AB816,51 20Section 51. 54.01 (36) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,20,2521 54.01 (36) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
22judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
23decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless the 2 subsequently
24participated in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
25subsequently held themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
AB816,52
1Section 52. 54.960 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,21,82 54.960 (1) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple
3beneficiaries are deemed to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests
4for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of
5husband and wife 2 individuals who are married to each other, for whom
6survivorship is presumed, a right of survivorship does not exist unless the
7instrument creating the custodial trust specifically provides for survivorship or
8survivorship is required as to marital property.
AB816,53 9Section 53. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,21,1310 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
1159.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
12who reside in that county for whom no father's name only one parent's name has been
13inserted on the registrant's birth certificate within 6 months of birth.
AB816,54 14Section 54. 69.05 (3m) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB816,21,1815 69.05 (3m) (intro.) If the mother a parent of a registrant of a birth certificate
16resides in a city and the birth certificate is not filed in such city, send a copy of the
17birth certificate to the local health department with jurisdiction for the city if all of
18the following are true
:
AB816,21,2019 (a) The local health department has a maternal-child visitation or information
20program;.
AB816,21,2221 (b) The local health department has requested the copy and notified the state
22registrar of its request; and.
AB816,55 23Section 55. 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,22,1224 69.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth certificate that
25affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's name,

1or marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence of the
2event that is the subject of the birth certificate, if the amendment is at the request
3of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is on a request form
4supplied by the state registrar, and if the amendment is accompanied by 2 items of
5documentary evidence from early childhood that are sufficient to prove that the item
6to be changed is in error and by the affidavit of the person requesting the
7amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth certificate may be made
8under this paragraph only if the marital status is inconsistent with information
9concerning the father or husband spouse that appears on the birth certificate. This
10paragraph may not be used to add to or delete from a birth certificate the name of a
11parent, to change the identity of a parent named on the birth certificate, or to effect
12a name change prohibited under s. 301.47.
AB816,56 13Section 56. 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,22,1814 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the certificate of birth may be
15requested under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father or
16husband spouse information appearing on the certificate of birth. This section may
17not be used to add or delete the name of a parent on the certificate of birth or change
18the identity of either parent named on the certificate of birth.
AB816,57 19Section 57. 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,22,2420 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
21document, a certified copy of a certificate of divorce or annulment or a final divorce
22decree that indicates that the mother was not married to the person listed as her
23husband spouse at any time during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any
24other legal document that clarifies the disputed information.
AB816,58 25Section 58. 69.14 (1) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,23,4
169.14 (1) (c) 4. In the absence of a person under subds. 1. to 3., the father or
2mother, father, or mother's spouse, or in the absence of the father or the mother's
3spouse
and the inability of the mother, the person responsible for the premises where
4the birth occurs.
AB816,59 5Section 59. 69.14 (1) (e) (title) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB816,23,116 69.14 (1) (e) (title) Father's Spouse's or father's name. 1. If Except as provided
7in par. (h), if
the mother of a registrant under this section was married at any time
8from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the name of the husband spouse
9of the mother shall be entered on the birth certificate as the a legal father parent of
10the registrant. The name of the father parent entered under this subdivision may
11not be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.
AB816,60 12Section 60. 69.14 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,23,1813 69.14 (1) (f) 1. a. Except as provided under subd. 1. b., if the mother of a
14registrant of a birth certificate under this section is married to the father of the
15registrant
at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the given
16name and surname which the mother and father of the registrant and her spouse
17enter for the registrant on the birth certificate shall be the given name and surname
18filed and registered on the birth certificate.
AB816,24,219 b. If the mother of a registrant of a birth certificate under this section is married
20to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
21registrant and the mother is separated or divorced from the father of the registrant
22at the time of birth, the given name and surname which the parent of the registrant
23with actual custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate shall be the given
24name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate, except that if a court
25has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which the

1person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate shall be the
2given name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate.
