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SB464,210 6Section 210 . 700.19 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,80,147 700.19 (2) Husband and wife Spouses. If persons named as owners in a
8document of title, transferees in an instrument of transfer, or buyers in a bill of sale
9are described in the document, instrument, or bill of sale as husband and wife
10married to each other, or are in fact husband and wife married to each other, they are
11joint tenants, unless the intent to create a tenancy in common is expressed in the
12document, instrument, or bill of sale. This subsection applies to property acquired
13before January 1, 1986, and, if ch. 766 does not apply when the property is acquired,
14to property acquired on or after January 1, 1986.
SB464,211 15Section 211 . 705.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,80,2116 705.01 (4) “Joint account" means an account, other than a marital account,
17payable on request to one or more of 2 or more parties whether or not mention is made
18of any right of survivorship. “Joint account" also means any account established with
19the right of survivorship on or after January 1, 1986, by 2 parties who claim to be
20husband and wife married to each other, which is payable on request to either or both
21of the parties.
SB464,212 22Section 212 . 705.01 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,81,323 705.01 (4m) “Marital account" means an account established without the right
24of survivorship on or after January 1, 1986, by 2 parties who claim to be husband and
25wife
married to each other, which is payable on request to either or both of the parties

1and which is designated as a marital account. An account established by those
2parties with the right of survivorship under s. 766.58 (3) (f) or 766.60 is a joint
3account.
SB464,213 4Section 213 . 706.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,81,115 706.09 (1) (e) Marital interests. Homestead of the spouse of any transferor of
6an interest in real estate, if the recorded conveyance purporting to transfer the
7homestead states that the person executing it is single, unmarried , or widowed a
8surviving spouse
or fails to indicate the marital status of the transferor, and if the
9conveyance has, in either case, appeared of record for 5 years. This paragraph does
10not apply to the interest of a married person who is described of record as a holder
11in joint tenancy or of marital property with that transferor.
SB464,214 12Section 214 . 757.69 (1) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,81,1413 757.69 (1) (g) 2. Order the release or detention of children or expectant mothers
14of
persons pregnant with unborn children taken into custody.
SB464,215 15Section 215. 757.69 (1) (g) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,81,1816 757.69 (1) (g) 9. Conduct hearings under s. 48.213 or 48.217 and thereafter
17order an adult expectant mother parent of an unborn child to be held in or released
18from custody.
SB464,216 19Section 216 . 757.69 (1m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,81,2420 757.69 (1m) (d) Make changes in placements of children, of juveniles, or of the
21expectant mothers of
persons pregnant with unborn children, or revisions or
22extensions of dispositional orders, except pursuant to petitions or citations under s.
23938.125, in uncontested proceedings under s. 48.13, 48.133, 938.12, or 938.13, or as
24permitted under sub. (1) (g) 6., 8., 9., and 15.
SB464,217 25Section 217 . 765.001 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1765.001 (2) Intent. It is the intent of chs. 765 to 768 to promote the stability
2and best interests of marriage and the family. It is the intent of the legislature to
3recognize the valuable contributions of both spouses during the marriage and at
4termination of the marriage by dissolution or death. Marriage is the institution that
5is the foundation of the family and of society. Its stability is basic to morality and
6civilization, and of vital interest to society and the state. The consequences of the
7marriage contract are more significant to society than those of other contracts, and
8the public interest must be taken into account always. The seriousness of marriage
9makes adequate premarital counseling and education for family living highly
10desirable and courses thereon are urged upon all persons contemplating marriage.
11The impairment or dissolution of the marriage relation generally results in injury
12to the public wholly apart from the effect upon the parties immediately concerned.
13Under the laws of this state, marriage is a legal relationship between 2 equal
14persons, a husband and wife, who owe to each other mutual responsibility and
15support. Each spouse has an equal obligation in accordance with his or her ability
16to contribute money or services or both which are necessary for the adequate support
17and maintenance of his or her minor children and of the other spouse. No spouse may
18be presumed primarily liable for support expenses under this subsection.
SB464,218 19Section 218 . 765.01 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,82,23 20765.01 A civil contract. Marriage, so far as its validity at law is concerned,
21is a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting
22is essential, and which creates the legal status of husband and wife spouse to each
23other
.
SB464,219 24Section 219 . 765.02 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
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1765.02 (3) Marriage may be contracted between persons of the same sex or
2different sexes.
SB464,220 3Section 220 . 765.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,83,144 765.03 (1) No marriage shall be contracted while either of the parties has a
5husband or wife spouse living, nor between persons who are nearer of kin than 2nd
6cousins except that marriage may be contracted between first cousins where the
7female has attained the age of 55 years or where
if either party, at the time of
8application for a marriage license, submits an affidavit signed by a physician stating
9that either party is permanently sterile or that the 2 parties are otherwise
10permanently biologically incapable of producing a child together
. Relationship
11under this section shall be computed by the rule of the civil law, whether the parties
12to the marriage are of the half or of the whole blood. A marriage may not be
13contracted if either party has such want of understanding as renders him or her
14incapable of assenting to marriage.
