in a judicial proceeding under ch. 48 to be the biological father of the minor. “Parent"
25does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,380
1Section 380. 157.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,193,8 2157.05 Autopsy. Consent for a licensed physician to conduct an autopsy on
3the body of a deceased person shall be deemed sufficient when given by whichever
4one of the following assumes custody of the body for purposes of burial: Father,
5mother, husband, wife
parent, spouse, child, guardian, next of kin, domestic partner
6under ch. 770, or in the absence of any of the foregoing, a friend, or a person charged
7by law with the responsibility for burial. If 2 or more such persons assume custody
8of the body, the consent of one of them shall be deemed sufficient.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,381 9Section 381. 182.004 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,193,1510 182.004 (6) Stock may be issued and leases made to husband and wife spouses,
11and to the survivor of them, in which event title shall descend the same as in like
12conveyances of real property subject to ch. 766. Otherwise, title to the stock and lease
13shall descend to the persons to whom a homestead of the stockholder would descend
14except as provided in ch. 766. The interest of a tenant in the lease and stock shall
15be exempt from execution to the same extent as a homestead in real estate.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,382 16Section 382. 250.04 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,193,2017 250.04 (3) (a) The department shall establish and maintain surveillance
18activities sufficient to detect any occurrence of acute, communicable , or chronic
19diseases and threat of occupational or environmental hazards, injuries , or changes
20in the health of mothers parents and children.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,383 21Section 383. 301.50 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,194,622 301.50 (1) In this section, “substantial parental relationship" means the
23acceptance and exercise of significant responsibility for the daily supervision,
24education, protection, and care of the child. In evaluating whether an individual has
25had a substantial parental relationship with the child, factors that may be

1considered include, but are not limited to, whether the individual has expressed
2concern for or interest in the support, care, or well-being of the child; whether the
3individual has neglected or refused to provide care or support for the child; and
4whether, with respect to an individual who is or may be the father a parent of the
5child, the individual has expressed concern for or interest in the support, care, or
6well-being of the mother during her parent who gave birth during pregnancy.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,384 7Section 384. 700.19 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,194,158 700.19 (2) Husband and wife Spouses. If persons named as owners in a
9document of title, transferees in an instrument of transfer, or buyers in a bill of sale
10are described in the document, instrument, or bill of sale as husband and wife
11married to each other, or are in fact husband and wife married to each other, they are
12joint tenants, unless the intent to create a tenancy in common is expressed in the
13document, instrument, or bill of sale. This subsection applies to property acquired
14before January 1, 1986, and, if ch. 766 does not apply when the property is acquired,
15to property acquired on or after January 1, 1986.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,385 16Section 385. 705.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,194,2217 705.01 (4) “Joint account" means an account, other than a marital account,
18payable on request to one or more of 2 or more parties whether or not mention is made
19of any right of survivorship. “Joint account" also means any account established with
20the right of survivorship on or after January 1, 1986, by 2 parties who claim to be
21husband and wife married to each other, which is payable on request to either or both
22of the parties.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,386 23Section 386. 705.01 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,195,424 705.01 (4m) “Marital account" means an account established without the right
25of survivorship on or after January 1, 1986, by 2 parties who claim to be husband and

1wife
married to each other, which is payable on request to either or both of the parties
2and which is designated as a marital account. An account established by those
3parties with the right of survivorship under s. 766.58 (3) (f) or 766.60 is a joint
4account.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,387 5Section 387. 706.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,195,126 706.09 (1) (e) Marital interests. Homestead of the spouse of any transferor of
7an interest in real estate, if the recorded conveyance purporting to transfer the
8homestead states that the person executing it is single, unmarried , or widowed a
9surviving spouse
or fails to indicate the marital status of the transferor, and if the
10conveyance has, in either case, appeared of record for 5 years. This paragraph does
11not apply to the interest of a married person who is described of record as a holder
12in joint tenancy or of marital property with that transferor.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,388 13Section 388. 765.001 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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