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SB70-SSA2-SA2,408 20Section 408. 767.805 (title), (1), (1m), (2) (a) and (b) and (3) (title) and (a) of
21the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,215,2 22767.805 (title) Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity parentage. (1)
23Conclusive determination of paternity parentage. A statement acknowledging
24paternity parentage that is on file with the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3.
25after the last day on which a person may timely rescind the statement, as specified

1in s. 69.15 (3m), is a conclusive determination, which shall be of the same effect as
2a judgment, of paternity parentage.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,215,4 3(1m) Minor parent may not sign. A minor may not sign a statement
4acknowledging paternity parentage.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,215,8 5(2) (a) A statement acknowledging paternity parentage that is filed with the
6state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. may be rescinded as provided in s. 69.15 (3m)
7by a person who signed the statement as a parent of the child who is the subject of
8the statement.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,215,139 (b) If a statement acknowledging paternity parentage is timely rescinded as
10provided in s. 69.15 (3m), a court may not enter an order specified in sub. (4) with
11respect to the male person who signed the statement as the father parent of the child
12unless the male person is adjudicated the child's father parent using the procedures
13set forth in this subchapter, except for this section.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,215,19 14(3) (title) Actions when paternity parentage acknowledged. (a) Unless the
15statement acknowledging paternity parentage has been rescinded, an action
16affecting the family concerning custody, child support or physical placement rights
17may be brought with respect to persons who, with respect to a child, jointly signed
18and filed with the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. as parents of the child a
19statement acknowledging paternity parentage.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,409 20Section 409. 767.805 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,215,2421 767.805 (4) Orders when paternity parentage acknowledged. (intro.) In an
22action under sub. (3) (a), if the persons who signed and filed the statement
23acknowledging paternity as parents parentage of the child had notice of the hearing,
24the court shall make an order that contains all of the following provisions:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,410 25Section 410. 767.805 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,216,9
1767.805 (4) (d) 1. An order establishing the amount of the father's obligation
2to pay or contribute to the reasonable expenses of the mother's pregnancy and the
3child's birth
childbirth by the parent who did not give birth. The amount established
4may not exceed one-half of the total actual and reasonable pregnancy and birth
5expenses. The order also shall specify the court's findings as to whether the father's
6parent who did not give birth has an income that is at or below the poverty line
7established under 42 USC 9902 (2), and shall specify whether periodic payments are
8due on the obligation, based on the father's parent's ability to pay or contribute to
9those expenses.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,216,1310 2. If the order does not require periodic payments because the father parent has
11no present ability to pay or contribute to the expenses, the court may modify the
12judgment or order at a later date to require periodic payments if the father parent
13has the ability to pay at that time.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,411 14Section 411. 767.805 (5) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,216,1915 767.805 (5) (a) A determination of paternity parentage that arises under this
16section may be voided at any time upon a motion or petition stating facts that show
17fraud, duress or a mistake of fact. Except for good cause shown, any orders entered
18under sub. (4) shall remain in effect during the pendency of a proceeding under this
19paragraph.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,217,220 (b) If a court in a proceeding under par. (a) determines that the male person is
21not the father parent of the child, the court shall vacate any order entered under sub.
22(4) with respect to the male person. The court or the county child support agency
23under s. 59.53 (5) shall notify the state registrar, in the manner provided in s. 69.15
24(1) (b), to remove the male's person's name as the father parent of the child from the

1child's birth record. No paternity action may thereafter be brought against the male
2person with respect to the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,412 3Section 412. 767.805 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,217,54 767.805 (6) (a) (intro.) This section does not apply unless all of the following
5apply to the statement acknowledging paternity parentage:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,413 6Section 413. 767.855 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,217,18 7767.855 Dismissal if adjudication not in child's best interest. Except as
8provided in s. 767.863 (1m), at any time in an action to establish the paternity of a
9child, upon the motion of a party or guardian ad litem or the child's mother if she is
10not a party
, the court or supplemental court commissioner under s. 757.675 (2) (g)
11may, if the court or supplemental court commissioner determines that a judicial
12determination of whether a male is the father of the child is not in the best interest
13of the child, dismiss the action with respect to the male, regardless of whether genetic
14tests have been performed or what the results of the tests, if performed, were.
15Notwithstanding ss. 767.813 (5g) (form) 4., 767.84 (1) and (2), 767.863 (2), 767.865
16(2), and 767.88 (4), if genetic tests have not yet been performed with respect to the
17male, the court or supplemental court commissioner is not required to order those
18genetic tests.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,414 19Section 414. 767.863 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,218,520 767.863 (1m) Paternity allegation by male person other than husband
21spouse; when determination not in best interest of child. In an action to establish
22the paternity of a child who was born to a woman while she was married, if a male
23person other than the woman's husband spouse alleges that he, not the husband
24woman's spouse, is the child's father biological parent, a party, or the woman if she
25is not a party,
may allege that a judicial determination that a male person other than

1the husband woman's spouse is the father biological parent is not in the best interest
2of the child. If the court or a supplemental court commissioner under s. 757.675 (2)
3(g) determines that a judicial determination of whether a male person other than the
4husband woman's spouse is the father biological parent is not in the best interest of
5the child, no genetic tests may be ordered and the action shall be dismissed.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,415 6Section 415. 767.87 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,218,117 767.87 (1m) Birth record required. (intro.) If the child was born in this state,
8the petitioner shall present a certified copy of the child's birth record or a printed copy
9of the record from the birth database of the state registrar to the court, so that the
10court is aware of whether a name has been inserted on the birth record as the father
11parent of the child other than the mother, at the earliest possible of the following:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,416 12Section 416. 767.87 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,218,1713 767.87 (8) Burden of proof. The party bringing an action for the purpose of
14determining paternity or for the purpose of declaring the nonexistence of paternity
15presumed under s. 891.405, 891.407, or the nonexistence of parentage presumed
16under s. 891.405 or
891.41 (1) shall have the burden of proving the issues involved
17by clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,417 18Section 417. 767.87 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,218,2219 767.87 (9) Artificial insemination; natural father parent . Where If a child
20is conceived by artificial insemination, the husband spouse of the mother of the child
21at the time of the conception of the child is the natural father parent of the child, as
22provided in s. 891.40.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,418 23Section 418. 767.883 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,219,1924 767.883 (1) Two parts. The trial shall be divided into 2 parts, the first part
25dealing with the determination of paternity parentage and the 2nd part dealing with

1child support, legal custody, periods of physical placement, and related issues. The
2main issue at the first part shall be whether the alleged or presumed father parent
3is or is not the father parent of the mother's child, but if the child was born to the
4mother while she was the lawful wife spouse of a specified male person, the prior
5issue of whether the husband mother's spouse was not the father parent of the child
6shall be determined first, as provided under s. 891.39. The first part of the trial shall
7be by jury only if the defendant verbally requests a jury trial either at the initial
8appearance or pretrial hearing or requests a jury trial in writing prior to the pretrial
9hearing. The court may direct and, if requested by either party before the
10introduction of any testimony in the party's behalf, shall direct the jury to find a
11special verdict as to any of the issues specified in this section, except that the court
12shall make all of the findings enumerated in s. 767.89 (2) to (4). If the mother is dead,
13becomes insane, cannot be found within the jurisdiction, or fails to commence or
14pursue the action, the proceeding does not abate if any of the persons under s. 767.80
15(1) makes a motion to continue. The testimony of the mother taken at the pretrial
16hearing may in any such case be read in evidence if it is competent, relevant, and
17material. The issues of child support, custody, and visitation, and related issues shall
18be determined by the court either immediately after the first part of the trial or at
19a later hearing before the court.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,419 20Section 419. 769.316 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,219,2321 769.316 (9) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and
22wife
between spouses or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this
23chapter.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,420 24Section 420. 769.401 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,219,2525 769.401 (2) (a) A parent or presumed father parent of the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,421
1Section 421. 769.401 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,422 2Section 422. 815.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,220,153 815.20 (1) An exempt homestead as defined in s. 990.01 (14) selected by a
4resident owner and occupied by him or her shall be exempt from execution, from the
5lien of every judgment, and from liability for the debts of the owner to the amount
6of $75,000, except mortgages, laborers', mechanics', and purchase money liens, and
7taxes, and except as otherwise provided. The exemption shall not be impaired by
8temporary removal with the intention to reoccupy the premises as a homestead nor
9by the sale of the homestead, but shall extend to the proceeds derived from the sale
10to an amount not exceeding $75,000, while held, with the intention to procure
11another homestead with the proceeds, for 2 years. The exemption extends to land
12owned by husband and wife spouses jointly or in common or as marital property, and
13each spouse may claim a homestead exemption of not more than $75,000. The
14exemption extends to the interest therein of tenants in common, having a homestead
15thereon with the consent of the cotenants, and to any estate less than a fee.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,423 16Section 423. 822.40 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,220,2017 822.40 (4) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses
18and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife between
19spouses
or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this
20subchapter.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,424 21Section 424. 851.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,221,222 851.30 (2) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
23judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
24decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless they subsequently