SB464,221 15Section 221 . 765.12 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,83,2116 765.12 (1) (a) If ss. 765.02, 765.05, 765.08, and 765.09 are complied with, and
17if there is no prohibition against or legal objection to the marriage, the county clerk
18shall issue a marriage license. With each marriage license the county clerk shall
19provide information describing the causes and effects of fetal alcohol syndrome and
20the dangers to a fetus from the mother's use of cocaine or other drugs by the pregnant
21person
during pregnancy.
SB464,222 22Section 222 . 765.16 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,84,323 765.16 (1m) (intro.) Marriage may be validly solemnized and contracted in this
24state only after a marriage license has been issued therefor, and only by the mutual
25declarations of the 2 parties to be joined in marriage that they take each takes the

1other as husband and wife his or her spouse, made before an authorized officiating
2person and in the presence of at least 2 competent adult witnesses other than the
3officiating person. The following are authorized to be officiating persons:
SB464,223 4Section 223 . 765.16 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,84,85 765.16 (1m) (c) The 2 parties themselves, by mutual declarations that they
6take
each takes the other as husband and wife his or her spouse, in accordance with
7the customs, rules, and regulations of any religious society, denomination, or sect to
8which either of the parties may belong.
SB464,224 9Section 224 . 765.23 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,84,24 10765.23 Immaterial irregularities otherwise. No marriage hereafter
11contracted shall be void either by reason of the marriage license having been issued
12by a county clerk not having jurisdiction to issue the same; or by reason of any
13informality or irregularity of form in the application for the marriage license or in
14the marriage license itself, or the incompetency of the witnesses to such marriage;
15or because the marriage may have been solemnized in a county other than the county
16prescribed in s. 765.12, or more than 30 days after the date of the marriage license,
17if the marriage is in other respects lawful and is consummated with the full belief
18on the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully
19joined in marriage. Where a marriage has been celebrated in one of the forms
20provided for in s. 765.16 (1m), and the parties thereto have immediately thereafter
21assumed the habit and repute of husband and wife a married couple, and having
22continued the same uninterruptedly thereafter for the period of one year, or until the
23death of either of them, it shall be deemed that a marriage license has been issued
24as required by ss. 765.05 to 765.24 and 767.803.
SB464,225 25Section 225 . 765.24 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1765.24 Removal of impediments to subsequent marriage. If a person
2during the lifetime of a husband or wife spouse with whom the marriage is in force,
3enters into a subsequent marriage contract in accordance with s. 765.16, and the
4parties thereto live together thereafter as husband and wife a married couple, and
5such subsequent marriage contract was entered into by one of the parties in good
6faith, in the full belief that the former husband or wife spouse was dead, or that the
7former marriage had been annulled, or dissolved by a divorce, or without knowledge
8of such former marriage, they the parties shall, after the impediment to their
9marriage has been removed by the death or divorce of the other party to such former
10marriage, if they continue to live together as husband and wife a married couple in
11good faith on the part of one of them, be held to have been legally married from and
12after the removal of such impediment and the issue of any children born during such
13subsequent marriage shall be considered as the marital issue children of both
14parents parties.
SB464,226 15Section 226 . 765.30 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB464,85,2416 765.30 (3) (a) Penalty for unlawful solemnization of marriage. Any officiating
17person who solemnizes a marriage unless the contracting parties have first obtained
18a proper marriage license as heretofore provided; or unless the parties to such
19marriage declare that they take each takes the other as husband and wife his or her
20spouse
; or without the presence of 2 competent adult witnesses; or solemnizes a
21marriage knowing of any legal impediment thereto; or solemnizes a marriage more
22than 30 days after the date of the marriage license; or falsely certifies to the date of
23a marriage solemnized by the officiating person; or solemnizes a marriage in a county
24other than the county prescribed in s. 765.12.
SB464,227 25Section 227 . 766.587 (7) (form) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1766.587 (7) (form) 9. BOTH SPOUSES MUST SIGN THIS AGREEMENT. IF
2SIGNED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1986, IT IS EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 1986,
3OR THE DATE THE PARTIES MARRY, WHICHEVER IS LATER. IF SIGNED ON
4OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1986, IT IS EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE SIGNED OR THE
5DATE THE PARTIES MARRY, WHICHEVER IS LATER.
SB464,86,76 STATUTORY INDIVIDUAL
7 PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION AGREEMENT
SB464,86,88 (Pursuant to Section 766.587, Wisconsin Statutes)
SB464,86,109 This agreement is made and entered into by .... and ...., (husband and wife who
10are married
) (who intend to marry) (strike one).
SB464,86,1411 The parties to this agreement agree to classify all their property, including
12property owned by them now and property acquired before January 1, 1987, as the
13individual property of the owning spouse, and agree that ownership of their property
14shall be determined as if it were December 31, 1985.
SB464,86,1515 This agreement terminates on January 1, 1987.
SB464,86,1616 Signature .... Date ....
SB464,86,1717 Print Name Here: ....
SB464,86,1818 Address: ....
SB464,86,1919 Signature .... Date ....
SB464,86,2020 Print Name Here: ....
SB464,86,2121 Address: ....
SB464,86,2322 [Note: Each spouse should retain a copy of the agreement for himself or
23herself.]
SB464,228 24Section 228 . 766.588 (9) (form) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1766.588 (9) (form) 13. IF AFTER ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ONE
2OR BOTH OF YOU ESTABLISH A DOMICILE OUTSIDE THIS STATE, YOU ARE
3URGED TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING THE CONTINUED
4EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
SB464,87,5 5Statutory terminable marital
SB464,87,6 6Property classification agreement
SB464,87,77 (Pursuant to Section 766.588, Wisconsin Statutes)
SB464,87,118 This agreement is entered into by .... and .... (husband and wife who are
9married
) (who intend to marry) (strike one). The parties hereby classify all of the
10property owned by them when this agreement becomes effective, and property
11acquired during the term of this agreement, as marital property.
SB464,87,1512 One spouse may terminate this agreement at any time by giving signed notice
13of termination to the other spouse. Notice of termination by a spouse is given upon
14personal delivery or when sent by certified mail to the other spouse's last-known
15address. The agreement terminates 30 days after such notice is given.
SB464,87,2016 The parties (have) (have not) (strike one) completed Schedule “A", “ Financial
17Disclosure", attached to this agreement. If Schedule “A" has not been completed, the
18duration of this agreement is 3 years after both parties have signed the agreement.
19If Schedule “A" has been completed, the duration of this agreement is not limited to
203 years after it is signed.
SB464,88,421 IF THE DURATION OF THIS AGREEMENT IS NOT TO BE LIMITED TO 3
22YEARS, MAKE SURE SCHEDULE “A", “FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE", IS
23COMPLETED AND THAT YOU HAVE REVIEWED THE SCHEDULE BEFORE
24SIGNING THE AGREEMENT. IF YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE HAVE PREVIOUSLY
25ENTERED INTO A STATUTORY TERMINABLE MARITAL PROPERTY

1CLASSIFICATION AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER WHICH WAS
2EFFECTIVE DURING YOUR PRESENT MARRIAGE AND YOU AND YOUR
3SPOUSE DID NOT COMPLETE SCHEDULE “A", YOU MAY NOT EXECUTE THIS
4AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE SCHEDULE “A".
SB464,88,55 Signature of One Spouse: ....
SB464,88,66 Date: ....
SB464,88,77 Print Name Here: ....
SB464,88,88 Residence Address: ....
SB464,88,99 (Make Sure Your Signature is Authenticated or Acknowledged Below.)
SB464,88,10 10Authentication
SB464,88,1111 Signature .... authenticated this .... day of ...., .... (year)
SB464,88,1212 *....
SB464,88,1313 TITLE: MEMBER STATE BAR OF WISCONSIN
SB464,88,1414 (If not, .... authorized by s. 706.06, Wis. Stats.)
SB464,88,15 15Acknowledgment
SB464,88,1616 STATE OF WISCONSIN   )
SB464,88,1717 )   ss.
SB464,88,1818 .... County   )
SB464,88,2119 Personally came before me this .... day of ...., .... (year) the above named .... to
20me known to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledge
21the same.
SB464,88,2222 *....
SB464,88,2323 Notary Public ...., .... County, Wisconsin.
SB464,88,2424 My Commission is permanent.
SB464,88,2525 (If not, state expiration date: ...., .... (year))
SB464,89,1
1(Signatures may be authenticated or
SB464,89,22 acknowledged. Both are not necessary.)
SB464,89,33 *Names of persons signing in any capacity should be
SB464,89,44 typed or printed below their signatures.
SB464,89,55 Signature of Other Spouse: ....
SB464,89,66 Date: ....
SB464,89,77 Print Name Here: ....
SB464,89,88 Residence Address: ....
SB464,89,99 (Make Sure Your Signature is Authenticated or Acknowledged Below.)
SB464,89,10 10Authentication
SB464,89,1111 Signature .... authenticated this .... day of ...., .... (year)
SB464,89,1212 *....
SB464,89,1313 TITLE: MEMBER STATE BAR OF WISCONSIN
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