Amendment SSA1-AB68

AB68-SSA1,1409,2 A.   Real estate (gross value)

AB68-SSA1,1409,3 B.   Stocks, bonds and mutual funds

AB68-SSA1,1409,5 C.   Accounts at and certificates and other instruments issued by financial institutions

AB68-SSA1,1409,7 D.   Mortgages, land contracts, promissory notes and cash

AB68-SSA1,1409,8 E.   Partnership interests

AB68-SSA1,1409,9 EL.   Limited liability company interests

AB68-SSA1,1409,10 F.   Trust interests

AB68-SSA1,1409,11 G.   Livestock, farm products, crops

AB68-SSA1,1409,12 H.   Automobiles and other vehicles

AB68-SSA1,1409,13 I.   Jewelry and personal effects

AB68-SSA1,1409,14 J.   Household furnishings

AB68-SSA1,1409,15 K.   Life insurance and annuities:

AB68-SSA1,1409,16 1.   Face value

AB68-SSA1,1409,17 2.   Cash surrender value

AB68-SSA1,1409,18 L.   Retirement benefits (include value):

AB68-SSA1,1409,19 1.   Pension plans

AB68-SSA1,1409,20 2.   Profit sharing plans

AB68-SSA1,1409,21 3.   HR-10 KEOGH plans

AB68-SSA1,1409,22 4.   IRAs

AB68-SSA1,1409,23 5.   Deferred compensation plans

AB68-SSA1,1409,24 M.   Other assets not listed elsewhere

AB68-SSA1,1409,25 II.   Obligations (total outstanding balance):

AB68-SSA1,1410,1 A.   Mortgages and liens

AB68-SSA1,1410,2 B.   Credit cards

AB68-SSA1,1410,3 C.   Other obligations to financial institutions

AB68-SSA1,1410,5 D.   Alimony, maintenance and child support (per month)

AB68-SSA1,1410,8 E.   Other obligations (such as other obligations to individuals, guarantees, contingent liabilities)

AB68-SSA1,1410,9 III.   Annual compensation for services:

AB68-SSA1,1410,11 (for example, wages and income from self-employment; also include social security,

AB68-SSA1,1410,12 disability and similar income here)

AB68-SSA1,1410,13 (IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL SPACE,

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AB68-SSA1,3049 Section 3049 . 767.215 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1410,18 767.215 (2) (b) The name and birthdate of each minor child of the parties and each other child born to the wife a party during the marriage, and whether the wife a party is pregnant.

AB68-SSA1,3050 Section 3050 . 767.215 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1410,22 767.215 (5) (a) 2. The name, date of birth, and social security number of each minor child of the parties and of each child who was born to the wife a party during the marriage and who is a minor.

AB68-SSA1,3051 Section 3051 . 767.323 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1411,12 767.323 Suspension of proceedings to effect reconciliation. During the pendency of an action for divorce or legal separation, the court may, upon written stipulation of both parties that they desire to attempt a reconciliation, enter an order suspending any and all orders and proceedings for such period, not exceeding 90 days, as the court determines advisable to permit the parties to attempt a reconciliation without prejudice to their respective rights. During the suspension period, the parties may resume living together as husband and wife a married couple and their acts and conduct do not constitute an admission that the marriage is not irretrievably broken or a waiver of the ground that the parties have voluntarily lived apart continuously for 12 months or more immediately prior to the commencement of the action. Suspension may be revoked upon the motion of either party by an order of the court. If the parties become reconciled, the court shall dismiss the action. If the parties are not reconciled after the period of suspension, the action shall proceed as though no reconciliation period was attempted.

AB68-SSA1,3052 Section 3052 . 767.80 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1411,18 767.80 (1) Who may bring action or file motion. (intro.) The following persons may bring an action or file a motion, including an action or motion for declaratory judgment, for the purpose of determining the paternity of a child, or for the purpose of rebutting the presumption of paternity parentage under s. 891.405, 891.407, or 891.41 (1):

AB68-SSA1,3053 Section 3053 . 767.80 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1411,21 767.80 (1) (c) Unless s. 767.804 (1) or 767.805 (1) applies, a male person presumed to be the child's father parent under s. 891.405, 891.407, or 891.41 (1).

AB68-SSA1,3054 Section 3054 . 767.80 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1412,5 767.80 (2) Certain agreements not a bar to action. Regardless of its terms, an agreement made after July 1, 1981, other than an agreement approved by the court between an alleged or presumed father parent and the mother or child, does not bar an action under this section. Whenever the court approves an agreement in which one of the parties agrees not to commence an action under this section, the court shall first determine whether or not the agreement is in the best interest of the child. The court shall not approve any provision waiving the right to bring an action under this section if this provision is contrary to the best interests of the child.

