1997 Wisconsin Act 27

27,4952 Section 4952 . 758.19 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

27,4957 Section 4957 . 767.001 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.001 (2) (b) With respect to the department of health and family services or a county agency specified in s. 48.56 (1) or a licensed child welfare agency granted legal custody of a child, the rights and responsibilities specified under s. 48.02 (12).

27,4958 Section 4958 . 767.001 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

27,4959 Section 4959 . 767.02 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.02 (1) (m) To enforce or revise an order for support entered under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4., 48.357 (5m), 48.363 (2), 938.183 (2) (4), 938.355 (2) (b) 4., 938.357 (5m) or 938.363 (2).

27,4960 Section 4960 . 767.025 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

27,4961 Section 4961 . 767.025 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.025 (4) If a petition, motion or order to show cause for enforcement or modification of a child support, family support or maintenance order is filed and heard, regardless of whether it is filed and heard in a county other than the county in which the original judgment or order was rendered, any judgment or order enforcing or modifying the original judgment or order shall specify the clerk of circuit court or support collection designee to whom that payments of support or maintenance are payable and the clerk of circuit court or support collection designee to whom, and payments of arrearages in support or maintenance, if any, are payable to the department or its designee, whichever is appropriate.

27,4963 Section 4963 . 767.077 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.077 Support for dependent child. (intro.) The state or its delegate under s. 49.22 (7) shall bring an action for support of a minor child under s. 767.02 (1) (f) or, if appropriate, for paternity determination and child support under s. 767.45 whenever the child's right to support is assigned to the state under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or, 49.145 (2) (s), 49.19 (4) (h) 1. b. or 49.775 (2) (bm) if all of the following apply:

27,4966 Section 4966 . 767.08 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.08 (3) If the state or any subdivision thereof furnishes public aid to a spouse or dependent child for support and maintenance and the spouse, person with legal custody or nonlegally responsible relative fails or refuses to institute an appropriate court action under this chapter to provide for the same, the person in charge of county welfare activities, the county child support program designee agency under s. 59.53 (5) or the department is a real party in interest under s. 767.075 and shall initiate an action under this section, for the purpose of obtaining support and maintenance. Any attorney employed by the state or any subdivision thereof may initiate an action under this section. The title of the action shall be “In re the support or maintenance of A.B. (Child)".

27,4968 Section 4968 . 767.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.15 (1) In any action affecting the family in which either party is a recipient of benefits under ss. 49.141 to 49.161 or aid under s. 46.261, 49.19 or 49.45, each party shall, either within 20 days after making service on the opposite party of any motion or pleading requesting the court or family court commissioner to order, or to modify a previous order, relating to child support, maintenance or family support, or before filing the motion or pleading in court, serve a copy of the motion or pleading upon the county child support program designee agency under s. 59.53 (5) of the county in which the action is begun.

27,4969 Section 4969 . 767.25 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.25 (1g) In determining child support payments, the court may consider all relevant financial information or other information relevant to the parent's earning capacity, including information reported under s. 49.22 (2m) to the department, or the county child and spousal support agency, under s. 49.22 (2m) 59.53 (5).

27,4971 Section 4971 . 767.25 (4m) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

767.25 (4m) (c) 1. In directing the manner of payment of a child's health care expenses, the court may order that payment, including payment for health insurance premiums, be withheld from income and sent to the appropriate health care insurer, provider or plan, as provided in s. 767.265 (3h), or sent to the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, for disbursement to the person for whom the payment has been awarded if that person is not a health care insurer, provider or plan. If the court orders income withholding and assignment for the payment of health care expenses, the court shall send notice of assignment in the manner provided under s. 767.265 (2r) and may include the notice of assignment under this subdivision with a notice of assignment under s. 767.265. The clerk of court department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, shall keep a record of all moneys received and disbursed by the clerk department or its designee for health care expenses that are directed to be paid to the clerk and the support collection designee shall keep a record of all moneys received and disbursed by the support collection designee for health care expenses that are directed to be paid to the support collection department or its designee.

27,4972 Section 4972 . 767.25 (4m) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

767.25 (4m) (d) 2. Provide family coverage of health care expenses for the child, if eligible for coverage, upon application by the parent, the child's other parent, the department or the county designee child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).

27,4976 Section 4976 . 767.25 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.25 (6) (intro.) A party ordered to pay child support under this section shall pay simple interest at the rate of 1.5% per month on any amount unpaid, commencing the first day of the 2nd month after the month in which the amount was due. Interest under this subsection is in lieu of interest computed under s. 807.01 (4), 814.04 (4) or 815.05 (8) and is paid to the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee under s. 767.29. Except as provided in s. 767.29 (1m), the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, shall apply all payments received for child support as follows:

27,4977 Section 4977 . 767.25 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.25 (6) (a) First, to payment of child support due within the calendar month during which the payment is withheld from income under s. 767.265 or under similar laws of another state. If payment is not made through income withholding, the clerk or support collection department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, shall first apply child support payments received to payment of child support due within the calendar month during which the payment is received.

27,4980 Section 4980 . 767.261 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.261 Family support. (intro.) The court may make a financial order designated “family support" as a substitute for child support orders under s. 767.25 and maintenance payment orders under s. 767.26. A party ordered to pay family support under this section shall pay simple interest at the rate of 1.5% per month on any amount unpaid, commencing the first day of the 2nd month after the month in which the amount was due. Interest under this section is in lieu of interest computed under s. 807.01 (4), 814.04 (4) or 815.05 (8) and is paid to the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee under s. 767.29. Except as provided in s. 767.29 (1m), the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, shall apply all payments received for family support as follows:

27,4981 Section 4981 . 767.261 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.261 (1) First, to payment of family support due within the calendar month during which the payment is withheld from income under s. 767.265 or under similar laws of another state. If payment is not made through income withholding, the clerk or support collection department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, shall first apply family support payments received to payment of family support due within the calendar month during which the payment is received.

27,4982 Section 4982 . 767.262 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.262 (4) (b) The court may order payment of costs under this section by a county the department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, in an action in which the court finds that the record of payments and arrearages kept by the clerk of court under s. 59.40 (2) (h) or the support collection department or its designee under s. 59.07 (97m) (b) 1. is substantially incorrect and that the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee has failed to correct the record within 30 days after having received information that the court determines is sufficient for making the correction.

27,4985c Section 4985c. 767.263 of the statutes is amended to read:

767.263 Notice of change of employer; change of address; change in ability to pay. Each order for child support, family support or maintenance payments shall include an order that the payer and payee notify the clerk of court or support collection designee, whichever is appropriate, county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) of any change of address within 10 days of such change. Each order for child support, family support or maintenance payments shall also include an order that the payer notify the clerk of court or support collection designee, county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) within 10 days, of any change of employer and of any substantial change in the amount of his or her income such that his or her ability to pay child support, family support or maintenance is affected. The order shall also include a statement that clarifies that notification of any substantial change in the amount of the payer's income will not result in a change of the order unless a revision of the order is sought.

27,4989 Section 4989 . 767.265 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.265 (1) Each order for child support under this chapter, for maintenance payments under s. 767.23 or 767.26, for family support under this chapter, for costs ordered under s. 767.51 (3), for support by a spouse under s. 767.02 (1) (f) or for maintenance payments under s. 767.02 (1) (g), each order for a revision in a judgment or order with respect to child support, maintenance or family support payments under s. 767.32, each stipulation approved by the court or the family court commissioner for child support under this chapter and each order for child or spousal support entered under s. 948.22 (7) constitutes an assignment of all commissions, earnings, salaries, wages, pension benefits, benefits under ch. 102 or 108, lottery prizes that are payable in instalments and other money due or to be due in the future to the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee of the county where the action is filed. The assignment shall be for an amount sufficient to ensure payment under the order or stipulation and to pay any arrearages due at a periodic rate not to exceed 50% of the amount of support due under the order or stipulation so long as the addition of the amount toward arrearages does not leave the party at an income below the poverty line established under 42 USC 9902 (2).

27,4992 Section 4992 . 767.265 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.265 (2r) Upon entry of each order for child support, maintenance, family support or support by a spouse and upon approval of each stipulation for child support, unless the court finds that income withholding is likely to cause the payer irreparable harm or unless s. 767.267 applies, the court, family court commissioner or county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) shall provide notice of the assignment by regular mail to the last-known address of the person from whom the payer receives or will receive money. If the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, does not receive the money from the person notified, the court, family court commissioner or county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) shall provide notice of the assignment to any other person from whom the payer receives or will receive money. Notice under this subsection may be a notice of the court, a copy of the executed assignment or a copy of that part of the court order directing payment.

