AB337,24,129 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
AB337,68 13Section 68 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,25,914 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.
AB337,69 10Section 69. 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,25,1311 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.
AB337,70 14Section 70 . 49.471 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,25,1515 49.471 (1) (b) 2. A stepfather, stepmother stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister.
AB337,71 16Section 71. 49.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,26,1817 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.
AB337,72 19Section 72. 54.01 (36) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,26,2420 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.
AB337,73 25Section 73. 54.960 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,27,7
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.
AB337,74 8Section 74 . 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,27,129 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.
AB337,75 13Section 75 . 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,28,214 69.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth record that
15affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's name,
16or parent's marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence
17of the event that is the subject of the birth record, if the amendment is at the request
18of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is in the manner
19prescribed by the state registrar, and if the amendment is accompanied by 2 items
20of documentary evidence from early childhood that are sufficient to prove that the
21item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit of the person requesting the
22amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth record may be made under
23this paragraph only if the marital status is inconsistent with information concerning
24the father or husband
that appears on the birth record. This paragraph may not be
25used to add to or delete from a birth record the name of a parent, to change the

1identity of a parent named on the birth record, or to effect a name change prohibited
2under s. 301.47.
AB337,76 3Section 76 . 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,28,84 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the record of birth may be requested
5under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father or husband
6information appearing on the birth record. This section may not be used to add or
7delete the name of a parent on the record of birth or change the identity of either
8parent named on the birth record.
AB337,77 9Section 77 . 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,28,1410 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
11document, divorce or annulment record, or a final divorce decree that indicates that
12the mother was not married to the person listed as her husband spouse at any time
13during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any other legal document that
14clarifies the disputed information.
AB337,78 15Section 78 . 69.14 (1) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,28,1916 69.14 (1) (c) 4. In the absence of a person under subds. 1. to 3., the father or
17mother, father, or mother's spouse, or in the absence of the father or the mother's
18spouse
and the inability of the mother, the person responsible for the premises where
19the birth occurs.
AB337,79 20Section 79 . 69.14 (1) (e) (title) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB337,29,221 69.14 (1) (e) (title) Father's Spouse's or father's name. 1. If Except as provided
22in par. (h), if
the mother of a registrant under this section was married at any time
23from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the name of the husband spouse
24of the mother shall be entered on the birth record as the a legal father parent of the

1registrant. The name of the father parent entered under this subdivision may not
2be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.
AB337,80 3Section 80 . 69.14 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB337,29,94 69.14 (1) (f) 1. a. Except as provided under subd. 1. b., if the mother of a
5registrant of a birth record under this section is married to the father of the
6registrant
at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the given
7name and surname which that the mother and father of the registrant and her
8spouse
enter for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and
9surname filed and registered on the birth record.
AB337,29,1810 b. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is married
11to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
12registrant and the mother is separated or divorced from the father of the registrant
13at the time of birth, the given name and surname which that the parent of the
14registrant with actual custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be
15the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record, except that if
16a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname
17which that the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record
18shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record.
AB337,30,219 c. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is not married
20to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
21registrant, the given name and surname which that the mother of the registrant
22enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and surname
23filed and registered on the birth record, except that if a court has granted legal
24custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which that the person with

1legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and
2surname filed and registered on the birth record.