AB68-SSA1,3055 Section 3055 . 767.803 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1412,16 767.803 Determination of marital children. If the father and mother natural parents of a nonmarital child enter into a lawful marriage or a marriage which appears and they believe is lawful, except where the parental rights of the mother parent who gave birth were terminated before either of these circumstances, the child becomes a marital child, is entitled to a change in birth record under s. 69.15 (3) (b), and shall enjoy all of the rights and privileges of a marital child as if he or she had been born during the marriage of the parents. This section applies to all cases before, on, or after its effective date, but no estate already vested shall be divested by this section and ss. 765.05 to 765.24 and 852.05. The children of all marriages declared void under the law are nevertheless marital children.

AB68-SSA1,3056 Section 3056 . 767.804 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1412,19 767.804 (1) (a) 4. No other male person is presumed to be the father natural parent under s. 891.405 or 891.41 (1).

AB68-SSA1,3057 Section 3057 . 767.805 (title), (1), (1m), (2) and (3) (title) and (a) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1413,2 767.805 (title) Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity parentage. (1) Conclusive determination of paternity parentage. A statement acknowledging paternity parentage that is on file with the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. after the last day on which a person may timely rescind the statement, as specified in s. 69.15 (3m), is a conclusive determination, which shall be of the same effect as a judgment, of paternity parentage.

AB68-SSA1,1413,4 (1m) Minor parent may not sign. A minor may not sign a statement acknowledging paternity parentage.

AB68-SSA1,1413,8 (2) Rescission of acknowledgment. (a) A statement acknowledging paternity parentage that is filed with the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. may be rescinded as provided in s. 69.15 (3m) by a person who signed the statement as a parent of the child who is the subject of the statement.

AB68-SSA1,1413,13 (b) If a statement acknowledging paternity parentage is timely rescinded as provided in s. 69.15 (3m), a court may not enter an order specified in sub. (4) with respect to the male person who signed the statement as the father parent of the child unless the male person is adjudicated the child's father parent using the procedures set forth in this subchapter, except for this section.

AB68-SSA1,1413,19 (3) (title) Actions when paternity parentage acknowledged. (a) Unless the statement acknowledging paternity parentage has been rescinded, an action affecting the family concerning custody, child support or physical placement rights may be brought with respect to persons who, with respect to a child, jointly signed and filed with the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. as parents of the child a statement acknowledging paternity parentage.

AB68-SSA1,3058 Section 3058 . 767.805 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1413,24 767.805 (4) Orders when paternity parentage acknowledged. (intro.) In an action under sub. (3) (a), if the persons who signed and filed the statement acknowledging paternity as parents parentage of the child had notice of the hearing, the court shall make an order that contains all of the following provisions:

AB68-SSA1,3059 Section 3059 . 767.805 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1414,9 767.805 (4) (d) 1. An order establishing the amount of the father's obligation to pay or contribute to the reasonable expenses of the mother's pregnancy and the child's birth childbirth by the parent who did not give birth. The amount established may not exceed one-half of the total actual and reasonable pregnancy and birth expenses. The order also shall specify the court's findings as to whether the father's parent who did not give birth has an income that is at or below the poverty line established under 42 USC 9902 (2), and shall specify whether periodic payments are due on the obligation, based on the father's parent's ability to pay or contribute to those expenses.

AB68-SSA1,1414,13 2. If the order does not require periodic payments because the father parent has no present ability to pay or contribute to the expenses, the court may modify the judgment or order at a later date to require periodic payments if the father parent has the ability to pay at that time.

AB68-SSA1,3060 Section 3060 . 767.805 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1414,19 767.805 (5) Voiding determination. (a) A determination of paternity parentage that arises under this section may be voided at any time upon a motion or petition stating facts that show fraud, duress or a mistake of fact. Except for good cause shown, any orders entered under sub. (4) shall remain in effect during the pendency of a proceeding under this paragraph.

AB68-SSA1,1415,2 (b) If a court in a proceeding under par. (a) determines that the male person is not the father parent of the child, the court shall vacate any order entered under sub. (4) with respect to the male person. The court or the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) shall notify the state registrar, in the manner provided in s. 69.15 (1) (b), to remove the male's person's name as the father parent of the child from the child's birth record. No paternity action may thereafter be brought against the male person with respect to the child.

AB68-SSA1,3061 Section 3061 . 767.805 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1415,5 767.805 (6) (a) (intro.) This section does not apply unless all of the following apply to the statement acknowledging paternity parentage:

AB68-SSA1,3062 Section 3062 . 767.855 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1415,18 767.855 Dismissal if adjudication not in child's best interest. Except as provided in s. 767.863 (1m), at any time in an action to establish the paternity of a child, upon the motion of a party or guardian ad litem or the child's mother if she is not a party, the court or supplemental court commissioner under s. 757.675 (2) (g) may, if the court or supplemental court commissioner determines that a judicial determination of whether a male is the father of the child is not in the best interest of the child, dismiss the action with respect to the male, regardless of whether genetic tests have been performed or what the results of the tests, if performed, were. Notwithstanding ss. 767.813 (5g) (form) 4., 767.84 (1) and (2), 767.863 (2), 767.865 (2), and 767.88 (4), if genetic tests have not yet been performed with respect to the male, the court or supplemental court commissioner is not required to order those genetic tests.