27,4994 Section 4994 . 767.265 (3h) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.265 (3h) A person who receives notice of assignment under this section or s. 767.23 (1) (L), 767.25 (4m) (c) or 767.51 (3m) (c) or similar laws of another state shall withhold the amount specified in the notice from any money that person pays to the payer later than one week after receipt of notice of assignment. Within 5 days after the day the person pays money to the payer, the person shall send the amount withheld to the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, of the jurisdiction providing notice or, in the case of an amount ordered withheld for health care expenses, to the appropriate health care insurer, provider or plan. Except as provided in sub. (3m), for each payment sent to the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee, the person from whom the payer receives money shall receive an amount equal to the person's necessary disbursements, not to exceed $3, which shall be deducted from the money to be paid to the payer. Section 241.09 does not apply to assignments under this section.

27,4998 Section 4998 . 767.265 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.265 (6) (a) Except as provided in sub. (3m), if after receipt of notice of assignment the person from whom the payer receives money fails to withhold the money or send the money to the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee or the appropriate health care insurer, provider or plan as provided in this section or s. 767.23 (1) (L), 767.25 (4m) (c) or 767.51 (3m) (c), the person may be proceeded against under the principal action under ch. 785 for contempt of court or may be proceeded against under ch. 778 and be required to forfeit not less than $50 nor more than an amount, if the amount exceeds $50, that is equal to 1% of the amount not withheld or sent.

27,5000 Section 5000 . 767.265 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.265 (6) (b) If an employer who receives an assignment under this section or s. 767.23 (1) (L), 767.25 (4m) (c) or 767.51 (3m) (c) fails to notify the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, within 10 days after an employe is terminated or otherwise temporarily or permanently leaves employment, the employer may be proceeded against under the principal action under ch. 785 for contempt of court.

27,5002 Section 5002 . 767.265 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.265 (7) A person who receives more than one notice of assignment under sub. (3h) may send all money withheld to the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, in a combined payment, accompanied by any information the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee requires.

27,5003 Section 5003 . 767.267 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.267 (1) If the court or the family court commissioner determines that income withholding under s. 767.265 is inapplicable, ineffective or insufficient to ensure payment under an order or stipulation specified in s. 767.265 (1), or that income withholding under s. 767.25 (4m) (c) or 767.51 (3m) (c) is inapplicable, ineffective or insufficient to ensure payment of a child's health care expenses, including payment of health insurance premiums, ordered under s. 767.25 (4m) or 767.51 (3m), the court or family court commissioner may require the payer to identify or establish a deposit account, owned in whole or in part by the payer, that allows for periodic transfers of funds and to file with the financial institution at which the account is located an authorization for transfer from the account to the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee, whichever is appropriate. The authorization shall be provided on a standard form approved by the court and shall specify the frequency and the amount of transfer, sufficient to meet the payer's obligation under the order or stipulation, as required by the court or family court commissioner. The authorization shall include the payer's consent for the financial institution or an officer, employe or agent of the financial institution to disclose information to the court, family court commissioner, clerk of court or support collection county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), department or department's designee regarding the account for which the payer has executed the authorization for transfer.

27,5004 Section 5004 . 767.267 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.267 (2) A financial institution that receives an authorization for transfer under sub. (1) shall transfer the amounts as specified in the authorization or shall transfer the amount available for transfer if at a time of transfer that amount is less than the amount specified in the authorization. The financial institution may accomplish the transfer by any lawful means, including payment by check, subject to the terms of the account. The financial institution may deduct from the payer's account for each transfer its usual fee for such fund transfers. If the account is closed or if no funds are available at a time of transfer, the financial institution shall notify the clerk of court or support collection county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) or the department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, within 10 days after the date on which the funds should have been transferred.

27,5005 Section 5005 . 767.267 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.267 (5) A financial institution or an officer, employe or agent of a financial institution may disclose information to the court, family court commissioner, clerk of court or support collection county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), department or department's designee concerning an account for which a payer has executed an authorization for transfer under sub. (1).

