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48.685
(1) (bm) “Nonclient resident" means a person, including a person who
20is under 18 years of age, but not under
10 12 years of age, who resides, or is expected
21to reside, at an entity or with a caregiver specified in par. (ag) 1. am., who is not a
22client of the entity or caregiver, and who has, or is expected to have, regular, direct
23contact with clients of the entity or caregiver.
AB68,928
24Section
928. 48.686 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.686
(1) (bm) “Household member" means a person who is age
10 12 or older,
2who resides, or is expected to reside, at a child care program, and who is not a client
3of the child care program or caregiver.
AB68,929
4Section
929. 48.715 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
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48.715
(8) The department may deny, suspend, restrict, refuse to renew, or
6otherwise withhold a certification under s. 48.675 based on a failure to comply with
7certification requirements established by administrative rule under that section.
AB68,930
8Section
930. 48.73 of the statutes is amended to read:
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948.73 Inspection of licensees and school district child care programs. 10The department may visit and inspect each child welfare agency, foster home, group
11home, and child care center licensed by the department
and each entity certified by
12the department under s. 48.675, and for that purpose shall be given unrestricted
13access to the premises described in the license
or certification. The department may
14visit and inspect each child care program established or contracted for under s.
15120.13 (14) that receives payment under s. 49.155 for the child care provided, and for
16that purpose shall be given unrestricted access to the premises used for the child care
17program.
AB68,931
18Section 931
. 48.82 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.82
(1) (a)
A husband and wife
Spouses jointly, or
either the husband or wife
20if the
other spouse
is
of a parent of the minor.
AB68,932
21Section 932
. 48.837 (1r) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.837
(1r) (d) Before a child may be placed under par. (a), the department,
23county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed
24adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who
25is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the
1finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who
2has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the
3department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive
4parent or parents, but not
the any birth parent
of the child or
any alleged or
5presumed
father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.
AB68,933
6Section 933
. 48.837 (1r) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.837
(1r) (e) Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
8may coerce a birth parent
of the child or
any alleged or presumed
father parent of the
9child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the
10transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the
11child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise
12his or her parental rights to the child.
AB68,934
13Section 934
. 48.837 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.837
(6) (b) At the beginning of the hearing held under sub. (2), the court shall
15review the report that is submitted under s. 48.913 (6). The court shall determine
16whether any payments or the conditions specified in any agreement to make
17payments are coercive to
the any birth parent
of the child or
to an alleged or
18presumed
father parent of the child or are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4). Making
19any payment to or on behalf of
the a birth parent
of the child, an, alleged or presumed
20father parent of the child
, or the child conditional in any part upon transfer or
21surrender of the child or the termination of parental rights or the finalization of the
22adoption creates a rebuttable presumption of coercion. Upon a finding of coercion,
23the court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3) or amend the agreement
24to delete any coercive conditions, if the parties agree to the amendment. Upon a
25finding that payments
which that are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4) have been
1made, the court may dismiss the petition and may refer the matter to the district
2attorney for prosecution under s. 948.24 (1).
AB68,935
3Section 935
. 48.837 (6) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.837
(6) (br) At the hearing on the petition under sub. (2), the court shall
5determine whether any person has coerced a birth parent or
any alleged or presumed
6father parent of the child in violation of sub. (1r) (e). Upon a finding of coercion, the
7court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3).
AB68,936
8Section 936
. 48.913 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.913
(1) (a) Preadoptive counseling for a birth parent
of the child or
an 10alleged or presumed
father parent of the child.
AB68,937
11Section 937
. 48.913 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.913
(1) (b) Post-adoptive counseling for a birth parent
of the child or
an 13alleged or presumed
father parent of the child.
AB68,938
14Section 938
. 48.913 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.913
(1) (h) Legal and other services received by a birth parent of the child,
16an alleged or presumed
father parent of the child
, or the child in connection with the
17adoption.
AB68,939
18Section 939
. 48.913 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.913
(2) Payment of expenses when birth parent is residing in another
20state. (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the proposed adoptive parents of a child or
21a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents of a child may pay for an
22expense of a birth parent of the child or an alleged or presumed
father parent of the
23child if the birth parent or
the alleged or presumed
father parent was residing in
24another state when the payment was made and when the expense was incurred and
25if all of the following apply:
AB68,940
1Section
940. 48.913 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.913
(2) (b) The state in which the birth parent or
the alleged or presumed
3father parent was residing when the payment was made permits the payment of that
4expense by the proposed adoptive parents of the child.
AB68,941
5Section 941
. 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.913
(2) (c) (intro.) A listing of all payments made under this subsection, a
7copy of the statutory provisions of the state in which the birth parent or
the alleged
8or presumed
father parent was residing when the payments were made that permit
9those payments to be made by the proposed adoptive parents of the child
, and a copy
10of all orders entered in the state in which the birth parent or
the alleged or presumed
11father parent was residing when the payments were made that relate to the payment
12of expenses of the birth parent or
the alleged or presumed
father parent by the
13proposed adoptive parents of the child is submitted to the court as follows: