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AB484,22,84 48.245 (5) Informal disposition shall be terminated upon the request of the
5child, if 12 years of age or over, or the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian,
6upon request of the child expectant mother parent, if 12 years of age or over, or her
7the child expectant parent's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, or upon the request
8of the adult expectant mother parent.
AB484,44 9Section 44 . 48.245 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,22,1710 48.245 (8) If the obligations imposed under the informal disposition are met,
11the intake worker shall so inform the child and a parent, guardian, and legal
12custodian; the child expectant mother, her parent, the child expectant parent's
13parent, guardian, and legal custodian, and the unborn child's guardian ad litem; or
14the adult expectant mother parent and the unborn child's guardian ad litem, in
15writing, and no petition may be filed on the charges that brought about the informal
16disposition nor may the charges be the sole basis for a petition under ss. 48.13 to
1748.14.
AB484,45 18Section 45 . 48.255 (1m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,23,419 48.255 (1m) (f) If the expectant mother parent is a child and the child expectant
20mother is being held in custody outside of her the child expectant parent's home,
21reliable and credible information showing that continued placement of the child
22expectant mother parent in her the child expectant parent's home would be contrary
23to the welfare of the child expectant mother parent and, unless any of the
24circumstances specified in s. 48.355 (2d) (b) 1. to 5. applies, reliable and credible
25information showing that the person who took the child expectant mother parent

1into custody and the intake worker have made reasonable efforts to prevent the
2removal of the child expectant mother parent from the home, while assuring that the
3child expectant mother's parent's health and safety are the paramount concerns, and
4to make it possible for the child expectant mother parent to return safely home.
AB484,46 5Section 46 . 48.255 (1m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,23,166 48.255 (1m) (g) If the petitioner knows or has reason to know that the expectant
7mother parent is an Indian child , and if the child expectant mother who has been
8removed from the home of her the child expectant parent's parent or Indian
9custodian, reliable and credible information showing that continued custody of the
10child expectant mother parent by his or her parent or Indian custodian is likely to
11result in serious emotional or physical damage to the child expectant mother parent
12under s. 48.028 (4) (d) 1. and reliable and credible information showing that active
13efforts under s. 48.028 (4) (d) 2. have been made to prevent the breakup of the Indian
14child's family and that those efforts have proved unsuccessful. The petition shall set
15forth with specificity both the information required under this paragraph and the
16information required under par. (f).
AB484,47 17Section 47 . 48.255 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,24,418 48.255 (4) A copy of a petition under sub. (1) shall be given to the child if the
19child is 12 years of age or over and to a parent, guardian, legal custodian, and
20physical custodian. A copy of a petition under sub. (1m) shall be given to the child
21expectant mother parent, if 12 years of age or over, her the child expectant parent's
22parent, guardian, legal custodian, and physical custodian, and the unborn child's
23guardian ad litem or to the adult expectant mother parent, the unborn child's
24guardian ad litem, and the physical custodian of the expectant mother parent, if any.
25If the child is an Indian child who has been removed from the home of his or her

1parent or Indian custodian or the unborn child will be an Indian child when born, a
2copy of a petition under sub. (1) or (1m) shall also be given to the Indian child's Indian
3custodian and tribe or the Indian tribe with which the unborn child may be eligible
4for affiliation when born.
AB484,48 5Section 48 . 48.27 (3) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB484,24,116 48.27 (3) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if the petition that was filed
7relates to facts concerning a situation under s. 48.13 or a situation under s. 48.133
8involving an expectant mother parent who is a child and if the child is a nonmarital
9child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry as
10provided under s. 767.803 and if paternity the child's parentage has not been
11established, the court shall notify, under s. 48.273, all of the following persons:
AB484,24,1312 a. A person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental interest under s.
1348.025.
AB484,24,1614 b. A person alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the child or who may,
15based on the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other
16information presented to the court, be the father a parent of the child.
AB484,24,2017 2. A court is not required to provide notice, under subd. 1., to any person who
18may be the father parent of a child conceived as a result of a sexual assault if a
19physician attests to his or her belief that there was a sexual assault of the child's
20mother
person who gave birth that may have resulted in the child's conception.