AB816,24,103 c. If the mother of a registrant of a birth certificate under this section is not
4married to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth
5of the registrant, the given name and surname which the mother of the registrant
6enters for the registrant on the birth certificate shall be the given name and surname
7filed and registered on the birth certificate, except that if a court has granted legal
8custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which the person with legal
9custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate shall be the given name and
10surname filed and registered on the birth certificate.
AB816,61 11Section 61. 69.14 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,24,1812 69.14 (1) (g) Birth by artificial insemination. If the registrant of a birth
13certificate under this section is born as a result of artificial insemination under the
14requirements of s. 891.40, the husband spouse of the woman shall be considered the
15father
a parent of the registrant on the birth certificate. If the registrant is born as
16a result of artificial insemination which does not satisfy the requirements of s.
17891.40, the information about the father of the registrant shall be omitted from the
18registrant's birth certificate.
AB816,62 19Section 62. 69.14 (2) (b) 2. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,24,2320 69.14 (2) (b) 2. d. The full name of the father or the mother's spouse, except that
21if the mother was not married at the time of conception or birth or between conception
22and birth of the registrant, the name of the father may not be entered except as
23provided under s. 69.15 (3).
AB816,63 24Section 63. 69.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,25,5
169.15 (1) Birth certificate information changes. The state registrar may
2change information on a birth certificate registered in this state which was correct
3at the time the birth certificate was filed under a court or administrative order issued
4in this state, in another state or in Canada or under the valid order of a court of any
5federally recognized Indian tribe, band or nation if all of the following occur:
AB816,25,76 (a) The order provides for an adoption, name change or name change with sex
7change or establishes paternity; and or parentage.
AB816,25,128 (b) A clerk of court or, for a paternity or parentage action, a clerk of court or
9county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), sends the state registrar a certified
10report of an order of a court in this state on a form supplied by the state registrar or,
11in the case of any other order, the state registrar receives a certified copy of the order
12and the proper fee under s. 69.22.
AB816,64 13Section 64. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,25,2414 69.15 (3) (b) 3. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives
15a statement acknowledging paternity of a nonmarital child on a form prescribed by
16the state registrar and signed by both parents, neither of whom was under the age
17of 18 years when the form was signed, along with the fee under s. 69.22, the state
18registrar shall insert the name of the father under subd. 1. The state registrar shall
19mark the certificate to show that the form is on file. The form shall be available to
20the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s.
2159.53 (5) pursuant to the program responsibilities under s. 49.22 or to any other
22person with a direct and tangible interest in the record. The state registrar shall
23include on the form for the acknowledgment the information in s. 767.805 and the
24items in s. 767.813 (5g).
AB816,65 25Section 65. 69.15 (3) (b) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB816,26,7
169.15 (3) (b) 3m. Except as provided in par. (c), if the state registrar receives
2an acknowledgement of parentage on a form prescribed by the state registrar and
3signed by both of the people presumed to be natural parents under s. 891.41 (1) (b),
4a certified copy of the parents' marriage certificate, and the fee required under s.
569.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name of the spouse from the
6marriage certificate as a parent if the name of that parent was omitted on the original
7birth certificate.
AB816,66 8Section 66. 71.03 (2) (d) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,26,99 71.03 (2) (d) (title) Husband and wife Spouses joint filing.
AB816,67 10Section 67. 71.03 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,26,1311 71.03 (2) (d) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3. and par. (e), a husband
12and a wife
spouses may file a joint return for income tax purposes even though one
13of the spouses has no gross income or no deductions.
AB816,68 14Section 68. 71.03 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,26,1815 71.03 (2) (d) 2. No joint return may be filed if either the husband or wife spouse
16at any time during the taxable year is a nonresident alien, unless an election is in
17effect for the taxable year under section 6013 (g) or (h) of the internal revenue code
18Internal Revenue Code.
