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SB70-AA10,279,2020 I.   Assets:
SB70-AA10,279,2121 A.   Real estate (gross value)
SB70-AA10,279,2222 B.   Stocks, bonds and mutual funds
SB70-AA10,279,2423 C.   Accounts at and certificates and other
24instruments issued by financial institutions
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1D.   Mortgages, land contracts, promissory notes
2and cash
SB70-AA10,280,33 E.   Partnership interests
SB70-AA10,280,44 EL.   Limited liability company interests
SB70-AA10,280,55 F.   Trust interests
SB70-AA10,280,66 G.   Livestock, farm products, crops
SB70-AA10,280,77 H.   Automobiles and other vehicles
SB70-AA10,280,88 I.   Jewelry and personal effects
SB70-AA10,280,99 J.   Household furnishings
SB70-AA10,280,1010 K.   Life insurance and annuities:
SB70-AA10,280,1111 1.   Face value
SB70-AA10,280,1212 2.   Cash surrender value
SB70-AA10,280,1313 L.   Retirement benefits (include value):
SB70-AA10,280,1414 1.   Pension plans
SB70-AA10,280,1515 2.   Profit sharing plans
SB70-AA10,280,1616 3.   HR-10 KEOGH plans
SB70-AA10,280,1717 4.   IRAs
SB70-AA10,280,1818 5.   Deferred compensation plans
SB70-AA10,280,1919 M.   Other assets not listed elsewhere
SB70-AA10,280,2020 II.   Obligations (total outstanding balance):
SB70-AA10,280,2121 A.   Mortgages and liens
SB70-AA10,280,2222 B.   Credit cards
SB70-AA10,280,2323 C.   Other obligations to financial institutions
SB70-AA10,280,2524 D.   Alimony, maintenance and child support (per
25month)
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1E.   Other obligations (such as other obligations
2to individuals, guarantees, contingent
3liabilities)
SB70-AA10,281,44 III.   Annual compensation for services:
SB70-AA10,281,65 (for example, wages and income from
6self-employment; also include social security,
SB70-AA10,281,77 disability and similar income here)
SB70-AA10,281,88 (IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL SPACE,
SB70-AA10,281,99 ADD ADDITIONAL SHEETS.)
SB70-AA10,575 10Section 575. 767.215 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,281,1311 767.215 (2) (b) The name and birthdate of each minor child of the parties and
12each other child born to the wife a party during the marriage, and whether the wife
13a party is pregnant.
SB70-AA10,576 14Section 576. 767.215 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,281,1715 767.215 (5) (a) 2. The name, date of birth, and social security number of each
16minor child of the parties and of each child who was born to the wife a party during
17the marriage and who is a minor.
SB70-AA10,577 18Section 577. 767.323 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,282,7 19767.323 Suspension of proceedings to effect reconciliation. During the
20pendency of an action for divorce or legal separation, the court may, upon written
21stipulation of both parties that they desire to attempt a reconciliation, enter an order
22suspending any and all orders and proceedings for such period, not exceeding 90
23days, as the court determines advisable to permit the parties to attempt a
24reconciliation without prejudice to their respective rights. During the suspension
25period, the parties may resume living together as husband and wife a married couple

1and their acts and conduct do not constitute an admission that the marriage is not
2irretrievably broken or a waiver of the ground that the parties have voluntarily lived
3apart continuously for 12 months or more immediately prior to the commencement
4of the action. Suspension may be revoked upon the motion of either party by an order
5of the court. If the parties become reconciled, the court shall dismiss the action. If
6the parties are not reconciled after the period of suspension, the action shall proceed
7as though no reconciliation period was attempted.
SB70-AA10,578 8Section 578. 767.80 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,282,139 767.80 (1) Who may bring action or file motion. (intro.) The following persons
10may bring an action or file a motion, including an action or motion for declaratory
11judgment, for the purpose of determining the paternity of a child, or for the purpose
12of rebutting the presumption of paternity parentage under s. 891.405, 891.407, or
13891.41 (1):
SB70-AA10,579 14Section 579. 767.80 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,282,1615 767.80 (1) (c) Unless s. 767.804 (1) or 767.805 (1) applies, a male person
16presumed to be the child's father parent under s. 891.405, 891.407, or 891.41 (1).
SB70-AA10,580 17Section 580. 767.80 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,282,2518 767.80 (2) Certain agreements not a bar to action. Regardless of its terms,
19an agreement made after July 1, 1981, other than an agreement approved by the
20court between an alleged or presumed father parent and the mother or child, does
21not bar an action under this section. Whenever the court approves an agreement in
22which one of the parties agrees not to commence an action under this section, the
23court shall first determine whether or not the agreement is in the best interest of the
24child. The court shall not approve any provision waiving the right to bring an action
25under this section if this provision is contrary to the best interests of the child.
SB70-AA10,581
1Section 581. 767.803 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,283,11 2767.803 Determination of marital children. If the father and mother
3natural parents of a nonmarital child enter into a lawful marriage or a marriage
4which appears and they believe is lawful, except where the parental rights of the
5mother parent who gave birth were terminated before either of these circumstances,
6the child becomes a marital child, is entitled to a change in birth record under s. 69.15
7(3) (b), and shall enjoy all of the rights and privileges of a marital child as if he or she
8had been born during the marriage of the parents. This section applies to all cases
9before, on, or after its effective date, but no estate already vested shall be divested
10by this section and ss. 765.05 to 765.24 and 852.05. The children of all marriages
11declared void under the law are nevertheless marital children.
SB70-AA10,582 12Section 582. 767.804 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,283,1413 767.804 (1) (a) 4. No other male person is presumed to be the father natural
14parent
under s. 891.405 or 891.41 (1).
SB70-AA10,583 15Section 583. 767.805 (title), (1), (1m), (2) (a) and (b) and (3) (title) and (a) of
16the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-AA10,283,22 17767.805 (title) Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity parentage. (1)
18Conclusive determination of paternity parentage. A statement acknowledging
19paternity parentage that is on file with the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3.
20after the last day on which a person may timely rescind the statement, as specified
21in s. 69.15 (3m), is a conclusive determination, which shall be of the same effect as
22a judgment, of paternity parentage.
SB70-AA10,283,24 23(1m) Minor parent may not sign. A minor may not sign a statement
24acknowledging paternity parentage.
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1(2) (a) A statement acknowledging paternity parentage that is filed with the
2state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. may be rescinded as provided in s. 69.15 (3m)
3by a person who signed the statement as a parent of the child who is the subject of
4the statement.
SB70-AA10,284,95 (b) If a statement acknowledging paternity parentage is timely rescinded as
6provided in s. 69.15 (3m), a court may not enter an order specified in sub. (4) with
7respect to the male person who signed the statement as the father parent of the child
8unless the male person is adjudicated the child's father parent using the procedures
9set forth in this subchapter, except for this section.
SB70-AA10,284,15 10(3) (title) Actions when paternity parentage acknowledged. (a) Unless the
11statement acknowledging paternity parentage has been rescinded, an action
12affecting the family concerning custody, child support or physical placement rights
13may be brought with respect to persons who, with respect to a child, jointly signed
14and filed with the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. as parents of the child a
15statement acknowledging paternity parentage.
SB70-AA10,584 16Section 584. 767.805 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,284,2017 767.805 (4) Orders when paternity parentage acknowledged. (intro.) In an
18action under sub. (3) (a), if the persons who signed and filed the statement
19acknowledging paternity as parents parentage of the child had notice of the hearing,
20the court shall make an order that contains all of the following provisions:
SB70-AA10,585 21Section 585. 767.805 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,285,522 767.805 (4) (d) 1. An order establishing the amount of the father's obligation
23to pay or contribute to the reasonable expenses of the mother's pregnancy and the
24child's birth
childbirth by the parent who did not give birth. The amount established
25may not exceed one-half of the total actual and reasonable pregnancy and birth

1expenses. The order also shall specify the court's findings as to whether the father's
2parent who did not give birth has an income that is at or below the poverty line
3established under 42 USC 9902 (2), and shall specify whether periodic payments are
4due on the obligation, based on the father's parent's ability to pay or contribute to
5those expenses.
SB70-AA10,285,96 2. If the order does not require periodic payments because the father parent has
7no present ability to pay or contribute to the expenses, the court may modify the
8judgment or order at a later date to require periodic payments if the father parent
9has the ability to pay at that time.
SB70-AA10,586 10Section 586. 767.805 (5) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-AA10,285,1511 767.805 (5) (a) A determination of paternity parentage that arises under this
12section may be voided at any time upon a motion or petition stating facts that show
13fraud, duress or a mistake of fact. Except for good cause shown, any orders entered
14under sub. (4) shall remain in effect during the pendency of a proceeding under this
15paragraph.
SB70-AA10,285,2216 (b) If a court in a proceeding under par. (a) determines that the male person is
17not the father parent of the child, the court shall vacate any order entered under sub.
18(4) with respect to the male person. The court or the county child support agency
19under s. 59.53 (5) shall notify the state registrar, in the manner provided in s. 69.15
20(1) (b), to remove the male's person's name as the father parent of the child from the
21child's birth record. No paternity action may thereafter be brought against the male
22person with respect to the child.
SB70-AA10,587 23Section 587. 767.805 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,285,2524 767.805 (6) (a) (intro.) This section does not apply unless all of the following
25apply to the statement acknowledging paternity parentage:
SB70-AA10,588
1Section 588. 767.855 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,286,13 2767.855 Dismissal if adjudication not in child's best interest. Except as
3provided in s. 767.863 (1m), at any time in an action to establish the paternity of a
4child, upon the motion of a party or guardian ad litem or the child's mother if she is
5not a party
, the court or supplemental court commissioner under s. 757.675 (2) (g)
6may, if the court or supplemental court commissioner determines that a judicial
7determination of whether a male is the father of the child is not in the best interest
8of the child, dismiss the action with respect to the male, regardless of whether genetic
9tests have been performed or what the results of the tests, if performed, were.
10Notwithstanding ss. 767.813 (5g) (form) 4., 767.84 (1) and (2), 767.863 (2), 767.865
11(2), and 767.88 (4), if genetic tests have not yet been performed with respect to the
12male, the court or supplemental court commissioner is not required to order those
13genetic tests.
SB70-AA10,589 14Section 589. 767.863 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,286,2515 767.863 (1m) Paternity allegation by male person other than husband
16spouse; when determination not in best interest of child. In an action to establish
17the paternity of a child who was born to a woman while she was married, if a male
18person other than the woman's husband spouse alleges that he, not the husband
19woman's spouse, is the child's father biological parent, a party, or the woman if she
20is not a party,
may allege that a judicial determination that a male person other than
21the husband woman's spouse is the father biological parent is not in the best interest
22of the child. If the court or a supplemental court commissioner under s. 757.675 (2)
23(g) determines that a judicial determination of whether a male person other than the
24husband woman's spouse is the father biological parent is not in the best interest of
25the child, no genetic tests may be ordered and the action shall be dismissed.
SB70-AA10,590
1Section 590. 767.87 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,287,62 767.87 (1m) Birth record required. (intro.) If the child was born in this state,
3the petitioner shall present a certified copy of the child's birth record or a printed copy
4of the record from the birth database of the state registrar to the court, so that the
5court is aware of whether a name has been inserted on the birth record as the father
6parent of the child other than the mother, at the earliest possible of the following:
SB70-AA10,591 7Section 591. 767.87 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,287,128 767.87 (8) Burden of proof. The party bringing an action for the purpose of
9determining paternity or for the purpose of declaring the nonexistence of paternity
10presumed under s. 891.405, 891.407, or the nonexistence of parentage presumed
11under s. 891.405 or
891.41 (1) shall have the burden of proving the issues involved
12by clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence.
SB70-AA10,592 13Section 592. 767.87 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,287,1714 767.87 (9) Artificial insemination; natural father parent . Where If a child
15is conceived by artificial insemination, the husband spouse of the mother of the child
16at the time of the conception of the child is the natural father parent of the child, as
17provided in s. 891.40.
SB70-AA10,593 18Section 593. 767.883 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,288,1419 767.883 (1) Two parts. The trial shall be divided into 2 parts, the first part
20dealing with the determination of paternity parentage and the 2nd part dealing with
21child support, legal custody, periods of physical placement, and related issues. The
22main issue at the first part shall be whether the alleged or presumed father parent
23is or is not the father parent of the mother's child, but if the child was born to the
24mother while she was the lawful wife spouse of a specified male person, the prior
25issue of whether the husband mother's spouse was not the father parent of the child

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

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