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49.163
(2) (am) 2. If over 24 years of age, be a
biological natural or adoptive
23parent of a child under 18 years of age whose parental rights to the child have not
24been terminated or be a relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of
25age.
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1Section
61. 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.19
(1) (a) 2. a. Is living with a parent; a blood relative, including those of
3half-blood, and including first cousins, nephews or nieces and persons of preceding
4generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great or great-great; a
stepfather,
5stepmother stepparent, stepbrother
, or stepsister; a person who legally adopts the
6child or is the adoptive parent of the child's parent, a natural or legally adopted child
7of such person or a relative of an adoptive parent; or a spouse of any person named
8in this
subparagraph subd. 2. a. even if the marriage is terminated by death or
9divorce; and is living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as
10the child's or their own home, or living in a residence maintained by one or more of
11these relatives as the child's or their own home because the parents of the child have
12been found unfit to have care and custody of the child; or
SB566,62
13Section
62. 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.19
(4) (d) (intro.) Aid may be granted to the
mother or stepmother parent
15or stepparent of a dependent child if
he or she is without a
husband spouse or if
he
16or she:
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17Section
63. 49.19 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.19
(4) (d) 1. Is the
wife
spouse of a
husband person who is incapacitated for
19gainful work by mental or physical disability; or
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20Section
64. 49.19 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.19
(4) (d) 2. Is the
wife
spouse of a
husband person who is incarcerated or
22who is a convicted offender permitted to live at home but precluded from earning a
23wage because the
husband person is required by a court imposed sentence to perform
24unpaid public work or unpaid community service; or
SB566,65
25Section
65. 49.19 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.19
(4) (d) 3. Is the
wife spouse of a
husband person who has been committed
2to the department pursuant to ch. 975, irrespective of the probable period of such
3commitment; or
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4Section
66. 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.19
(4) (d) 4. Is the
wife
spouse of a
husband person who has continuously
6abandoned or failed to support
him or her, if proceedings have been commenced
7against the
husband person under ch. 769; or
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8Section
67. 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.19
(4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a
husband spouse or legally
10separated from
his or her
husband
spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
11of law to compel
his or her former
husband spouse to adequately support the child
12for whom aid is sought; or
SB566,68
13Section 68
. 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.345
(2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
15person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
16938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
17services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
18chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
19and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
20person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
21case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
22including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
23(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
24order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
25the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
1adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
2be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
3with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
4widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully
5dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such
6part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for
7the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable
8persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or
9the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
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10Section
69. 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.43
(12) “Spouse" means the
legal husband or wife of person to whom the
12beneficiary
is legally married, whether or not
the person is eligible for medical
13assistance.
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14Section 70
. 49.471 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.471
(1) (b) 2. A
stepfather, stepmother stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister.
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16Section
71. 49.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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49.90
(4) The circuit court shall in a summary way hear the allegations and
18proofs of the parties and by order require maintenance from these relatives, if they
19have sufficient ability, considering their own future maintenance and making
20reasonable allowance for the protection of the property and investments from which
21they derive their living and their care and protection in old age, in the following
22order: First the
husband or wife spouse; then the
father and the mother parents; and
23then the grandparents in the instances in which sub. (1) (a) 2. applies. The order
24shall specify a sum
which that will be sufficient for the support of the dependent
25person under sub. (1) (a) 1. or the maintenance of a child of a dependent person under
1sub. (1) (a) 2., to be paid weekly or monthly, during a period fixed by the order or until
2the further order of the court. If the court is satisfied that any such relative is unable
3wholly to maintain the dependent person or the child, but is able to contribute to the
4person's support or the child's maintenance, the court may direct 2 or more of the
5relatives to maintain the person or the child and prescribe the proportion each shall
6contribute. If the court is satisfied that these relatives are unable together wholly
7to maintain the dependent person or the child, but are able to contribute to the
8person's support or the child's maintenance, the court shall direct a sum to be paid
9weekly or monthly by each relative in proportion to ability. Contributions directed
10by court order, if for less than full support, shall be paid to the department of health
11services or the department of children and families, whichever is appropriate, and
12distributed as required by state and federal law. An order under this subsection that
13relates to maintenance required under sub. (1) (a) 2. shall specifically assign
14responsibility for and direct the manner of payment of the child's health care
15expenses, subject to the limitations under subs. (1) (a) 2. and (11). Upon application
16of any party affected by the order and upon like notice and procedure, the court may
17modify such an order. Obedience to such an order may be enforced by proceedings
18for contempt.
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19Section
72. 54.01 (36) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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54.01
(36) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
21judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
22decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless the 2 subsequently
23participated in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
24subsequently held themselves out as
husband and wife
married to each other.
SB566,73
25Section
73. 54.960 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.960
(1) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple
2beneficiaries are deemed to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests
3for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of
4husband and wife 2 individuals who are married to each other, for whom
5survivorship is presumed, a right of survivorship does not exist unless the
6instrument creating the custodial trust specifically provides for survivorship or
7survivorship is required as to marital property.
SB566,74
8Section 74
. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
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69.03
(15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
1059.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
11who reside in that county for whom
no father's
only one parent's name has been
12inserted on the registrant's birth record within 6 months of birth.