AB484,49 21Section 49 . 48.27 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,25,822 48.27 (3) (c) If the petition that was filed relates to facts concerning a situation
23under s. 48.133 involving an expectant mother parent who is an adult, the court shall
24notify, under s. 48.273, the unborn child's guardian ad litem, the expectant mother
25parent, the physical custodian of the expectant mother parent, if any, and any person

1specified in par. (d), if applicable, of all hearings involving the unborn child and
2expectant mother parent except hearings on motions for which notice need only be
3provided to the expectant mother parent and her the expectant parent's counsel and
4the unborn child's guardian ad litem. The first notice to any interested party shall
5be written and may have a copy of the petition attached to it. Thereafter, notice of
6hearings may be given by telephone at least 72 hours before the time of the hearing.
7The person giving telephone notice shall place in the case file a signed statement of
8the time notice was given and the person to whom he or she spoke.
AB484,50 9Section 50 . 48.27 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,25,1110 48.27 (4) (b) 2. Advise the adult expectant mother parent of her the expectant
11parent's
right to legal counsel regardless of ability to pay.
AB484,51 12Section 51. 48.27 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,25,1913 48.27 (5) Subject to sub. (3) (b), the court shall make every reasonable effort
14to identify and notify any person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental
15interest under s. 48.025, any person conclusively determined from genetic test
16results to be the father parent under s. 767.804 (1), any person who has
17acknowledged paternity parentage of the child under s. 767.805 (1), and any person
18who has been adjudged to be the father parent of the child in a judicial proceeding
19unless the person's parental rights have been terminated.
AB484,52 20Section 52 . 48.295 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,26,1821 48.295 (1) After the filing of a petition and upon a finding by the court that
22reasonable cause exists to warrant a physical, psychological, mental, or
23developmental examination or an alcohol and other drug abuse assessment that
24conforms to the criteria specified under s. 48.547 (4), the court may order any child
25coming within its jurisdiction to be examined as an outpatient by personnel in an

1approved treatment facility for alcohol and other drug abuse, by a physician,
2psychiatrist or licensed psychologist, or by another expert appointed by the court
3holding at least a master's degree in social work or another related field of child
4development, in order that the child's physical, psychological, alcohol or other drug
5dependency, mental, or developmental condition may be considered. The court may
6also order a physical, psychological, mental, or developmental examination or an
7alcohol and other drug abuse assessment that conforms to the criteria specified
8under s. 48.547 (4) of a parent, guardian, or legal custodian whose ability to care for
9a child is at issue before the court or of an expectant mother parent whose ability to
10control her
use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances, or controlled substance
11analogs is at issue before the court. The court shall hear any objections by the child
12or the child's parents, guardian, or legal custodian to the request for such an
13examination or assessment before ordering the examination or assessment. The
14expenses of an examination, if approved by the court, shall be paid by the county of
15the court ordering the examination in a county having a population of less than
16750,000 or by the department in a county having a population of 750,000 or more.
17The payment for an alcohol and other drug abuse assessment shall be in accordance
18with s. 48.361.
AB484,53 19Section 53 . 48.299 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,27,220 48.299 (1) (a) The general public shall be excluded from hearings under this
21chapter and from hearings by courts exercising jurisdiction under s. 48.16 unless a
22public fact-finding hearing is demanded by a child through his or her counsel, by an
23expectant mother parent through her counsel, or by an unborn child's guardian ad
24litem. However, the court shall refuse to grant the public hearing in a proceeding

1other than a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), if a parent, guardian, expectant mother
2parent, or unborn child's guardian ad litem objects.
AB484,54 3Section 54 . 48.299 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,27,84 48.299 (6) (intro.) If a man person who has been given notice under s. 48.27 (3)
5(b) 1., 48.977 (4) (c) 1., 48.978 (2) (c) 1., or 48.9795 (4) (c) 1. appears at any hearing
6for which he the person received the notice, alleges that he is the father to be the
7parent
of the child, and states that he wishes requests to establish the paternity of
8the child
child's parentage, all of the following apply:
AB484,55 9Section 55 . 48.299 (6) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,27,1410 48.299 (6) (e) 1. In this paragraph, “genetic test" means a test that examines
11genetic markers present on blood cells, skin cells, tissue cells, bodily fluid cells or
12cells of another body material for the purpose of determining the statistical
13probability that a man person who is alleged to be a child's father parent is the child's
14biological father parent.