AB816,69 19Section 69. 71.03 (2) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,27,220 71.03 (2) (d) 3. No joint return may be filed if the husband and wife spouses
21have different taxable years, except that if their taxable years begin on the same day
22and end on different days because of the death of either or both the joint return may
23be filed with respect to the taxable year of each unless the surviving spouse remarries
24before the close of his or her taxable year or unless the taxable year of either spouse

1is a fractional part of a year under section 443 (a) (1) of the internal revenue code
2Internal Revenue Code.
AB816,70 3Section 70. 71.03 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,27,184 71.03 (2) (g) Joint return following separate return. Except as provided in par.
5(i), if an individual has filed a separate return for a taxable year for which a joint
6return could have been filed by the individual and the individual's spouse under par.
7(d) or (e) and the time prescribed by law for timely filing the return for that taxable
8year has expired, the individual and the individual's spouse may file a joint return
9for that taxable year. A joint return filed by the husband and wife spouses under this
10paragraph is their return for that taxable year, and all payments, credits, refunds
11or other repayments made or allowed with respect to the separate return of each
12spouse for that taxable year shall be taken into account in determining the extent
13to which the tax based upon the joint return has been paid. If a joint return is filed
14under this paragraph, any election, other than the election to file a separate return,
15made by either spouse in that spouse's separate return for that taxable year with
16respect to the treatment of any income, deduction or credit of that spouse may not
17be changed in the filing of the joint return if that election would have been irrevocable
18if the joint return had not been filed.
AB816,71 19Section 71. 71.03 (2) (m) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,27,2320 71.03 (2) (m) 2. If a husband and wife spouses change from a joint return to
21separate returns within the time prescribed in subd. 1., the tax paid on the joint
22return shall be allocated between them in proportion to the tax liability shown on
23each separate return.
AB816,72 24Section 72. 71.03 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,28,10
171.03 (4) (a) Natural persons whose total income is not in excess of $10,000 and
2consists entirely of wages subject to withholding for Wisconsin tax purposes and not
3more than $200 total of dividends, interest and other wages not subject to Wisconsin
4withholding, and who have elected the Wisconsin standard deduction and have not
5claimed either the credit for homestead property tax relief or deductions for expenses
6incurred in earning such income, shall, at their election, not be required to record on
7their income tax returns the amount of the tax imposed on their Wisconsin taxable
8income. Married persons shall be permitted this election only if the joint income of
9the husband and wife spouses does not exceed $10,000, if both report their incomes
10on the same joint income tax return form, and if both make this election.
AB816,73 11Section 73. 71.05 (22) (a) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,28,1312 71.05 (22) (a) (title) Election of deductions; husband and wife spousal
13deductions.
AB816,74 14Section 74. 71.07 (5m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,28,1615 71.07 (5m) (a) 3. "Household" means a claimant and an individual related to
16the claimant as husband or wife his or her spouse.
AB816,75 17Section 75. 71.07 (9e) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,28,2118 71.07 (9e) (b) No credit may be allowed under this subsection to married
19persons, except married persons living apart who are treated as single under section
207703 (b) of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code, if the husband and wife
21spouses report their income on separate income tax returns for the taxable year.
AB816,76 22Section 76. 71.09 (13) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,29,523 71.09 (13) (a) 2. The tax shown on the return for the preceding year. If a
24husband and wife
spouses who filed separate returns for the preceding taxable year
25file a joint return, the tax shown on the return for the preceding year is the sum of

1the taxes shown on the separate returns of the husband and wife spouses. If a
2husband and wife
spouses who filed a joint return for the preceding taxable year file
3separate returns, the tax shown on the return for the preceding year is the husband's
4or wife's
each spouse's proportion of that tax based on what their respective tax
5liabilities for that year would have been had they filed separately.
AB816,77 6Section 77. 71.52 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,29,87 71.52 (4) "Household" means a claimant and an individual related to the
8claimant as husband or wife his or her spouse.
AB816,78 9Section 78. 71.83 (1) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,29,1610 71.83 (1) (a) 8. `Joint return replacing separate returns.' If the amount shown
11as the tax by the husband and wife spouses on a joint return filed under s. 71.03 (2)
12(g) to (L) exceeds the sum of the amounts shown as the tax upon the separate return
13of each spouse and if any part of that excess is attributable to negligence or
14intentional disregard of this chapter, but without intent to defraud, at the time of the
15filing of that separate return, then 25% 25 percent of the total amount of that excess
16shall be added to the tax.
AB816,79 17Section 79. 71.83 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,29,2318 71.83 (1) (b) 5. `Joint return after separate returns.' If the amount shown as
19the tax by the husband and wife spouses on a joint return filed under s. 71.03 (2) (g)
20to (L) exceeds the sum of the amounts shown as the tax on the separate return of each
21spouse and if any part of that excess is attributable to fraud with intent to evade tax
22at the time of the filing of that separate return, then 50% 50 percent of the total
23amount of that excess shall be added to the tax.
AB816,80 24Section 80. 77.25 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,29,2525 77.25 (8m) Between husband and wife spouses.
AB816,81
1Section 81. 77.54 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,30,52 77.54 (7) (b) 1. The item is transferred to a child, spouse, parent, father-in-law,
3mother-in-law
parent-in-law, daughter-in-law, or son-in-law of the transferor or,
4if the item is a motor vehicle, from the transferor to a corporation owned solely by the
5transferor or by the transferor's spouse.
AB816,82 6Section 82. 101.91 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,30,127 101.91 (5m) "Manufactured home community" means any plot or plots of
8ground upon which 3 or more manufactured homes that are occupied for dwelling or
9sleeping purposes are located. "Manufactured home community" does not include a
10farm where the occupants of the manufactured homes are the father, mother, son,
11daughter, brother or sister
parents, children, or siblings of the farm owner or
12operator or where the occupants of the manufactured homes work on the farm.
AB816,83 13Section 83. 102.07 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,30,1614 102.07 (5) (b) The parents, spouse, child, brother, sister, son-in-law,
15daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law parent-in-law, brother-in-law, or
16sister-in-law of a farmer shall not be deemed the farmer's employees.
AB816,84 17Section 84. 102.07 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,30,2418 102.07 (5) (c) A shareholder-employee of a family farm corporation shall be
19deemed a "farmer" for purposes of this chapter and shall not be deemed an employee
20of a farmer. A "family farm corporation" means a corporation engaged in farming all
21of whose shareholders are related as lineal ancestors or lineal descendants, whether
22by blood or by adoption, or as spouses, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins,
23sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law parents-in-law,
24brothers-in-law, or sisters-in-law of such lineal ancestors or lineal descendants.
AB816,85 25Section 85. 102.51 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,31,2
1102.51 (1) (a) 1. A wife married person upon a husband his or her spouse with
2whom he or she is living at the time of his the spouse's death.
AB816,86 3Section 86. 102.51 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB816,87 4Section 87. 103.10 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,31,65 103.10 (1) (h) "Spouse" means an employee's legal husband or wife the person
6to whom an employee is legally married
.
AB816,88 7Section 88. 103.165 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,31,98 103.165 (3) (a) 3. The decedent's father or mother parent or parents if the
9decedent leaves no surviving spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, or children.
AB816,89 10Section 89. 111.32 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,31,1211 111.32 (12) "Marital status" means the status of being married, single,
12divorced, separated, or widowed a surviving spouse.
AB816,90 13Section 90. 115.76 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,31,1414 115.76 (12) (a) 1. A biological natural parent.
AB816,91 15Section 91. 115.76 (12) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB816,92 16Section 92. 115.76 (12) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB816,93 17Section 93. 115.76 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,31,2418 115.76 (13) "Person acting as a parent of a child" means a relative of the child
19or a private individual allowed to act as a parent of a child by the child's biological
20natural or adoptive parents or guardian, and includes the child's grandparent,
21neighbor, friend or private individual caring for the child with the explicit or tacit
22approval of the child's biological natural or adoptive parents or guardian. "Person
23acting as a parent of a child" does not include any person that receives public funds
24to care for the child if such funds exceed the cost of such care.
Loading...
Loading...