AB68-SSA1,3063 Section 3063 . 767.863 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1416,5 767.863 (1m) Paternity allegation by male person other than husband spouse; when determination not in best interest of child. In an action to establish the paternity of a child who was born to a woman while she was married, if a male person other than the woman's husband spouse alleges that he, not the husband woman's spouse, is the child's father biological parent, a party, or the woman if she is not a party, may allege that a judicial determination that a male person other than the husband woman's spouse is the father biological parent is not in the best interest of the child. If the court or a supplemental court commissioner under s. 757.675 (2) (g) determines that a judicial determination of whether a male person other than the husband woman's spouse is the father biological parent is not in the best interest of the child, no genetic tests may be ordered and the action shall be dismissed.

AB68-SSA1,3064 Section 3064 . 767.87 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1416,11 767.87 (1m) Birth record required. (intro.) If the child was born in this state, the petitioner shall present a certified copy of the child's birth record or a printed copy of the record from the birth database of the state registrar to the court, so that the court is aware of whether a name has been inserted on the birth record as the father parent of the child other than the mother, at the earliest possible of the following:

AB68-SSA1,3065 Section 3065 . 767.87 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1416,17 767.87 (8) Burden of proof. The party bringing an action for the purpose of determining paternity or for the purpose of declaring the nonexistence of paternity presumed under s. 891.405, 891.407, or the nonexistence of parentage presumed under s. 891.405 or 891.41 (1) shall have the burden of proving the issues involved by clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence.

AB68-SSA1,3066 Section 3066 . 767.87 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1416,22 767.87 (9) Artificial insemination; natural father parent . Where If a child is conceived by artificial insemination, the husband spouse of the mother of the child at the time of the conception of the child is the natural father parent of the child, as provided in s. 891.40.

AB68-SSA1,3067 Section 3067 . 767.883 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1417,19 767.883 (1) Two parts. The trial shall be divided into 2 parts, the first part dealing with the determination of paternity parentage and the 2nd part dealing with child support, legal custody, periods of physical placement, and related issues. The main issue at the first part shall be whether the alleged or presumed father parent is or is not the father parent of the mother's child, but if the child was born to the mother while she was the lawful wife spouse of a specified male person, the prior issue of whether the husband mother's spouse was not the father parent of the child shall be determined first, as provided under s. 891.39. The first part of the trial shall be by jury only if the defendant verbally requests a jury trial either at the initial appearance or pretrial hearing or requests a jury trial in writing prior to the pretrial hearing. The court may direct and, if requested by either party before the introduction of any testimony in the party's behalf, shall direct the jury to find a special verdict as to any of the issues specified in this section, except that the court shall make all of the findings enumerated in s. 767.89 (2) to (4). If the mother is dead, becomes insane, cannot be found within the jurisdiction, or fails to commence or pursue the action, the proceeding does not abate if any of the persons under s. 767.80 (1) makes a motion to continue. The testimony of the mother taken at the pretrial hearing may in any such case be read in evidence if it is competent, relevant, and material. The issues of child support, custody, and visitation, and related issues shall be determined by the court either immediately after the first part of the trial or at a later hearing before the court.

AB68-SSA1,3068 Section 3068 . 769.316 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1417,23 769.316 (9) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife between spouses or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.

AB68-SSA1,3069 Section 3069 . 769.401 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1417,25 769.401 (2) (a) A parent or presumed father parent of the child.

AB68-SSA1,3070 Section 3070. 769.401 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SSA1,3071 Section 3071 . 801.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1418,7 801.02 (1) A Except as provided in s. 20.9315 (5) (b), a civil action in which a personal judgment is sought is commenced as to any defendant when a summons and a complaint naming the person as defendant are filed with the court, provided service of an authenticated copy of the summons and of the complaint is made upon the defendant under this chapter within 90 days after filing.

AB68-SSA1,3072 Section 3072. 801.50 (5sb) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,1418,10 801.50 (5sb) Venue of an action under s. 813.124 shall be in the county in which the cause of action arose or where the petitioner or the respondent resides.

AB68-SSA1,3073 Section 3073 . 803.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1418,17 803.09 (1) Upon Except as provided in s. 20.9315, upon timely motion anyone shall be permitted to intervene in an action when the movant claims an interest relating to the property or transaction which is the subject of the action and the movant is so situated that the disposition of the action may as a practical matter impair or impede the movant's ability to protect that interest, unless the movant's interest is adequately represented by existing parties.

AB68-SSA1,3074 Section 3074 . 803.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1419,3 803.09 (2) Upon Except as provided in s. 20.9315, upon timely motion anyone may be permitted to intervene in an action when a movant's claim or defense and the main action have a question of law or fact in common. When a party to an action relies for ground of claim or defense upon any statute or executive order or rule administered by a federal or state governmental officer or agency or upon any regulation, order, rule, requirement or agreement issued or made pursuant to the statute or executive order, the officer or agency upon timely motion may be permitted to intervene in the action. In exercising its discretion the court shall consider whether the intervention will unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties.