SB111,1606,8 767.803 Determination of marital children. If the father and mother natural parents of a nonmarital child enter into a lawful marriage or a marriage which appears and they believe is lawful, except where the parental rights of the mother parent who gave birth were terminated before either of these circumstances, the child becomes a marital child, is entitled to a change in birth record under s. 69.15 (3) (b), and shall enjoy all of the rights and privileges of a marital child as if he or she had been born during the marriage of the parents. This section applies to all cases before, on, or after its effective date, but no estate already vested shall be divested by this section and ss. 765.05 to 765.24 and 852.05. The children of all marriages declared void under the law are nevertheless marital children.

SB111,3046 Section 3046 . 767.804 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB111,1606,11 767.804 (1) (a) 4. No other male person is presumed to be the father natural parent under s. 891.405 or 891.41 (1).

SB111,3047 Section 3047 . 767.805 (title), (1), (1m), (2) and (3) (title) and (a) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB111,1606,19 767.805 (title) Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity parentage. (1) Conclusive determination of paternity parentage. A statement acknowledging paternity parentage that is on file with the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. after the last day on which a person may timely rescind the statement, as specified in s. 69.15 (3m), is a conclusive determination, which shall be of the same effect as a judgment, of paternity parentage.

SB111,1606,21 (1m) Minor parent may not sign. A minor may not sign a statement acknowledging paternity parentage.

SB111,1606,25 (2) Rescission of acknowledgment. (a) A statement acknowledging paternity parentage that is filed with the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. may be rescinded as provided in s. 69.15 (3m) by a person who signed the statement as a parent of the child who is the subject of the statement.

SB111,1607,5 (b) If a statement acknowledging paternity parentage is timely rescinded as provided in s. 69.15 (3m), a court may not enter an order specified in sub. (4) with respect to the male person who signed the statement as the father parent of the child unless the male person is adjudicated the child's father parent using the procedures set forth in this subchapter, except for this section.

SB111,1607,11 (3) (title) Actions when paternity parentage acknowledged. (a) Unless the statement acknowledging paternity parentage has been rescinded, an action affecting the family concerning custody, child support or physical placement rights may be brought with respect to persons who, with respect to a child, jointly signed and filed with the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. as parents of the child a statement acknowledging paternity parentage.

SB111,3048 Section 3048 . 767.805 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB111,1607,16 767.805 (4) Orders when paternity parentage acknowledged. (intro.) In an action under sub. (3) (a), if the persons who signed and filed the statement acknowledging paternity as parents parentage of the child had notice of the hearing, the court shall make an order that contains all of the following provisions:

SB111,3049 Section 3049 . 767.805 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB111,1608,2 767.805 (4) (d) 1. An order establishing the amount of the father's obligation to pay or contribute to the reasonable expenses of the mother's pregnancy and the child's birth childbirth by the parent who did not give birth. The amount established may not exceed one-half of the total actual and reasonable pregnancy and birth expenses. The order also shall specify the court's findings as to whether the father's parent who did not give birth has an income that is at or below the poverty line established under 42 USC 9902 (2), and shall specify whether periodic payments are due on the obligation, based on the father's parent's ability to pay or contribute to those expenses.

SB111,1608,6 2. If the order does not require periodic payments because the father parent has no present ability to pay or contribute to the expenses, the court may modify the judgment or order at a later date to require periodic payments if the father parent has the ability to pay at that time.

SB111,3050 Section 3050 . 767.805 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB111,1608,12 767.805 (5) Voiding determination. (a) A determination of paternity parentage that arises under this section may be voided at any time upon a motion or petition stating facts that show fraud, duress or a mistake of fact. Except for good cause shown, any orders entered under sub. (4) shall remain in effect during the pendency of a proceeding under this paragraph.

SB111,1608,19 (b) If a court in a proceeding under par. (a) determines that the male person is not the father parent of the child, the court shall vacate any order entered under sub. (4) with respect to the male person. The court or the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) shall notify the state registrar, in the manner provided in s. 69.15 (1) (b), to remove the male's person's name as the father parent of the child from the child's birth record. No paternity action may thereafter be brought against the male person with respect to the child.

SB111,3051 Section 3051 . 767.805 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB111,1608,22 767.805 (6) (a) (intro.) This section does not apply unless all of the following apply to the statement acknowledging paternity parentage:

SB111,3052 Section 3052 . 767.855 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB111,1609,10 767.855 Dismissal if adjudication not in child's best interest. Except as provided in s. 767.863 (1m), at any time in an action to establish the paternity of a child, upon the motion of a party or guardian ad litem or the child's mother if she is not a party, the court or supplemental court commissioner under s. 757.675 (2) (g) may, if the court or supplemental court commissioner determines that a judicial determination of whether a male is the father of the child is not in the best interest of the child, dismiss the action with respect to the male, regardless of whether genetic tests have been performed or what the results of the tests, if performed, were. Notwithstanding ss. 767.813 (5g) (form) 4., 767.84 (1) and (2), 767.863 (2), 767.865 (2), and 767.88 (4), if genetic tests have not yet been performed with respect to the male, the court or supplemental court commissioner is not required to order those genetic tests.

SB111,3053 Section 3053 . 767.863 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB111,1609,22 767.863 (1m) Paternity allegation by male person other than husband spouse; when determination not in best interest of child. In an action to establish the paternity of a child who was born to a woman while she was married, if a male person other than the woman's husband spouse alleges that he, not the husband woman's spouse, is the child's father biological parent, a party, or the woman if she is not a party, may allege that a judicial determination that a male person other than the husband woman's spouse is the father biological parent is not in the best interest of the child. If the court or a supplemental court commissioner under s. 757.675 (2) (g) determines that a judicial determination of whether a male person other than the husband woman's spouse is the father biological parent is not in the best interest of the child, no genetic tests may be ordered and the action shall be dismissed.

SB111,3054 Section 3054 . 767.87 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB111,1610,3 767.87 (1m) Birth record required. (intro.) If the child was born in this state, the petitioner shall present a certified copy of the child's birth record or a printed copy of the record from the birth database of the state registrar to the court, so that the court is aware of whether a name has been inserted on the birth record as the father parent of the child other than the mother, at the earliest possible of the following:

SB111,3055 Section 3055 . 767.87 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB111,1610,9 767.87 (8) Burden of proof. The party bringing an action for the purpose of determining paternity or for the purpose of declaring the nonexistence of paternity presumed under s. 891.405, 891.407, or the nonexistence of parentage presumed under s. 891.405 or 891.41 (1) shall have the burden of proving the issues involved by clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence.

SB111,3056 Section 3056 . 767.87 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB111,1610,14 767.87 (9) Artificial insemination; natural father parent . Where If a child is conceived by artificial insemination, the husband spouse of the mother of the child at the time of the conception of the child is the natural father parent of the child, as provided in s. 891.40.