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AB314,87,94705.01 (4m) Marital account means an account established without the
5right of survivorship on or after January 1, 1986, by 2 parties who claim to be
6husband and wife married to each other, which is payable on request to either or
7both of the parties and which is designated as a marital account. An account
8established by those parties with the right of survivorship under s. 766.58 (3) (f) or
9766.60 is a joint account.
AB314,21410Section 214. 706.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,87,1711706.09 (1) (e) Marital interests. Homestead of the spouse of any transferor of
12an interest in real estate, if the recorded conveyance purporting to transfer the
13homestead states that the person executing it is single, unmarried, or widowed a
14surviving spouse or fails to indicate the marital status of the transferor, and if the
15conveyance has, in either case, appeared of record for 5 years. This paragraph does
16not apply to the interest of a married person who is described of record as a holder
17in joint tenancy or of marital property with that transferor.
AB314,21518Section 215. 757.69 (1) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,87,2019757.69 (1) (g) 2. Order the release or detention of children or expectant
20mothers of persons pregnant with unborn children taken into custody.
AB314,21621Section 216. 757.69 (1) (g) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,88,222757.69 (1) (g) 9. Conduct hearings under s. 48.213 or 48.217 and thereafter

1order an adult expectant mother parent of an unborn child to be held in or released
2from custody.
AB314,2173Section 217. 757.69 (1m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,88,84757.69 (1m) (d) Make changes in placements of children, of juveniles, or of the
5expectant mothers of persons pregnant with unborn children, or revisions or
6extensions of dispositional orders, except pursuant to petitions or citations under s.
7938.125, in uncontested proceedings under s. 48.13, 48.133, 938.12, or 938.13, or as
8permitted under sub. (1) (g) 6., 8., 9., and 15.
AB314,2189Section 218. 765.001 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,89,510765.001 (2) Intent. It is the intent of chs. 765 to 768 to promote the stability
11and best interests of marriage and the family. It is the intent of the legislature to
12recognize the valuable contributions of both spouses during the marriage and at
13termination of the marriage by dissolution or death. Marriage is the institution
14that is the foundation of the family and of society. Its stability is basic to morality
15and civilization, and of vital interest to society and the state. The consequences of
16the marriage contract are more significant to society than those of other contracts,
17and the public interest must be taken into account always. The seriousness of
18marriage makes adequate premarital counseling and education for family living
19highly desirable and courses thereon are urged upon all persons contemplating
20marriage. The impairment or dissolution of the marriage relation generally results
21in injury to the public wholly apart from the effect upon the parties immediately
22concerned. Under the laws of this state, marriage is a legal relationship between 2
23equal persons, a husband and wife, who owe to each other mutual responsibility

1and support. Each spouse has an equal obligation in accordance with his or her
2ability to contribute money or services or both which are necessary for the adequate
3support and maintenance of his or her minor children and of the other spouse. No
4spouse may be presumed primarily liable for support expenses under this
5subsection.
AB314,2196Section 219. 765.01 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,89,107765.01 A civil contract. Marriage, so far as its validity at law is concerned,
8is a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting
9is essential, and which creates the legal status of husband and wife spouse to each
10other.
AB314,22011Section 220. 765.02 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB314,89,1312765.02 (3) Marriage may be contracted between persons of the same sex or
13different sexes.
AB314,22114Section 221. 765.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,90,215765.03 (1) No marriage shall be contracted while either of the parties has a
16husband or wife spouse living, nor between persons who are nearer of kin than 2nd
17cousins except that marriage may be contracted between first cousins where the
18female has attained the age of 55 years or where if either party, at the time of
19application for a marriage license, submits an affidavit signed by a physician
20stating that either party is permanently sterile or that the 2 parties are otherwise
21permanently biologically incapable of producing a child together. Relationship
22under this section shall be computed by the rule of the civil law, whether the parties
23to the marriage are of the half or of the whole blood. A marriage may not be

1contracted if either party has such want of understanding as renders him or her
2incapable of assenting to marriage.
AB314,2223Section 222. 765.12 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,90,94765.12 (1) (a) If ss. 765.02, 765.05, 765.08, and 765.09 are complied with, and
5if there is no prohibition against or legal objection to the marriage, the county clerk
6shall issue a marriage license. With each marriage license the county clerk shall
7provide information describing the causes and effects of fetal alcohol syndrome and
8the dangers to a fetus from the mothers use of cocaine or other drugs by the
9pregnant person during pregnancy.
AB314,22310Section 223. 765.16 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,90,2011765.16 (1m) (intro.) Marriage may be validly solemnized and contracted in
12this state only after a marriage license has been issued therefor, and only by the
13mutual declarations of the 2 parties to be joined in marriage that they take each
14takes the other as husband and wife his or her spouse, made before an authorized
15officiating person and in the presence of at least 2 competent adult witnesses other
16than the officiating person. If one of the parties is serving on active duty in the U.S.
17armed forces or in forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces, in a reserve unit of
18the U.S. armed forces, or in the national guard, the presence of only one competent
19adult witness other than the officiating person is required. The following are
20authorized to be officiating persons:
AB314,22421Section 224. 765.16 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,91,222765.16 (1m) (c) The 2 parties themselves, by mutual declarations that they
23take each takes the other as husband and wife his or her spouse, in accordance with

1the customs, rules, and regulations of any religious society, denomination, or sect to
2which either of the parties may belong.
AB314,2253Section 225. 765.23 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,91,174765.23 Immaterial irregularities otherwise. No marriage hereafter
5contracted shall be void either by reason of the marriage license having been issued
6by a county clerk not having jurisdiction to issue the same; or by reason of any
7informality or irregularity of form in the application for the marriage license or in
8the marriage license itself, or the incompetency of the witnesses to such marriage;
9or because the marriage may have been solemnized more than 60 days after the
10date of the marriage license, if the marriage is in other respects lawful and is
11consummated with the full belief on the part of the persons so married, or either of
12them, that they have been lawfully joined in marriage. Where a marriage has been
13celebrated in one of the forms provided for in s. 765.16 (1m), and the parties thereto
14have immediately thereafter assumed the habit and repute of husband and wife a
15married couple, and having continued the same uninterruptedly thereafter for the
16period of one year, or until the death of either of them, it shall be deemed that a
17marriage license has been issued as required by ss. 765.05 to 765.24 and 767.803.
AB314,22618Section 226. 765.24 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,92,919765.24 Removal of impediments to subsequent marriage. If a person
20during the lifetime of a husband or wife spouse with whom the marriage is in force,
21enters into a subsequent marriage contract in accordance with s. 765.16, and the
22parties thereto live together thereafter as husband and wife a married couple, and
23such subsequent marriage contract was entered into by one of the parties in good

1faith, in the full belief that the former husband or wife spouse was dead, or that the
2former marriage had been annulled, or dissolved by a divorce, or without knowledge
3of such former marriage, they the parties shall, after the impediment to their
4marriage has been removed by the death or divorce of the other party to such former
5marriage, if they continue to live together as husband and wife a married couple in
6good faith on the part of one of them, be held to have been legally married from and
7after the removal of such impediment and the issue of any children born during
8such subsequent marriage shall be considered as the marital issue children of both
9parents parties.
AB314,22710Section 227. 765.30 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,92,1911765.30 (3) (a) Penalty for unlawful solemnization of marriage. Any officiating
12person who solemnizes a marriage unless the contracting parties have first
13obtained a proper marriage license as heretofore provided; or unless the parties to
14such marriage declare that they take each takes the other as husband and wife his
15or her spouse; or without the presence of competent adult witnesses as required
16under s. 765.16 (1m); or solemnizes a marriage knowing of any legal impediment
17thereto; or solemnizes a marriage more than 60 days after the date of the marriage
18license; or falsely certifies to the date of a marriage solemnized by the officiating
19person.
AB314,22820Section 228. 766.587 (7) (form) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,93,221766.587 (7) (form) 9. BOTH SPOUSES MUST SIGN THIS AGREEMENT. IF
22SIGNED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1986, IT IS EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 1986,
23OR THE DATE THE PARTIES MARRY, WHICHEVER IS LATER. IF SIGNED

1ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1986, IT IS EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE SIGNED
2OR THE DATE THE PARTIES MARRY, WHICHEVER IS LATER.
AB314,93,43STATUTORY INDIVIDUAL

4PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION AGREEMENT
AB314,93,55(Pursuant to Section 766.587, Wisconsin Statutes)
AB314,93,76This agreement is made and entered into by .... and ...., (husband and wife who
7are married) (who intend to marry) (strike one).
AB314,93,118The parties to this agreement agree to classify all their property, including
9property owned by them now and property acquired before January 1, 1987, as the
10individual property of the owning spouse, and agree that ownership of their
11property shall be determined as if it were December 31, 1985.
AB314,93,1212This agreement terminates on January 1, 1987.
AB314,93,1313Signature .... Date ....
AB314,93,1414Print Name Here: ....
AB314,93,1515Address: ....
AB314,93,1616Signature .... Date ....
AB314,93,1717Print Name Here: ....
AB314,93,1818Address: ....
AB314,93,2019[Note: Each spouse should retain a copy of the agreement for himself or
20herself.]
AB314,22921Section 229. 766.588 (9) (form) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB314,94,222766.588 (9) (form) 13. IF AFTER ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT
23ONE OR BOTH OF YOU ESTABLISH A DOMICILE OUTSIDE THIS STATE,

1YOU ARE URGED TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING THE
2CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
AB314,94,33Statutory terminable marital
AB314,94,44Property classification agreement
AB314,94,55(Pursuant to Section 766.588, Wisconsin Statutes)
AB314,94,96This agreement is entered into by .... and .... (husband and wife who are
7married) (who intend to marry) (strike one). The parties hereby classify all of the
8property owned by them when this agreement becomes effective, and property
9acquired during the term of this agreement, as marital property.
AB314,94,1310One spouse may terminate this agreement at any time by giving signed notice
11of termination to the other spouse. Notice of termination by a spouse is given upon
12personal delivery or when sent by certified mail to the other spouses last-known
13address. The agreement terminates 30 days after such notice is given.
AB314,94,1814The parties (have) (have not) (strike one) completed Schedule A, Financial
15Disclosure, attached to this agreement. If Schedule A has not been completed,
16the duration of this agreement is 3 years after both parties have signed the
17agreement. If Schedule A has been completed, the duration of this agreement is
18not limited to 3 years after it is signed.
AB314,95,419IF THE DURATION OF THIS AGREEMENT IS NOT TO BE LIMITED TO 3
20YEARS, MAKE SURE SCHEDULE A, FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, IS
21COMPLETED AND THAT YOU HAVE REVIEWED THE SCHEDULE BEFORE
22SIGNING THE AGREEMENT. IF YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE HAVE
23PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO A STATUTORY TERMINABLE MARITAL

1PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER WHICH
2WAS EFFECTIVE DURING YOUR PRESENT MARRIAGE AND YOU AND
3YOUR SPOUSE DID NOT COMPLETE SCHEDULE A, YOU MAY NOT
4EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE SCHEDULE A.
AB314,95,55Signature of One Spouse: ....
AB314,95,66Date: ....
AB314,95,77Print Name Here: ....
AB314,95,88Residence Address: ....
AB314,95,99(Make Sure Your Signature is Authenticated or Acknowledged Below.)
AB314,95,1010Authentication
AB314,95,1111Signature .... authenticated this .... day of ...., .... (year)
AB314,95,1313TITLE: MEMBER STATE BAR OF WISCONSIN
AB314,95,1414(If not, .... authorized by s. 706.06, Wis. Stats.)
AB314,95,1515Acknowledgment
AB314,95,1616STATE OF WISCONSIN   )
AB314,95,1717)   ss.
AB314,95,1818.... County   )
AB314,95,2119Personally came before me this .... day of ...., .... (year) the above named .... to
20me known to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument and
21acknowledge the same.
AB314,95,2323Notary Public ...., .... County, Wisconsin.
AB314,96,1
1My Commission is permanent.
AB314,96,22(If not, state expiration date: ...., .... (year))
AB314,96,33(Signatures may be authenticated or
AB314,96,44acknowledged. Both are not necessary.)
AB314,96,55*Names of persons signing in any capacity should be
AB314,96,66typed or printed below their signatures.
AB314,96,77Signature of Other Spouse: ....
AB314,96,88Date: ....
AB314,96,99Print Name Here: ....
AB314,96,1010Residence Address: ....
AB314,96,1111(Make Sure Your Signature is Authenticated or Acknowledged Below.)
AB314,96,1212Authentication
AB314,96,1313Signature .... authenticated this .... day of ...., .... (year)
AB314,96,1515TITLE: MEMBER STATE BAR OF WISCONSIN
AB314,96,1616(If not, .... authorized by s. 706.06, Wis. Stats.)
AB314,96,1717Acknowledgment
AB314,96,1818STATE OF WISCONSIN   )
AB314,96,1919)   ss.
AB314,96,2020.... County   )
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