1participate in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
2subsequently hold themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,425 3Section 425. 852.01 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,221,74 852.01 (1) (f) 1. One-half to the maternal grandparents on one side equally if
5both survive, or to the surviving maternal grandparent on that side; if both maternal
6grandparents on that side are deceased, to the issue of the maternal grandparents
7on that side or either of them, per stirpes.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,426 8Section 426. 852.01 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,221,109 852.01 (1) (f) 2. One-half to the paternal relations on the other side in the same
10manner as to the maternal relations under subd. 1.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,427 11Section 427. 852.01 (1) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,221,1412 852.01 (1) (f) 3. If either the maternal side or the paternal side has no surviving
13grandparent or issue of a grandparent, the entire estate to the decedent's relatives
14on the other side.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,428 15Section 428. 854.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,221,2216 854.03 (3) Marital property. Except as provided in subs. (4) and (5), if a
17husband and wife
2 spouses die leaving marital property and it is not established
18that one survived the other by at least 120 hours, 50 percent of the marital property
19shall be distributed as if it were the husband's first spouse's individual property and
20the husband 2nd spouse had survived, and 50 percent of the marital property shall
21be distributed as if it were the wife's 2nd spouse's individual property and the wife
22first spouse had survived.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,429 23Section 429. 891.39 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,221,25 24891.39 (title) Presumption as to whether a child is marital or
25nonmarital;
self-crimination self-incrimination; birth certificates.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,430
1Section 430. 891.39 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,222,152 891.39 (1) (a) Whenever it is established in an action or proceeding that a child
3was born to a woman while she was the lawful wife of legally married to a specified
4man person, any party asserting in such action or proceeding that the husband was
5spouse is not the father parent of the child shall have the burden of proving that
6assertion by a clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence. In all such
7actions or proceedings the husband and the wife spouses are competent to testify as
8witnesses to the facts. The court or judge in such cases shall appoint a guardian ad
9litem to appear for and represent the child whose paternity parentage is questioned.
10Results of a genetic test, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m), showing that a man person
11other than the husband mother's spouse is not excluded as the father of the child and
12that the statistical probability of the man's person's parentage is 99.0 percent or
13higher constitute a clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence of the
14assertion under this paragraph, even if the husband mother's spouse is unavailable
15to submit to genetic tests, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,431 16Section 431. 891.39 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,222,2417 891.39 (1) (b) In actions affecting the family , in which the question of paternity
18parentage is raised, and in paternity proceedings, the court, upon being satisfied that
19the parties to the action are unable to adequately compensate any such guardian ad
20litem for the guardian ad litem's services and expenses, shall then make an order
21specifying the guardian ad litem's compensation and expenses, which compensation
22and expenses shall be paid as provided in s. 967.06. If the court orders a county to
23pay the compensation of the guardian ad litem, the amount ordered may not exceed
24the compensation paid to private attorneys under s. 977.08 (4m) (b).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,432 25Section 432. 891.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,223,7
1891.39 (3) If any court under this section adjudges a child to be a nonmarital
2child, the clerk of court shall report the facts to the state registrar, who shall issue
3a new birth record showing the correct facts as found by the court, and shall dispose
4of the original, with the court's report attached under s. 69.15 (3). If the husband
5mother's spouse is a party to the action and the court makes a finding as to whether
6or not the husband mother's spouse is the father parent of the child, such finding
7shall be conclusive in all other courts of this state.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,433 8Section 433. 891.40 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 891.40 (1) (a) and
9amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,223,1610 891.40 (1) (a) If, under the supervision of a licensed physician and with the
11spouse's consent of her husband, a wife person is inseminated artificially as provided
12in par. (b)
with semen donated by a man person who is not her husband the spouse
13of the person being inseminated
, the husband spouse of the mother inseminated
14person
at the time of the conception of the child shall be the natural father parent
15of a child conceived. The husband's spouse's consent must be in writing and signed
16by him or her and his wife. The by the inseminated person.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,223,23 17(c) 1. If the artificial insemination under par. (a) takes place under the
18supervision of a licensed physician, the
physician shall certify their the signatures
19on the consent and the date of the insemination, and shall file the husband's spouse's
20consent with the department of health services, where it shall be kept. If the
21artificial insemination under par. (a) does not take place under the supervision of a
22licensed physician, the spouses shall file the signed consent, which shall include the
23date of the insemination, with the department of health services.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,223,25 242. The department of health services shall keep a consent filed under subd. 1.
25confidential and in a sealed file except as provided in s. 46.03 (7) (bm). However,
SB70-SSA2-SA2,224,2
13. Notwithstanding subd. 1., the physician's or spouses' failure to file the
2consent form does not affect the legal status of father natural parent and child.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,224,6 3(d) All papers and records pertaining to the artificial insemination under par.
4(a)
, whether part of the permanent record of a court or of a file held by the a
5supervising physician or sperm bank or elsewhere, may be inspected only upon an
6order of the court for good cause shown.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,434 7Section 434. 891.40 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,224,98 891.40 (1) (b) The artificial insemination under par. (a) must satisfy any of the
9following:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,224,1110 1. The artificial insemination takes place under the supervision of a licensed
11physician.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,224,1212 2. The semen used for the insemination is obtained from a sperm bank.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,435 13Section 435. 891.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,224,1714 891.40 (2) The donor of semen provided to a licensed physician or obtained from
15a sperm bank
for use in the artificial insemination of a woman other than the donor's
16wife spouse is not the natural father parent of a child conceived, bears no liability for
17the support of the child, and has no parental rights with regard to the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,436 18Section 436. 891.40 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,224,2119 891.40 (3) This section applies with respect to children conceived before, on,
20or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], as a result of
21artificial insemination.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,437 22Section 437. 891.405 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,225,2 23891.405 Presumption of paternity parentage based on
24acknowledgment.
A man person is presumed to be the natural father parent of a
25child if he the person and the mother person who gave birth have acknowledged

1paternity parentage under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 1. or 3. and no other man person is
2presumed to be the father natural parent under s. 891.41 (1).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,438 3Section 438. 891.407 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,225,8 4891.407 Presumption of paternity based on genetic test results. A man
5is presumed to be the natural father of a child if the man has been conclusively
6determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804 and no other
7man person is presumed to be the father natural parent under s. 891.405 or 891.41
8(1).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,439 9Section 439. 891.41 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,225,11 10891.41 (title) Presumption of paternity parentage based on marriage of
11the parties.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,440 12Section 440. 891.41 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,225,1413 891.41 (1) (intro.) A man person is presumed to be the natural father parent
14of a child if any of the following applies:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,441 15Section 441. 891.41 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,225,1916 891.41 (1) (a) He The person and the child's established natural mother parent
17are or have been married to each other and the child is conceived or born after
18marriage and before the granting of a decree of legal separation, annulment, or
19divorce between the parties.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,442 20Section 442. 891.41 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 891.41 (1) (b) (intro.)
21and amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,226,222 891.41 (1) (b) (intro.) He The person and the child's established natural mother
23parent were married to each other after the child was born but he the person and the
24child's established natural mother parent had a relationship with one another

1during the period of time within which the child was conceived and no other man all
2of the following apply:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,226,3 31. No person has been adjudicated to be the father or.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,226,5 42. No other person is presumed to be the father parent of the child under par.
5(a).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,443 6Section 443. 891.41 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,226,137 891.41 (2) In a legal action or proceeding, a presumption under sub. (1) is
8rebutted by results of a genetic test, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m), that show that a
9man person other than the man person presumed to be the father parent under sub.
10(1) is not excluded as the father of the child and that the statistical probability of the
11man's person's parentage is 99.0 percent or higher, even if the man person presumed
12to be the father natural parent under sub. (1) is unavailable to submit to genetic
13tests, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,444 14Section 444. 891.41 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,226,1615 891.41 (3) This section applies with respect to children born before, on, or after
16the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date].
SB70-SSA2-SA2,445 17Section 445. 905.05 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,226,18 18905.05 (title) Husband-wife Spousal and domestic partner privilege.
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