SB566,156 3Section 156. 822.40 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,68,74 822.40 (4) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses
5and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife between
6spouses
or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this
7subchapter.
SB566,157 8Section 157. 851.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,68,139 851.30 (2) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
10judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
11decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless they subsequently
12participate in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
13subsequently hold themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
SB566,158 14Section 158 . 852.01 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,68,1815 852.01 (1) (f) 1. One-half to the maternal grandparents on one side equally if
16both survive, or to the surviving maternal grandparent on that side; if both maternal
17grandparents on that side are deceased, to the issue of the maternal grandparents
18on that side or either of them, per stirpes.
SB566,159 19Section 159 . 852.01 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,68,2120 852.01 (1) (f) 2. One-half to the paternal relations on the other side in the same
21manner as to the maternal relations under subd. 1.
SB566,160 22Section 160 . 852.01 (1) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,68,2523 852.01 (1) (f) 3. If either the maternal side or the paternal side has no surviving
24grandparent or issue of a grandparent, the entire estate to the decedent's relatives
25on the other side.
SB566,161
1Section 161. 854.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,69,82 854.03 (3) Marital property. Except as provided in subs. (4) and (5), if a
3husband and wife
2 spouses die leaving marital property and it is not established
4that one survived the other by at least 120 hours, 50 percent of the marital property
5shall be distributed as if it were the husband's the first spouse's individual property
6and the husband 2nd spouse had survived, and 50 percent of the marital property
7shall be distributed as if it were the wife's 2nd spouse's individual property and the
8wife first spouse had survived.
SB566,162 9Section 162 . 891.39 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,69,11 10891.39 (title) Presumption as to whether a child is marital or
11nonmarital;
self-crimination self-incrimination; birth certificates.
SB566,163 12Section 163 . 891.39 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,70,213 891.39 (1) (a) Whenever it is established in an action or proceeding that a child
14was born to a woman while she was the lawful wife of legally married to a specified
15man person, any party asserting in such action or proceeding that the husband was
16spouse is not the father parent of the child shall have the burden of proving that
17assertion by a clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence. In all such
18actions or proceedings the husband and the wife spouses are competent to testify as
19witnesses to the facts. The court or judge in such cases shall appoint a guardian ad
20litem to appear for and represent the child whose paternity parentage is questioned.
21Results of a genetic test, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m), showing that a man person
22other than the husband mother's spouse is not excluded as the father of the child and
23that the statistical probability of the man's person's parentage is 99.0 percent or
24higher constitute a clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence of the

1assertion under this paragraph, even if the husband mother's spouse is unavailable
2to submit to genetic tests, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m).
SB566,164 3Section 164 . 891.39 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,70,114 891.39 (1) (b) In actions affecting the family , in which the question of paternity
5parentage is raised, and in paternity proceedings, the court, upon being satisfied that
6the parties to the action are unable to adequately compensate any such guardian ad
7litem for the guardian ad litem's services and expenses, shall then make an order
8specifying the guardian ad litem's compensation and expenses, which compensation
9and expenses shall be paid as provided in s. 967.06. If the court orders a county to
10pay the compensation of the guardian ad litem, the amount ordered may not exceed
11the compensation paid to private attorneys under s. 977.08 (4m) (b).
SB566,165 12Section 165 . 891.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB566,70,1913 891.39 (3) If any court under this section adjudges a child to be a nonmarital
14child, the clerk of court shall report the facts to the state registrar, who shall issue
15a new birth record showing the correct facts as found by the court, and shall dispose
16of the original, with the court's report attached under s. 69.15 (3). If the husband
17mother's spouse is a party to the action and the court makes a finding as to whether
18or not the husband mother's spouse is the father parent of the child, such finding
19shall be conclusive in all other courts of this state.
SB566,166 20Section 166 . 891.40 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 891.40 (1) (a) and
21amended to read:
SB566,71,322 891.40 (1) (a) If, under the supervision of a licensed physician and with the
23spouse's consent of her husband, a wife person is inseminated artificially as provided
24in par. (b)
with semen donated by a man person who is not her husband the spouse
25of the person being inseminated
, the husband spouse of the mother inseminated

1person
at the time of the conception of the child shall be the natural father parent
2of a child conceived. The husband's spouse's consent must be in writing and signed
3by him or her and his wife. The by the inseminated person.
SB566,71,10 4(c) 1. If the artificial insemination under par. (a) takes place under the
5supervision of a licensed physician, the
physician shall certify their the signatures
6on the consent and the date of the insemination, and shall file the husband's spouse's
7consent with the department of health services, where it shall be kept. If the
8artificial insemination under par. (a) does not take place under the supervision of a
9licensed physician, the spouses shall file the signed consent, which shall include the
10date of the insemination, with the department of health services.
SB566,71,12 112. The department of health services shall keep a consent filed under subd. 1.
12confidential and in a sealed file except as provided in s. 46.03 (7) (bm). However,
SB566,71,14 133. Notwithstanding subd. 1., the physician's or spouses' failure to file the
14consent form does not affect the legal status of father natural parent and child.
SB566,71,18 15(d) All papers and records pertaining to the artificial insemination under par.
16(a)
, whether part of the permanent record of a court or of a file held by the a
17supervising physician or sperm bank or elsewhere, may be inspected only upon an
18order of the court for good cause shown.
SB566,167 19Section 167 . 891.40 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB566,71,2120 891.40 (1) (b) The artificial insemination under par. (a) must satisfy any of the
21following:
SB566,71,2322 1. The artificial insemination takes place under the supervision of a licensed
23physician.