AB484,56 15Section 56 . 48.299 (6) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,27,1816 48.299 (6) (e) 2. The court shall, at the hearing, orally inform any man person
17specified in sub. (6) (intro.) that he or she may be required to pay for any testing
18ordered by the court under this paragraph or under s. 885.23.
AB484,57 19Section 57 . 48.299 (6) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,28,720 48.299 (6) (e) 3. In addition to ordering testing as provided under s. 885.23, if
21the court determines that it would be in the best interests of the child, the court may
22order any man person specified in sub. (6) (intro.) to submit to one or more genetic
23tests which shall be performed by an expert qualified as an examiner of genetic
24markers present on the cells and of the specific body material to be used for the tests,
25as appointed by the court. A report completed and certified by the court-appointed

1expert stating genetic test results and the statistical probability that the man person
2alleged to be the child's father parent is the child's biological father parent based
3upon the genetic tests is admissible as evidence without expert testimony and may
4be entered into the record at any hearing. The court, upon request by a party, may
5order that independent tests be performed by other experts qualified as examiners
6of genetic markers present on the cells of the specific body materials to be used for
7the tests.
AB484,58 8Section 58 . 48.299 (6) (e) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,28,139 48.299 (6) (e) 4. If the genetic tests show that an alleged father parent is not
10excluded and that the statistical probability that the alleged father parent is the
11child's biological father parent is 99.0 percent or higher, the court may determine
12that for purposes of a proceeding under this chapter, other than a proceeding under
13subch. VIII, the man person is the child's biological parent.
AB484,59 14Section 59 . 48.299 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,28,2315 48.299 (7) If a man person who has been given notice under s. 48.27 (3) (b) 1.,
1648.977 (4) (c) 1., 48.978 (2) (c) 1., or 48.9795 (4) (c) 1. appears at any hearing for which
17he the person received the notice but does not allege that he is the father to be the
18parent
of the child and state that he wishes states a wish to establish the paternity
19parentage of the child, or if no man person to whom such notice was given appears
20at a hearing, the court may refer the matter to the state or to the attorney responsible
21for support enforcement under s. 59.53 (6) (a) for a determination, under s. 767.80,
22of whether an action should be brought for the purpose of determining the paternity
23parentage of the child.
AB484,60 24Section 60 . 48.299 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,29,5
148.299 (8) As part of the proceedings under this chapter, the court may order
2that a record be made of any testimony of the child's mother person who gave birth
3to the child
relating to the child's paternity parentage. A record made under this
4subsection is admissible in a proceeding to determine the child's paternity parentage
5under subch. IX of ch. 767.
AB484,61 6Section 61 . 48.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,29,167 48.30 (2) At the commencement of the hearing under this section, the child and
8the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian; the child expectant
9mother, her parent, the child expectant parent's parent, guardian, legal custodian,
10or Indian custodian, and the unborn child's guardian ad litem; or the adult expectant
11mother parent and the unborn child's guardian ad litem; shall be advised of the
12rights specified in s. 48.243 and shall be informed that a request for a jury trial or
13for a substitution of judge under s. 48.29 must be made before the end of the plea
14hearing or is waived. Nonpetitioning parties, including the child, shall be granted
15a continuance of the plea hearing if they wish to consult with an attorney on the
16request for a jury trial or substitution of a judge.
AB484,62 17Section 62 . 48.32 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,30,818 48.32 (1) (a) At any time after the filing of a petition for a proceeding relating
19to s. 48.13 or 48.133 and before the entry of judgment, the judge or a circuit court
20commissioner may suspend the proceedings and place the child or expectant mother
21parent under supervision in the home or present placement of the child or expectant
22mother parent. The court may establish terms and conditions applicable to the child
23and the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, to the child expectant mother
24parent and her the child expectant parent's parent, guardian or legal custodian, or
25to the adult expectant mother parent, including the condition specified in sub. (1b).

1The order under this section shall be known as a consent decree and must be agreed
2to by the child if 12 years of age or older, the parent, guardian, or legal custodian, and
3the person filing the petition under s. 48.25; by the child expectant mother parent,
4her the child expectant parent's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, the unborn
5child's guardian ad litem, and the person filing the petition under s. 48.25; or by the
6adult expectant mother parent, the unborn child's guardian ad litem, and the person
7filing the petition under s. 48.25. The consent decree shall be reduced to writing and
8given to the parties.
AB484,63 9Section 63 . 48.33 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,30,1410 48.33 (2) Home placement reports. A report recommending that the child
11remain in his or her home or that the expectant mother parent remain in his or her
12home may be presented orally at the dispositional hearing if all parties consent. A
13report that is presented orally shall be transcribed and made a part of the court
14record.
AB484,64 15Section 64 . 48.33 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,30,2216 48.33 (4) Other out-of-home placements. (intro.) A report recommending
17placement of an adult expectant mother parent outside of her the expectant parent's
18home shall be in writing. A report recommending placement of a child in a foster
19home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth, in the home of
20a relative other than a parent, in the home of a guardian under s. 48.977 (2), or in
21a supervised independent living arrangement shall be in writing and shall include
22all of the following:
AB484,65 23Section 65 . 48.345 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,31,13 2448.345 Disposition of child or unborn child of child expectant mother
25parent adjudged in need of protection or services. (intro.) If the judge finds

1that the child is in need of protection or services or that the unborn child of a child
2expectant mother parent is in need of protection or services, the judge shall enter an
3order deciding one or more of the dispositions of the case as provided in this section
4under a care and treatment plan, except that the order may not place any child not
5specifically found under chs. 46, 49, 51, 54, or 115 to be developmentally disabled,
6mentally ill, or to have a disability specified in s. 115.76 (5) in facilities that
7exclusively treat those categories of children, and the court may not place any child
8expectant mother parent of an unborn child in need of protection or services outside
9of the child expectant mother's parent's home unless the court finds that the child
10expectant mother parent is refusing or has refused to accept any alcohol or other drug
11abuse services offered to her or is not making or has not made a good faith effort to
12participate in any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her. The
13dispositions under this section are as follows:
AB484,66 14Section 66 . 48.345 (14) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,32,715 48.345 (14) (a) If, based on an evaluation under s. 48.295 and the report under
16s. 48.33, the judge finds that the child expectant mother parent of an unborn child
17in need of protection or services is in need of inpatient treatment for her a habitual
18lack of self-control in the use of alcohol, controlled substances or controlled
19substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree, that inpatient treatment is
20appropriate for the child expectant mother's parent's needs and that inpatient
21treatment is the least restrictive treatment consistent with the child expectant
22mother's parent's needs, the judge may order the child expectant mother parent to
23enter an inpatient alcohol or other drug abuse treatment program at an inpatient
24facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10). The inpatient facility shall, under the terms of
25a service agreement between the inpatient facility and the county in a county having

1a population of less than 750,000 or the department in a county having a population
2of 750,000 or more, or with the written and informed consent of the child expectant
3mother parent or the child expectant mother's parent's parent if the child expectant
4mother parent has not attained the age of 12, report to the agency primarily
5responsible for providing services to the child expectant mother parent as to whether
6the child expectant mother parent is cooperating with the treatment and whether the
7treatment appears to be effective.
AB484,67 8Section 67 . 48.347 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,32,25 948.347 Disposition of unborn child of adult expectant mother parent
10adjudged in need of protection or services.
(intro.) If the judge finds that the
11unborn child of an adult expectant mother parent is in need of protection or services,
12the judge shall enter an order deciding one or more of the dispositions of the case as
13provided in this section under a care and treatment plan, except that the order may
14not place any adult expectant mother parent of an unborn child not specifically found
15under ch. 51, 54, or 55 to be developmentally disabled or mentally ill in a facility that
16exclusively treats those categories of individuals, and the court may not place any
17adult expectant mother parent of an unborn child in need of protection or services
18outside of the adult expectant mother's parent's home unless the court finds that the
19adult expectant mother parent is refusing or has refused to accept any alcohol or
20other drug abuse services offered to her or is not making or has not made a good faith
21effort to participate in any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her. If the
22judge finds that the unborn child of a child expectant mother parent is in need of
23protection or services, the judge shall enter an order deciding one or more of the
24dispositions of the case as provided in s. 48.345 under a care and treatment plan. The
25dispositions under this section are as follows:
AB484,68
1Section 68. 48.347 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,33,172 48.347 (6) (a) If, based on an evaluation under s. 48.295 and the report under
3s. 48.33, the judge finds that the adult expectant mother parent is in need of inpatient
4treatment for her a habitual lack of self-control in the use of alcohol, controlled
5substances or controlled substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree, that
6inpatient treatment is appropriate for the adult expectant mother's parent's needs
7and that inpatient treatment is the least restrictive treatment consistent with the
8adult expectant mother's parent's needs, the judge may order the adult expectant
9mother parent to enter an inpatient alcohol or other drug abuse treatment program
10at an inpatient facility, as defined in s. 51.01 (10). The inpatient facility shall, under
11the terms of a service agreement between the inpatient facility and the county in a
12county having a population of less than 750,000 or the department in a county having
13a population of 750,000 or more, or with the written and informed consent of the
14adult expectant mother parent, report to the agency primarily responsible for
15providing services to the adult expectant mother parent as to whether the adult
16expectant mother parent is cooperating with the treatment and whether the
17treatment appears to be effective.
AB484,69 18Section 69 . 48.355 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,34,1019 48.355 (1) Intent. In any order under s. 48.345 or 48.347 the judge shall decide
20on a placement and treatment finding based on evidence submitted to the judge. The
21disposition shall employ those means necessary to maintain and protect the
22well-being of the child or unborn child which are the least restrictive of the rights
23of the parent and child, of the rights of the parent and child expectant mother parent
24or of the rights of the adult expectant mother parent, and which assure the care,
25treatment or rehabilitation of the child and the family, of the child expectant mother

1parent, the unborn child and the family or of the adult expectant mother parent and
2the unborn child, consistent with the protection of the public. When appropriate,
3and, in cases of child abuse or neglect or unborn child abuse, when it is consistent
4with the best interest of the child or unborn child in terms of physical safety and
5physical health, the family unit shall be preserved and there shall be a policy of
6transferring custody of a child from the parent or of placing an expectant mother
7parent outside of her the expectant parent's home only when there is no less drastic
8alternative. If there is no less drastic alternative for a child than transferring
9custody from the parent, the judge shall consider transferring custody to a relative
10whenever possible.
AB484,70 11Section 70 . 48.355 (2) (b) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,34,1412 48.355 (2) (b) 2m. If the adult expectant mother parent is placed outside her
13the expectant parent's home, the name of the place or facility, including transitional
14placements, where the expectant mother parent shall be treated.
AB484,71 15Section 71 . 48.355 (4g) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,34,2216 48.355 (4g) (a) 1. The child's parents are parties to a pending action for divorce,
17annulment, or legal separation, a man person determined under s. 48.299 (6) (e) 4.
18to be the biological father parent of the child for purposes of a proceeding under this
19chapter is a party to a pending action to determine paternity parentage of the child
20under ch. 767, or the child is the subject of a pending independent action under s.
21767.41 or 767.43 to determine legal custody of the child or visitation rights with
22respect to the child.
AB484,72 23Section 72 . 48.356 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,35,824 48.356 (1) Whenever the court orders a child to be placed outside his or her of
25the child's
home, orders an expectant mother parent of an unborn child to be placed

1outside of her the expectant parent's home, or denies a parent visitation because the
2child or unborn child has been adjudged to be in need of protection or services under
3s. 48.345, 48.347, 48.357, 48.363, or 48.365 and whenever the court reviews a
4permanency plan under s. 48.38 (5m), the court shall orally inform the parent or
5parents who appear in court or the expectant mother parent who appears in court
6of any grounds for termination of parental rights under s. 48.415 which may be
7applicable and of the conditions necessary for the child or expectant mother parent
8to be returned to the home or for the parent to be granted visitation.
AB484,73 9Section 73 . 48.357 (1) (am) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,35,1410 48.357 (1) (am) 2. b. By the child expectant mother parent, if 12 years of age
11or over, her the child expectant parent's parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian
12custodian, the unborn child's guardian ad litem, and the child expectant mother's
13parent's tribe, if she the child expectant parent is an Indian child who has been
14removed from the home of her a parent or Indian custodian.
AB484,74 15Section 74 . 48.357 (5r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,35,2316 48.357 (5r) Expectant mother parent; placement outside the home. The court
17may not change the placement of an expectant mother parent of an unborn child in
18need of protection or services from a placement in the expectant mother's parent's
19home to a placement outside of the expectant mother's parent's home unless the court
20finds that the expectant mother parent is refusing or has refused to accept any
21alcohol or other drug abuse services offered to her or is not making or has not made
22a good faith effort to participate in any alcohol or other drug abuse services offered
23to her
.
AB484,75 24Section 75 . 48.361 (2) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.361 (2) (a) 1m. If an adult expectant mother parent neglects, refuses or is
2unable to obtain court-ordered alcohol and other drug abuse services for herself
3through her health insurance or other 3rd-party payments, the judge may order the
4adult expectant mother parent to pay for the court-ordered alcohol and drug abuse
5services. If the adult expectant mother parent consents to obtain court-ordered
6alcohol and other drug abuse services for herself through her health insurance or
7other 3rd-party payments but the health insurance provider or other 3rd-party
8payer refuses to provide the court-ordered alcohol and other drug abuse services, the
9court may order the health insurance provider or 3rd-party payer to pay for the
10court-ordered alcohol and other drug abuse services in accordance with the terms
11of the adult expectant mother's parent's health insurance policy or other 3rd-party
12payment plan.
AB484,76 13Section 76 . 48.362 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,36,2414 48.362 (3m) If an adult expectant mother parent neglects, refuses or is unable
15to obtain court-ordered special treatment or care for herself through her health
16insurance or other 3rd-party payments, the judge may order the adult expectant
17mother parent to pay for the court-ordered special treatment or care. If the adult
18expectant mother parent consents to obtain court-ordered special treatment or care
19for herself through her health insurance or other 3rd-party payments but the health
20insurance provider or other 3rd-party payer refuses to provide the court-ordered
21special treatment or care, the judge may order the health insurance provider or
223rd-party payer to pay for the court-ordered special treatment or care in accordance
23with the terms of the adult expectant mother's parent's health insurance policy or
24other 3rd-party payment plan.
AB484,77 25Section 77 . 48.41 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.41 (2) (c) A person who may be, but who has not been adjudicated as, the
2father parent of a nonmarital child may consent to the termination of any parental
3rights that he the person may have as provided in par. (a) or (b) or by signing a
4written, notarized statement which recites that he the person has been informed of
5and understands the effect of an order to terminate parental rights and that he the
6person
voluntarily disclaims any rights that he the person may have to the child,
7including the right to notice of proceedings under this subchapter.
AB484,78 8Section 78 . 48.415 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,37,189 48.415 (6) (b) In this subsection, “substantial parental relationship" means the
10acceptance and exercise of significant responsibility for the daily supervision,
11education, protection and care of the child. In evaluating whether the person has had
12a substantial parental relationship with the child, the court may consider such
13factors, including, but not limited to, whether the person has expressed concern for
14or interest in the support, care or well-being of the child, whether the person has
15neglected or refused to provide care or support for the child and whether, with respect
16to a person who is or may be the father parent of the child, the person has expressed
17concern for or interest in the support, care or well-being during pregnancy of the
18mother during her pregnancy person who gave birth to the child.
AB484,79 19Section 79 . 48.415 (9) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB484,38,220 48.415 (9) (a) Parenthood as a result of sexual assault, which shall be
21established by proving that the child was conceived as a result of a sexual assault in
22violation of s. 940.225 (1), (2), or (3), 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, or 948.085. Conception
23as a result of sexual assault as specified in this paragraph may be proved by a final
24judgment of conviction or other evidence produced at a fact-finding hearing under
25s. 48.424 indicating that the person who may be the father parent of the child

1committed, during a possible time of conception, a sexual assault as specified in this
2paragraph against the mother of person who gave birth to the child.
AB484,38,63 (b) If the conviction or other evidence specified in par. (a) indicates that the
4child was conceived as a result of a sexual assault in violation of s. 948.02 (1) or (2)
5or 948.085, the mother of person who gave birth to the child may be heard on her the
6person's
desire for the termination of the father's other parent's parental rights.
AB484,80 7Section 80. 48.42 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB484,38,178 48.42 (1g) Affidavit. (a) Except as provided in par. (c), if the petition is filed
9by a person or agency other than the district attorney, corporation counsel, or other
10appropriate official under s. 48.09; if the petition seeks to terminate the parental
11rights of a person who may be the father parent of a nonmarital child who is under
12one year of age at the time the petition is filed, who is not adopted or whose parents
13do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, and whose paternity parentage
14has not been established; and if the mother of person who gave birth to the child has
15voluntarily consented to or seeks to voluntarily consent to the termination of her
16parental rights to the child, the petitioner may file with the petition an affidavit
17signed by the mother person who gave birth that includes all of the following:
AB484,38,2018 1. A statement that the mother person who gave birth to the child has
19voluntarily consented to or seeks to voluntarily consent to the termination of her
20parental rights to the child.
AB484,38,2221 2. A statement acknowledging that the mother person who gave birth to the
22child
has been asked to identify the father other natural parent of the child.
AB484,38,2523 3. A statement that the mother person who gave birth to the child knows and
24is identifying the father other natural parent or that she the person who gave birth
25to the child
does not know the identity of the father other natural parent.
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14. A statement identifying any man person who has lived in a familial
2relationship with the child and who may be the father natural parent of the child.
AB484,39,63 5. If the mother person who gave birth to the child states that she knows and
4is identifying
identifies the father other natural parent of the child under subd. 3.
5or 4., the father's other natural parent's name, age, and last-known mailing address,
6and the last-known mailing address of the father's other natural parent's employer.
AB484,39,107 6. If the mother person who gave birth to the child states that she does not know
8the identity of the father other natural parent of the child, an explanation of why she
9is unable to identify him
identification is not possible and a physical description of
10the father other natural parent of the child.
AB484,39,1511 7. A statement that the mother person who gave birth to the child has been
12informed and understands that if he or she misidentifies the father, other natural
13parent of the child, he or
she is permanently barred from attacking the termination
14of the father's or her either parent's parental rights on the basis that the father other
15natural parent of the child
was not correctly identified.
AB484,39,1916 8. A statement that the mother person who gave birth to the child understands
17that she may be prosecuted under s. 946.32 (2) for false swearing if she makes
18making a false statement that he or she does not believe is true in the affidavit under
19this paragraph may result in prosecution under s. 946.32 (2) for false swearing.
AB484,39,2420 9. A statement that the mother person who gave birth to the child has reviewed
21and understands the affidavit, the name of the person who explained the affidavit
22and the consequences of signing the affidavit to her the person who gave birth to the
23child
, and a statement that the mother person who gave birth to the child is signing
24the affidavit voluntarily.
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1(b) The petitioner shall notify any man person identified in the affidavit under
2par. (a) as an alleged father parent of his the right to file a declaration of paternal
3parental interest under s. 48.025 before the birth of the child, within 14 days after
4the birth of the child, or within 21 days after the date on which the notice is mailed,
5whichever is later; of the birth date or anticipated birth date of the child; and of the
6consequences of filing or not filing a declaration of paternal parental interest. The
7petitioner shall include with the notice a copy of the form required to file a
8declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025. The notice shall be sent
9by certified mail to the last-known address of the alleged father parent.
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