27,5006 Section 5006 . 767.27 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.27 (2m) In every action in which the court has ordered a party to pay child support under s. 767.25 or 767.51 or family support under s. 767.261 and the circumstances specified in s. 767.075 (1) apply, the court shall require the party who is ordered to pay the support to annually furnish the disclosure form required under this section and may require that party to annually furnish a copy of his or her most recently filed state and federal income tax returns to the designee county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) for the county in which the order was entered. In any action in which the court has ordered a party to pay child support under s. 767.25 or 767.51 or family support under s. 767.261, the court may require the party who is ordered to pay the support to annually furnish the disclosure form required under this section and a copy of his or her most recently filed state and federal income tax returns to the party for whom the support has been awarded. A party who fails to furnish the information as required by the court under this subsection may be proceeded against for contempt of court under ch. 785.

27,5008 Section 5008 . 767.27 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.27 (4) Failure by either party timely to file a complete disclosure statement as required by this section shall authorize the court to accept as accurate any information provided in the statement of the other party or obtained under s. 49.22 (2m) by the department or the county child and spousal support agency under s. 59.53 (5).

27,5009 Section 5009 . 767.29 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 767.29 (1) (a) and amended to read:

767.29 (1) (a) All orders or judgments providing for temporary or permanent maintenance, child support or family support payments shall direct the payment of all such sums to the clerk of court, or support collection designee in a county that has designated a support collection designee under s. 59.07 (97m), department or its designee for the use of the person for whom the same has been awarded. A party securing an order for temporary maintenance, child support or family support payments shall forthwith file the order, together with all pleadings in the action, with the clerk of court or support collection designee.

(c) Except as provided in sub. (1m), the clerk or support collection department or its designee shall disburse the money so received under the judgment or order within 15 days in the manner required by federal regulations and take receipts therefor, unless the clerk or support collection department or its designee is unable to disburse the moneys because they were paid by check or other draft drawn upon an account containing insufficient funds. All moneys received or disbursed under this section shall be entered in a record kept by the clerk or support collection department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, which shall be open to inspection by the department for the administration of the child and spousal support and establishment of paternity program under s. 49.22, the parties to the action and, their attorneys, and the family court commissioner.

(e) If the maintenance, child support or family support payments adjudged or ordered to be paid shall are not be paid to the clerk or support collection department or its designee at the time provided in the judgment or order, the clerk or support collection designee county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) or the family court commissioner of the county shall take such proceedings as he or she considers advisable to secure the payment of the sum including enforcement by contempt proceedings under ch. 785 or by other means. Copies of any order issued to compel the payment shall be mailed to counsel who represented each party when the maintenance, child support or family support payments were awarded. In case any fees of officers in any of the proceedings, including the compensation of the family court commissioner at the rate of $50 per day unless the commissioner is on a salaried basis, is not collected from the person proceeded against, the fees shall be paid out of the county treasury upon the order of the presiding judge and the certificate of the clerk of court or support collection designee department.

27,5010 Section 5010. 767.29 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

767.29 (1) (b) Upon request, after the filing of an order or judgment or the receipt of an interim disbursement order, the clerk of court shall advise the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) of the terms of the order or judgment within 2 business days after the filing or receipt. The county child support agency shall, within the time required by federal law, enter the terms of the order or judgment into the statewide support data system, as required by s. 59.53 (5) (b).

27,5011 Section 5011 . 767.29 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

767.29 (1) (d) For receiving and disbursing maintenance, child support or family support payments, and for maintaining the records required under par. (c), the department or its designee shall collect an annual fee of $25 to be paid by each party ordered to make payments. The court or family court commissioner shall order each party ordered to make payments to pay the annual fee under this paragraph at the time of, and in addition to, the first payment to the department or its designee in each year for which payments are ordered. All fees collected under this paragraph shall be deposited in the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) (ja). At the time of ordering the payment of an annual fee under this paragraph, the court or family court commissioner shall notify each party ordered to make payments of the requirement to pay the annual fee and of the amount of the annual fee. If the annual fee under this section is not paid when due, the department or its designee may not deduct the annual fee from the maintenance or child or family support payment, but may do any of the following:

1. Move the court for a remedial sanction under ch. 785.

2. Apply to the court or family court commissioner for an assignment relating to the annual fee in accordance with s. 767.265.

27,5012 Section 5012 . 767.29 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

767.29 (1) (f) If the department determines that the statewide automated support and maintenance receipt and disbursement system will be operational before October 1, 1999, the department shall publish a notice in the Wisconsin Administrative Register that states the date on which the system will begin operating. Before that date or October 1, 1999, whichever is earlier, the circuit courts, county child support agencies under s. 59.53 (5), clerks of court and employers shall cooperate with the department in any measures taken to ensure an efficient and orderly transition from the countywide system of support receipt and disbursement to the statewide system.

27,5014 Section 5014 . 767.29 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.29 (1m) (intro.) Notwithstanding ss. 767.25 (6), 767.261 and 767.51 (5p), if the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee receives support or maintenance money that exceeds the amount due in the month in which it is received and that the clerk or support collection department or its designee determines is for support or maintenance due in a succeeding month, the clerk or support collection department or its designee may hold the amount of overpayment that does not exceed the amount due in the next month for disbursement in the next month if any of the following applies:

27,5015 Section 5015 . 767.29 (1m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.29 (1m) (d) The clerk or support collection department or its designee determines that the overpayment should be held until the month when it is due.

27,5016 Section 5016 . 767.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.29 (2) If any party entitled to maintenance payments or support money, or both, is receiving public assistance under ch. 49, the party may assign the party's right thereto to the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 granting such assistance. Such assignment shall be approved by order of the court granting the maintenance payments or support money, and may be terminated in like manner; except that it shall not be terminated in cases where there is any delinquency in the amount of maintenance payments and support money previously ordered or adjudged to be paid to the assignee without the written consent of the assignee or upon notice to the assignee and hearing. When an assignment of maintenance payments or support money, or both, has been approved by the order, the assignee shall be deemed a real party in interest within s. 803.01 but solely for the purpose of securing payment of unpaid maintenance payments or support money adjudged or ordered to be paid, by participating in proceedings to secure the payment thereof. Notwithstanding assignment under this subsection, and without further order of the court, the clerk of court or support collection department or its designee, upon receiving notice that a party or a minor child of the parties is receiving aid under s. 49.19 public assistance under ch. 49, shall forward all support assigned under s. 48.57 (3m) (b) 2., 49.19 (4) (h) 1. or 49.45 (19) to the department assignee under s. 49.19 (4) (h) 1. or 49.45 (19).

27,5019 Section 5019 . 767.293 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.293 (1) If an order for child support under this chapter or s. 948.22 (7), an order for family support under this chapter or a stipulation approved by the court or the family court commissioner for child support under this chapter requires a payer to pay child or family support in an amount that is expressed as a percentage of parental income, the payee, including the state or its designee a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) if the state is a real party in interest under s. 767.075 (1), may establish an arrearage by filing an affidavit in the action in which the order for the payment of support was entered or the stipulation for support was approved. The affidavit shall state the amount of the arrearage and the facts supporting a reasonable basis on which the arrearage was determined and may state the payer's current income and the facts supporting a reasonable basis on which the payer's current income was determined. Not later than 60 days after filing the affidavit, the payee shall serve the affidavit on the payer in the manner provided in s. 801.11 (1) (a) or (b) or by sending the affidavit by registered or certified mail to the last-known address of the payer. After the payee files a proof of service on the payer, the court shall send a notice to the payer by regular, registered or certified mail to the payer's last-known address. The notice shall provide that, unless the payer requests a hearing to dispute the arrearage or the amount of the arrearage not later than 20 days after the date of the notice, the court or family court commissioner may enter an order against the payer in the amount stated in the affidavit and may provide notice of assignment under s. 767.265. The notice shall include the mailing address to which the request for hearing must be mailed or delivered in order to schedule a hearing under sub. (2).

27,5022 Section 5022 . 767.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.30 (1) If the court orders any payment for support under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4., 48.357 (5m), 48.363 (2), 938.183 (2) (4), 938.355 (2) (b) 4., 938.357 (5m) or 938.363 (2), support or maintenance under s. 767.08, child support, family support or maintenance under s. 767.23, child support under s. 767.25, maintenance under s. 767.26, family support under s. 767.261, attorney fees under s. 767.262, paternity obligations under s. 767.51, support arrearages under s. 767.293 or child or spousal support under s. 948.22 (7), the court may provide that any payment be paid in the amounts and at the times that it considers expedient.

27,5025 Section 5025 . 767.305 of the statutes is amended to read:

767.305 Enforcement; contempt proceedings. In all cases where a party has incurred a financial obligation under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4., 48.357 (5m), 48.363 (2), 767.23, 767.25, 767.255, 767.26, 767.261, 767.262, 767.293, 938.183 (2) (4), 938.355 (2) (b) 4., 938.357 (5m) or 938.363 (2) and has failed within a reasonable time or as ordered by the court to satisfy such obligation, and where the wage assignment proceeding under s. 767.265 and the account transfer under s. 767.267 are inapplicable, impractical or unfeasible, the court may on its own initiative, and shall on the application of the receiving party, issue an order requiring the payer to show cause at some reasonable time therein specified why he or she should not be punished for such misconduct as provided in ch. 785.

27,5027 Section 5027 . 767.32 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.32 (1) (a) After a judgment or order providing for child support under this chapter or s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4., 48.357 (5m), 48.363 (2), 938.183 (2) (4), 938.355 (2) (b) 4., 938.357 (5m), 938.363 (2) or 948.22 (7), maintenance payments under s. 767.26 or family support payments under this chapter, or for the appointment of trustees under s. 767.31, the court may, from time to time, on the petition, motion or order to show cause of either of the parties, or upon the petition, motion or order to show cause of the department, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 or a county child support program designee agency under s. 59.53 (5) if an assignment has been made under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) (b) 2., 49.153 (3), 49.19 (4) (h) or 49.45 (19) or if either party or their minor children receive aid under s. 48.57 (3m) or ch. 49, and upon notice to the family court commissioner, revise and alter such judgment or order respecting the amount of such maintenance or child support and the payment thereof, and also respecting the appropriation and payment of the principal and income of the property so held in trust, and may make any judgment or order respecting any of the matters that such court might have made in the original action, except that a judgment or order that waives maintenance payments for either party shall not thereafter be revised or altered in that respect nor shall the provisions of a judgment or order with respect to final division of property be subject to revision or modification. A revision, under this section, of a judgment or order with respect to an amount of child or family support may be made only upon a finding of a substantial change in circumstances. In any action under this section to revise a judgment or order with respect to maintenance payments, a substantial change in the cost of living by either party or as measured by the federal bureau of labor statistics may be sufficient to justify a revision of judgment or order with respect to the amount of maintenance, except that a change in an obligor's cost of living is not in itself sufficient if payments are expressed as a percentage of income.

27,5030 Section 5030 . 767.32 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

767.32 (1) (c) 1. Unless the amount of child support is expressed in the judgment or order as a percentage of parental income, a change in the payer's income, evidenced by information received under s. 49.22 (2m) by the department, or the county child and spousal support agency, under s. 49.22 (2m) 59.53 (5) or by other information, from the payer's income determined by the court in its most recent judgment or order for child support, including a revision of a child support order under this section.

27,5031 Section 5031 . 767.32 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.32 (1r) In an action under sub. (1) to revise a judgment or order with respect to child support or family support, the court may not grant credit to the payer against support due prior to the date on which the action is commenced for payments made by the payer on behalf of the child other than payments made to the clerk of court or support collection designee under s. 59.53 (5m), 1995 stats., under s. 767.265 or, 1995 stats., or s. 767.29, 1995 stats., to the department or its designee under s. 767.265 or 767.29 or as otherwise ordered by the court.

27,5036 Section 5036 . 767.33 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.33 (1) An order for child support under s. 767.23 or 767.25 may provide for an adjustment in the amount to be paid based on a change in the obligor's income, as reported on the disclosure form under s. 767.27 (2m) or as disclosed under s. 49.22 (2m) to the department or county child and spousal support agency under s. 49.22 (2m) 59.53 (5). The order may specify the date on which the annual adjustment becomes effective. No adjustment may be made unless the order so provides and the party receiving payments applies for an adjustment as provided in sub. (2). An adjustment under this section may be made only once in any year.

27,5036m Section 5036m. 767.47 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

767.47 (6) (a) Whenever the state brings the action to determine paternity pursuant to an assignment under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) (b) 2., 49.153 (3) (a), 49.19 (4) (h) 1. or 49.45 (19), or receipt of benefits under s. 49.148, 49.155, 49.157 or 49.159, the natural mother of the child may not be compelled to testify about the paternity of the child if it has been determined that the mother has good cause for refusing to cooperate in establishing paternity as provided in 42 USC 602 (a) (26) (B) and the federal regulations promulgated pursuant to this statute, as of July 1, 1981, and pursuant to any rules promulgated by the department which define good cause in accordance with the federal regulations, as authorized by 42 USC 602 (a) (26) (B) in effect on July 1, 1981.