AB898,19,1411 3. Send a copy of any new certificate of death or marriage certificate record
12registered under this subsection to the local registrar who filed the original of the
13replaced certificate of death or marriage certificate
, if the record is not enabled in the
14state system of vital records
.
AB898,19,1715 (b) Upon receipt of the copy under par. (a) 3., the local registrar shall destroy
16his or her copy of the replaced certificate of death or marriage certificate record and
17file the new certificate of death or marriage certificate record.
AB898,71 18Section 71. 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,19,2319 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the certificate record of birth may
20be requested under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father
21or husband information appearing on the certificate of birth record. This section may
22not be used to add or delete the name of a parent on the certificate record of birth or
23change the identity of either parent named on the certificate of birth record.
AB898,72 24Section 72. 69.13 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898,20,5
169.13 Correction of facts misrepresented by informant for certificate
2record of birth. (intro.) The state registrar may, under an order issued by the
3circuit court of the county in which a birth occurred, correct information about the
4parent or the marital status of the mother on a certificate record of birth that is
5registered in this state if all of the following conditions apply:
AB898,20,8 6(1) The correction may not be accomplished under s. 69.11, 69.12, or 69.15
7because the disputed information was misrepresented by the informant during the
8preparation of the birth certificate record.
AB898,72 9Section 72. 69.13 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,20,1110 69.13 (2) (a) A petition for correction filed by a person with a direct and tangible
11interest in the certificate of birth record.
AB898,73 12Section 73. 69.13 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,20,1313 69.13 (2) (b) 1. A certified copy of the original certificate of birth record.
AB898,74 14Section 74. 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,20,1915 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
16document, a certified copy of a certificate of record, divorce or annulment record, or
17a final divorce decree that indicates that the mother was not married to the person
18listed as her husband at any time during the pregnancy, a legal name change order,
19or any other legal document that clarifies the disputed information.
AB898,75 20Section 75. 69.13 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,20,2221 69.13 (2) (b) 5. A statement signed by the certificate record of birth informant
22or the petitioner acknowledging that the disputed information was misrepresented.
AB898,76 23Section 76. 69.14 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 69.14 (1) (a) and
24amended to read:
AB898,21,6
169.14 (1) (a) Filing deadline. Except as provided under subd. 2., a certificate
2A record of birth for every birth that occurs in this state shall be filed within 5 days
3after the birth with the state registrar, who shall register the birth under this
4subchapter and shall make a copy of the certificate of birth available to the
5registration district in which the birth occurred and the registration district in which
6the mother of the registrant resided at the time of the birth
.
AB898,77 7Section 77. 69.14 (1) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.
AB898,78 8Section 78. 69.14 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,21,139 69.14 (1) (b) Accuracy. Either parent of a child who is the subject of a birth
10certificate record, or, if neither parent is available, another person with knowledge
11of the facts of the birth, shall attest to the accuracy of the personal data entered on
12the certificate record in time to permit the filing of the certificate record within 5 days
13after the birth.
AB898,79 14Section 79. 69.14 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,21,1615 69.14 (1) (c) Filing party. (intro.) A birth certificate record shall be prepared
16and filed by the following:
AB898,80 17Section 80. 69.14 (1) (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898,21,1918 69.14 (1) (d) Place of birth. 1. On a birth certificate record the place of birth
19shall be the place where the placenta is removed except as provided under subd. 2.
AB898,22,220 2. If a birth occurs in a conveyance within the United States and the birth child
21is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be filed in this state
22and the place where the birth child is first removed from the conveyance shall be the
23place of birth on the birth certificate record. If a birth occurs on a moving conveyance
24while in international waters or air space or in a foreign country or its air space and
25the birth child is first removed from the conveyance in this state, a birth certificate

1record for the child shall be filed in this state and the place of birth on the birth
2certificate record shall be the actual place of birth as determined by the filing party.
AB898,22,73 (e) Father's name. 1. If the mother of a registrant under this section was
4married at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the name of
5the husband of the mother shall be entered on the birth certificate record as the legal
6father of the registrant. The name of the father entered under this subdivision may
7not be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.
AB898,22,138 2. If the mother was not married at any time from the conception to the birth
9of a registrant under this section, no name of any alleged father of the registrant may
10be entered as the father on the birth certificate record except as provided under s.
1169.15 (3). If under this subdivision the name of the father of the registrant of a birth
12certificate record is omitted from the certificate record, no other information about
13the father may be entered on the certificate record.
AB898,22,1914 (f) Registrant's name. 1. a. Except as provided under subd. 1. b., if the mother
15of a registrant of a birth certificate record under this section is married to the father
16of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the
17given name and surname which the mother and father of the registrant enter for the
18registrant on the birth certificate record shall be the given name and surname filed
19and registered on the birth certificate record.
AB898,23,420 b. If the mother of a registrant of a birth certificate record under this section
21is married to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth
22of the registrant and the mother is separated or divorced from the father of the
23registrant at the time of birth, the given name and surname which the parent of the
24registrant with actual custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate record
25shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate

1record, except that if a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given
2name and surname which the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on
3the birth certificate record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered
4on the birth certificate record.
AB898,23,135 c. If the mother of a registrant of a birth certificate record under this section
6is not married to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the
7birth of the registrant, the given name and surname which the mother of the
8registrant enters for the registrant on the birth certificate record shall be the given
9name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate record, except that
10if a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname
11which the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate
12record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth
13certificate record.
AB898,23,1814 2. If no surname has been entered for a registrant within 5 days after the
15registrant's birth, the filing party shall file a birth certificate record for the registrant
16without entering a surname on the birth certificate record. The state registrar and
17any local registrar may not issue any certified copy of the birth certificate record until
18a surname is entered under this paragraph.
AB898,23,2519 (g) Birth by artificial insemination. If the registrant of a birth certificate record
20under this section is born as a result of artificial insemination under the
21requirements of s. 891.40, the husband of the woman shall be considered the father
22of the registrant on the birth certificate record. If the registrant is born as a result
23of artificial insemination which does not satisfy the requirements of s. 891.40, the
24information about the father of the registrant shall be omitted from the registrant's
25birth certificate record.
AB898,24,11
1(h) Surrogate mother. If the registrant of a birth certificate record under this
2section is born to a surrogate mother, information about the surrogate mother shall
3be entered on the birth certificate record and the information about the father shall
4be omitted from the birth certificate record. If a court determines parental rights
5over the registrant, the clerk of court shall report the court's determination to the
6state registrar on a form prescribed by the state registrar, along with the fee required
7under s. 69.22. Upon receipt of the report, the state registrar shall prepare and
8register a new birth certificate record for the registrant under s. 69.15 (6) and send
9 a copy notice of the new certificate record to the local registrar who filed the original
10certificate record. Upon receipt of the copy notice, the local registrar shall destroy
11his or her copy of the replaced certificate and file the new certificate record.
AB898,81 12Section 81. 69.14 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,24,2213 69.14 (2) (a) Registration 6 to 365 days after birth. If a birth certificate record
14is filed 6 to 365 days after the date of birth, the filing party shall use the form used
15proceed in the manner prescribed for birth certificates records filed under sub. (1).
16Before registering the certificate record, the state registrar may require additional
17evidence in support of the facts of birth and an explanation of why the birth
18certificate record was not filed under sub. (1). If a birth certificate record filed under
19this subsection is signed by a person other than the person attending the birth or the
20person managing the institution where the birth occurred or its medical records, the
21state registrar may require a notarized statement of why the certificate record was
22not filed under sub. (1).
AB898,82 23Section 82. 69.14 (2) (b) 1. and 2. (intro.), 3. a., b. and d., 4. (intro.), 5., 6., 7.
24(intro.) and 8. (intro.) and a. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898,25,5
169.14 (2) (b) 1. If more than 365 days have elapsed since the birth of a person
2born in this state and a certificate record of the birth has not been filed in this state,
3such person or the parent or guardian of the person, if the person is living, may
4request that the state registrar register a birth certificate record for the person under
5this paragraph.
AB898,25,76 2. (intro.) Any person requesting a birth certificate record under this paragraph
7shall establish the following facts by evidence documented under subd. 3.:
AB898,25,148 3. a. As evidence of the name, date and place of birth of a registrant for whom
9a birth certificate record is requested under this paragraph, the person requesting
10the birth certificate record shall present at least 2 pieces of documentary evidence
11for each item if the record is filed prior to 7 years after the date of birth or at least
123 pieces of documentary evidence for each item if the record is filed 7 years or more
13after the date of birth. Only one piece of documentary evidence per item may be an
14affidavit of personal knowledge.
AB898,25,1715 b. As evidence of the parents of a registrant for whom a birth certificate record
16is requested under this paragraph, the person requesting the birth certificate record
17shall present at least one document which is not an affidavit of personal knowledge.
AB898,25,2118 d. Any document presented under this subdivision which is not an affidavit of
19personal knowledge shall have been established at least 10 years prior to the date
20the birth certificate record is requested under this paragraph or shall have been
21established before the registrant's 10th birthday.
AB898,26,322 4. (intro.) If the registrant of a certificate record filed under this paragraph is
2318 years of age or over and is competent to sign and swear to the accuracy of its facts,
24the registrant shall sign the certificate record and swear to the accuracy of its facts
25before an official authorized to administer oaths. If the registrant is under 18 years

1of age or is not competent to sign and swear to the accuracy of the facts of such
2certificate record, a person shall sign the certificate record and swear to the accuracy
3of its facts as follows:
AB898,26,104 5. The state registrar may deny a request for a birth certificate record under
5this paragraph. If the state registrar approves a request for a birth certificate record
6under this paragraph, he or she shall indicate plainly on the face of the certificate
7record that the certificate record has been registered under this paragraph and the
8date the certificate record is registered and shall send a copy of the certificate make
9available the record
to the local registrar under s. 69.03 (11). The local registrar shall
10file the certificate.
AB898,26,2011 6. If the state registrar denies a request for registration of a birth certificate
12record under this subsection, the person making the request may file a petition with
13the circuit court of the alleged county of birth for an order establishing a record of the
14date and place of the birth and the parentage of the person who would be the
15registrant. If the court finds that such person was born in this state, the court shall
16make findings as to the place and date of birth, parentage, and any other required
17finding and shall, in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, issue an order, on
18a form
prescribed and furnished by the state registrar, to register a birth certificate
19record for the person. The order which shall include the birth date to be registered,
20a description of the evidence presented, and the date of the court's action.
AB898,26,2321 7. (intro.) On any birth certificate record registered under this paragraph, the
22state registrar or his or her designated representative shall describe each document
23submitted under subd. 3. The abstract for each document shall include:
AB898,27,3
18. (intro.) On any birth certificate record registered under this paragraph, the
2state registrar or his or her designated representative shall certify by his or her
3signature that:
AB898,27,44 a. No other birth certificate record is on file for the registrant.
AB898,83 5Section 83. 69.14 (3) (a) (intro.) and 6. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898,27,96 69.14 (3) (a) (intro.) Any person who assumes custody of a live born infant of
7unknown parentage shall file a birth certificate record for the infant within 5 days
8after assuming custody and shall file the birth certificate record with the following
9information:
AB898,27,1310 6. The name, address and signature of the person with whom the registrant has
11been placed for care. The information under this subdivision shall be entered in the
12item on the birth certificate record where information on the attendant at birth is
13required.
AB898,84 14Section 84. 69.14 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898,85 15Section 85. 69.14 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,27,2116 69.14 (3) (c) If at any time after a birth certificate record is filed for a registrant
17under this subsection a birth certificate record filed for the registrant at the time of
18birth of the registrant is found or the registrant is adopted and the adoptive parents
19sign a birth record giving their names as the adoptive parents, the state registrar
20shall impound the birth certificate record filed under this subsection and prohibit
21access except by court order or except by the state registrar for processing purposes.
AB898,86 22Section 86. 69.145 (title), (1) (a), (b) and (c), (2) (a), (b) and (c), (3) and (4) (a)
23and (b) (intro.), 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898,28,3
169.145 (title) Certificate Record of birth resulting in stillbirth. (1) (a)
2That they may request preparation of a certificate record of birth resulting in
3stillbirth.
AB898,28,44 (b) That preparation of the certificate record is optional.
AB898,28,65 (c) How to obtain a certified copy of the certificate record if one is requested and
6prepared.
AB898,28,11 7(2) (a) If the parent or parents of the stillbirth, after being advised as provided
8in sub. (1), wish to have a certificate record of birth resulting in stillbirth prepared,
9the party responsible for filing the fetal death report under s. 69.18 (1) (e) 1. shall,
10within 5 days after delivery of the stillbirth, prepare and file the certificate record
11with the state registrar.
AB898,28,1412 (b) If the parent or parents of the stillbirth do not wish to provide a name for
13the stillbirth, the person who prepares the certificate record of birth resulting in
14stillbirth shall leave blank any reference to the name of the stillbirth.
AB898,28,1815 (c) Either parent of the stillbirth or, if neither parent is available, another
16person with knowledge of the facts of the stillbirth shall attest to the accuracy of the
17personal data entered on the certificate record in time to permit the filing of the
18certificate record within 5 days after delivery.
AB898,29,3 19(3) Special preparation under certain circumstances. Notwithstanding subs.
20(1) and (2), if a birth that occurred in this state at any time resulted in a stillbirth
21for which a fetal death report was required under s. 69.18 (1) (e) 1. but a certificate
22record of birth resulting in stillbirth was not prepared under sub. (2), a parent of the
23stillbirth may, on or after August 1, 2004, submit to the state registrar a written
24request for preparation of a certificate record of birth resulting in stillbirth and
25evidence of the facts of the stillbirth that is satisfactory to the state registrar. The

1state registrar shall prepare and file the certificate record of birth resulting in
2stillbirth within 30 days after receiving satisfactory evidence of the facts of the
3stillbirth.
AB898,29,6 4(4) (a) Prescribe the form of, and information to be included on, a certificate
5record of birth resulting in stillbirth, which shall be as similar as possible to the form
6of and information included on a certificate record of birth.
AB898,29,97 (b) (intro.) Issue a certified copy of a certificate record of birth resulting in
8stillbirth to a parent of the stillbirth that is the subject of the certificate record if all
9of the following conditions are satisfied:
AB898,29,1110 1. A certificate record of birth resulting in stillbirth has been prepared and filed
11under sub. (2) or (3).
AB898,29,1312 2. The parent requesting a certified copy of the certificate record submits the
13request in writing.
AB898,87 14Section 87. 69.15 (title), (1) (intro.) and (b), (2) (a) (intro.), 2., 5. and 6., (b), (c)
15and (d) 1. (intro.), a., c., d. and e., 2. and 3. and (e), (3) (a) (intro.), 1., 2., 3. and 4., (b)
161., 3. and 4. (intro.), (c) and (d), (3m) (a) 2. and 3. and (b), (4) (a) and (b), (4m) (a) 1.
17and (b), (5) and (6) (title), (a), (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898,29,23 1869.15 (title) Changes of fact on birth certificates records. (1) Birth
19certificate record information changes. (intro.) The state registrar may change
20information on a birth certificate record registered in this state which was correct at
21the time the birth certificate record was filed under a court or administrative order
22issued in this state, in another state or in Canada or under the valid order of a court
23of any federally recognized Indian tribe, band or nation if:
AB898,30,324 (b) A clerk of court or, for a paternity action, a clerk of court or county child
25support agency under s. 59.53 (5), sends the state registrar a certified report of an

1order of a court in this state on a form supplied in the method prescribed by the state
2registrar or, in the case of any other order, the state registrar receives a certified copy
3of the order and the proper fee under s. 69.22.
AB898,30,10 4(2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided under par. (b), if the state registrar receives
5an order under sub. (1) which provides for an adoption, the state registrar shall
6prepare, under sub. (6), a new certificate record for the subject of the adoption unless
7the adoptive parents or the subject of the adoption requests, under s. 48.94 (1), that
8no new certificate record be prepared. If the order is from a court in this state, the
9order shall include a certified copy of the original birth certificate record registered
10for the subject of the adoption. The new certificate record shall show:
AB898,30,1211 2. The date and place of birth as transcribed from the original certificate record.
12The date and place on the original certificate record may not be changed by the court.
AB898,30,1313 5. The filing date on the original certificate record.
AB898,30,1414 6. Any other information necessary to complete the new certificate record.
AB898,31,315 (b) If the state registrar receives an order under sub. (1) which provides for an
16adoption of any person born outside of the United States by any person who is a
17resident of this state at the time of adoption, and if the adoptive parents present proof
18of the facts of birth to the state registrar, the state registrar shall prepare a
19certification of birth data for the subject of the adoption. The certification shall
20indicate the date and place of birth, the child's adoptive name, the adoptive parents'
21names, and the sources of information of each of these facts. If the child has
22automatically acquired U.S. citizenship under 8 USC 1431 upon a court order
23granting an adoption after a foreign guardianship order as required under s. 48.97
24(3), the certification shall also indicate that the child is recognized as a U.S. citizen
25by this state and that the certification shall have the full force and effect of a birth

1certificate record issued by the state registrar. If neither of the birth parents of the
2subject of the adoption are U.S. citizens, the new certification may include proof of
3the naturalization of the subject of the adoption.
AB898,31,84 (c) If the state registrar determines that the registrant of a birth certificate
5record was adopted without a change in the registrant's birth certificate record under
6par. (a) or (b), the state registrar shall obtain a copy of the court order which provided
7for the adoption, if available, and shall prepare, under sub. (6), a new certificate
8record for the registrant.
AB898,31,129 (d) 1. (intro.) A court shall order the state registrar to prepare for the subject
10of a birth certificate record a new birth certificate record based on the information
11on the subject's original birth certificate record if all of the following circumstances
12apply:
AB898,31,1413 a. The subject of the birth certificate record petitions the court for a new birth
14certificate record.
AB898,31,1615 c. The subject did not have the opportunity under par. (a), at the time of the
16adoption, to request that no new birth certificate record be prepared.
AB898,31,1817 d. The subject knows the identity of each birth parent who is named on his or
18her original birth certificate record.
AB898,31,2119 e. Each birth parent who is alive and who is named on the subject's original
20birth certificate record does not object to the restoration of the information on the
21subject's original birth certificate record.
AB898,31,2522 2. If the court grants an order under subd. 1., the state registrar shall prepare
23under sub. (6) a new birth certificate record using all of the information contained
24on the original birth certificate record, except for the adoptee's given name at birth,
25if different.
AB898,32,3
13. After preparing a new birth certificate record under subd. 2., the state
2registrar shall follow the procedure under sub. (6) (b) to impound all other birth
3certificates records of the subject except the subject's new birth certificate record.
AB898,32,144 (e) If the state registrar receives an order under s. 48.97 (2) (d) registering the
5foreign adoption of a child who was adopted under the circumstances described in s.
648.97 (2), the state registrar shall prepare a certification of birth data for the child
7using the form in use at the time the court submits the information under s. 48.97
8(2) (d). The certification shall indicate the date and place of birth, the child's adoptive
9name, the adoptive parents' names, and the sources of information of each of these
10facts. If the child has automatically acquired U.S. citizenship under 8 USC 1431
11upon a court order registering a foreign adoption order under s. 48.97 (2) (d), the
12certification shall also indicate that the child is recognized as a U.S. citizen by this
13state and that the certification shall have the full force and effect of a birth certificate
14record issued by the state registrar.
AB898,32,18 15(3) (a) (intro.) If the state registrar receives an order under sub. (1) which
16establishes paternity or determines that the man whose name appears on a
17registrant's birth certificate record is not the father of the registrant, the state
18registrar shall do the following, as appropriate:
AB898,32,2219 1. Prepare under sub. (6) a new certificate record omitting the father's name
20if the order determines that the man whose name appears on a registrant's birth
21certificate record is not the father of the registrant and if there is no adjudicated
22father.
AB898,32,2523 2. Prepare under sub. (6) a new certificate record for the subject of a paternity
24action changing the name of the father if the name of the adjudicated father is
25different than the name of the man on the birth certificate record.
AB898,33,3
13. Except as provided under subd. 4., insert the name of the adjudicated father
2on the original birth certificate record if the name of the father was omitted on the
3original certificate record.
AB898,33,84 4. If the order provides for a change in the child's given name or surname or
5both, enter the name indicated on a new birth certificate record prepared under subd.
61. or 2. or on the original birth certificate record under subd. 3. except that if the
7surname of a child under 7 years of age is changed, the state registrar shall prepare
8a new certificate record under sub. (6).
AB898,33,169 (b) 1. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a
10statement acknowledging paternity on a form in the manner prescribed by the state
11registrar and signed by both of the birth parents of a child determined to be a marital
12child under s. 767.803, a certified copy of the parents' marriage certificate record, and
13the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name of
14the husband from the marriage certificate record as the father if the name of the
15father was omitted on the original birth certificate record. The state registrar shall
16include on the form for the acknowledgment the items in s. 767.813 (5g).
AB898,34,217 3. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a statement
18acknowledging paternity on a form in the method prescribed by the state registrar
19and signed by both parents, neither of whom was under the age of 18 years when the
20form was signed, along with the fee under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall insert the
21name of the father under subd. 1. The state registrar shall mark the certificate
22record to show that the form acknowledgement is on file. The form acknowledgement
23shall be available to the department of children and families or a county child
24support agency under s. 59.53 (5) pursuant to the program responsibilities under s.
2549.22 or to any other person with a direct and tangible interest in the record. The

1state registrar shall include on the form for the acknowledgment the information in
2s. 767.805 and the items in s. 767.813 (5g).
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