SB566,39 4Section 39. 48.432 (1) (am) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,17,75 48.432 (1) (am) 2. b. If there is no adjudicated father, the husband spouse of the
6mother at the time the individual or adoptee is conceived or born, or when the parents
7intermarry under s. 767.803.
SB566,40 8Section 40 . 48.63 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,17,179 48.63 (3) (b) 4. Before a child may be placed under subd. 1., the department,
10county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed
11adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who
12is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the
13finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who
14has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the
15department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive
16parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any, alleged or
17presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.
SB566,41 18Section 41 . 48.63 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,17,2419 48.63 (3) (b) 5. Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
20may coerce a birth parent of the child or any, alleged or presumed father parent of
21the child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the
22transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the
23child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise
24his or her parental rights to the child.
SB566,42 25Section 42. 48.82 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.82 (1) (a) A husband and wife Spouses jointly, or either the husband or wife
2if
the other spouse is of a parent of the minor.
SB566,43 3Section 43 . 48.837 (1r) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,18,124 48.837 (1r) (d) Before a child may be placed under par. (a), the department,
5county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed
6adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who
7is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the
8finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who
9has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the
10department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive
11parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any, alleged or
12presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.
SB566,44 13Section 44 . 48.837 (1r) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,18,1914 48.837 (1r) (e) Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
15may coerce a birth parent of the child or any, alleged or presumed father parent of
16the child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the
17transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the
18child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise
19his or her parental rights to the child.
SB566,45 20Section 45 . 48.837 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,19,921 48.837 (6) (b) At the beginning of the hearing held under sub. (2), the court shall
22review the report that is submitted under s. 48.913 (6). The court shall determine
23whether any payments or the conditions specified in any agreement to make
24payments are coercive to the any birth parent of the child or to an, alleged or
25presumed father parent of the child or are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4). Making

1any payment to or on behalf of the a birth parent of the child, an, alleged or presumed
2father parent of the child or the child conditional in any part upon transfer or
3surrender of the child or the termination of parental rights or the finalization of the
4adoption creates a rebuttable presumption of coercion. Upon a finding of coercion,
5the court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3) or amend the agreement
6to delete any coercive conditions, if the parties agree to the amendment. Upon a
7finding that payments which that are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4) have been
8made, the court may dismiss the petition and may refer the matter to the district
9attorney for prosecution under s. 948.24 (1).
SB566,46 10Section 46 . 48.837 (6) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,19,1411 48.837 (6) (br) At the hearing on the petition under sub. (2), the court shall
12determine whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any, alleged or presumed
13father parent of the child in violation of sub. (1r) (e). Upon a finding of coercion, the
14court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3).
SB566,47 15Section 47 . 48.913 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,19,1716 48.913 (1) (a) Preadoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an,
17alleged or presumed father parent of the child.
SB566,48 18Section 48 . 48.913 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,19,2019 48.913 (1) (b) Post-adoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an,
20alleged or presumed father parent of the child.
SB566,49 21Section 49 . 48.913 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,19,2422 48.913 (1) (h) Legal and other services received by a birth parent of the child,
23an
, alleged or presumed father parent of the child or the child in connection with the
24adoption.
SB566,50 25Section 50 . 48.913 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.913 (2) Payment of expenses when birth parent is residing in another
2state.
(intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the proposed adoptive parents of a child or
3a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents of a child may pay for an
4expense of a birth parent of the child or an, alleged or presumed father parent of the
5child if the birth parent or the, alleged or presumed father parent was residing in
6another state when the payment was made and when the expense was incurred and
7if all of the following apply:
SB566,51 8Section 51 . 48.913 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,20,119 48.913 (2) (b) The state in which the birth parent or the, alleged or presumed
10father parent was residing when the payment was made permits the payment of that
11expense by the proposed adoptive parents of the child.
SB566,52 12Section 52 . 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,20,2013 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) A listing of all payments made under this subsection, a
14copy of the statutory provisions of the state in which the birth parent or the, alleged
15or presumed father parent was residing when the payments were made that permit
16those payments to be made by the proposed adoptive parents of the child, and a copy
17of all orders entered in the state in which the birth parent or the, alleged or presumed
18father parent was residing when the payments were made that relate to the payment
19of expenses of the birth parent or the, alleged or presumed father parent by the
20proposed adoptive parents of the child is submitted to the court as follows:
SB566,53 21Section 53 . 48.913 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: