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:
AB68,942
14Section 942
. 48.913 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.913
(3) Method of payment. Any payment under sub. (1) or (2) shall be made
16directly to the provider of a good or service except that a payment under sub. (1) or
17(2) may be made to a birth parent
of the child or
to an alleged or presumed
father 18parent of the child as reimbursement of an amount previously paid by the birth
19parent or
by the alleged or presumed
father parent if documentation is provided
20showing that the birth parent or alleged or presumed
father parent has made the
21previous payment.
AB68,943
22Section 943
. 48.913 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.913
(4) Other payments prohibited. The proposed adoptive parents of a
24child or a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents may not make any
1payments to or on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed
father 2parent of the child
, or the child except as provided in subs. (1) and (2).
AB68,944
3Section 944
. 48.913 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.913
(7) Report to the court; contents required. The report required under
5sub. (6) shall include a list of all transfers of anything of value made or agreed to be
6made by the proposed adoptive parents or by a person acting on their behalf to a birth
7parent of the child, an alleged or presumed
father
parent of the child
, or the child,
8on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed
father parent of the
9child
, or the child, or to any other person in connection with the pregnancy, the birth
10of the child, the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents
, or the
11adoption of the child by the proposed adoptive parents. The report shall be itemized
12and shall show the goods or services for which payment was made or agreed to be
13made. The report shall include the dates of each payment, the names and addresses
14of each attorney, doctor, hospital, agency
, or other person or organization receiving
15any payment from the proposed adoptive parents or a person acting on behalf of the
16proposed adoptive parents in connection with the pregnancy, the birth of the child,
17the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents
, or the adoption of the
18child by the proposed adoptive parents.
AB68,945
19Section 945
. 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.9795
(1) (a) 1. c. Any person who has filed a declaration of
paternal parental 21interest under s. 48.025, who is alleged to the court to be
the father a parent of the
22child, or who may, based on the statements of the
mother parent who gave birth to
23the child or other information presented to the court, be the
father parent of the child.
AB68,946
24Section 946
. 48.9795 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.9795
(1) (b) “Party" means the person petitioning for the appointment of a
2guardian for a child or any interested person other than a person who is alleged to
3the court to be
the father a parent of the child or who may, based on the statements
4of the
mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to
5the court, be the
father parent of the child.
AB68,947
6Section
947. 48.981 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: