632.68 (4) (bc) 1. The commissioner shall disclose a social security number obtained under par. (b) to the department of workforce development children and families in the administration of s. 49.22, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SECTION 916. 632.68 (4) (bm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
632.68 (4) (bm) 1. The commissioner may not issue a license under this subsection to a natural person who is delinquent in court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse, or who fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SECTION 917. 632.68 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
632.68 (4) (c) Except as provided in sub. (5), a license issued under this subsection shall be renewed annually on July 1 upon payment of the fee specified in s. 601.31 (1) (ms) and upon providing the licensee's social security number, unless the licensee does not have a social security number, or federal employer identification number, as applicable, if not previously provided on the application for the license or at a previous renewal of the license. If the licensee is a natural person who does not have a social security number, the license shall be renewed annually, except as provided in sub. (5), on July 1 upon payment of the fee specified in s. 601.31 (1) (ms) and upon providing to the commissioner a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation, on a form prescribed by the department of workforce development children and families, that the licensee does not have a social security number.
SECTION 918. 632.68 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
632.68 (5) (b) 1. The commissioner shall suspend, limit or refuse to renew a viatical settlement broker license issued to a natural person if the natural person is delinquent in court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse, or if the natural person fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SECTION 919. 632.897 (10) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
632.897 (10) (am) 2. Provide family coverage under the group policy or individual policy for the individual's child, if eligible for coverage, upon application by the individual, the child's other parent, the department of workforce development children and families or the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).
SECTION 920. 633.14 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
633.14 (1) (e) If an individual who does not have a social security number, provides on a form prescribed by the department of workforce development children and families a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that he or she does not have a social security number.
SECTION 921. 633.14 (2c) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
633.14 (2c) (a) The commissioner shall disclose a social security number obtained under sub. (1) (d) to the department of workforce development children and families in the administration of s. 49.22, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SECTION 922. 633.14 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
633.14 (2m) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the commissioner may not issue a license under this section if the individual applying for the license is delinquent in court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse, or if the individual fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SECTION 923. 633.15 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
633.15 (1m) SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OR STATEMENT. At an annual renewal, an administrator shall provide his or her social security number, if the administrator is an individual unless he or she does not have a social security number, or its federal employer identification number, if the administrator is a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, if the social security number or federal employer identification number was not previously provided on the application for the license or at a previous renewal of the license. If an administrator who is an individual does not have a social security number, the individual shall provide to the commissioner, at each annual renewal and on a form prescribed by the department of workforce development children and families, a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that the administrator does not have a social security number.
SECTION 924. 633.15 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
633.15 (2) (c) Failure to pay support or to comply with subpoena or warrant. The commissioner shall suspend, limit or refuse to renew a license issued under this section to an individual if the individual is delinquent in court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse, or if the individual fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SECTION 925. 701.06 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
701.06 (5) CLAIMS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT. (intro.) Notwithstanding any provision in the creating instrument or subs. (1) and (2), if the settlor is legally obligated to pay for the public support of a beneficiary under s. 46.10, 49.345, or 301.12 or the beneficiary is legally obligated to pay for the beneficiary's public support or that furnished the beneficiary's spouse or minor child under s. 46.10, 49.345, or 301.12, upon application by the appropriate state department or county official, the court may:
SECTION 926. 751.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
751.15 (1) The supreme court is requested to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of workforce development children and families under s. 49.857.
SECTION 927. 751.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
751.15 (2) The supreme court is requested to promulgate rules that require each person who has a social security number, as a condition of membership in the state bar, to provide the board of bar examiners with his or her social security number, that require each person who does not have a social security number, as a condition of membership in the state bar, to provide the board of bar examiners with a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation on a form prescribed by the department of workforce development children and families that the person does not have a social security number, and that prohibit the disclosure of that number to any person except the department of workforce development children and families for the purpose of administering s. 49.22.
SECTION 928. 751.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
751.15 (3) The supreme court is requested to promulgate rules that deny, suspend, restrict or refuse to renew a license to practice law if the applicant or licensee fails to provide the information required under rules promulgated under sub. (2) or fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of workforce development children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings or if the department of workforce development children and families certifies that the applicant or licensee has failed to pay court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse. The supreme court is also requested to promulgate rules that invalidate a license to practice law if issued in reliance upon a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation under rules promulgated under sub. (2) that is false.
SECTION 929. 767.001 (1d) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.001 (1d) "Department" means the department of workforce development children and families.
SECTION 930. 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).
SECTION 931. 767.205 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
767.205 (2) (a) 3. Whenever aid under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) or (3n), 48.645, 49.19, or 49.45 is provided on behalf of a dependent child or benefits are provided to the child's custodial parent under ss. 49.141 to 49.161.
SECTION 932. 767.205 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
767.205 (2) (a) 4. Whenever aid under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) or (3n), 48.645, 49.19, or 49.45 has, in the past, been provided on behalf of a dependent child, or benefits have, in the past, been provided to the child's custodial parent under ss. 49.141 to 49.161, and the child's family is eligible for continuing child support services under 45 CFR 302.33.
SECTION 933. 767.217 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.217 (1) NOTICE OF PLEADING OR MOTION. In an 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, 48.645, 49.19, or 49.45, each party shall, either within 20 days after serving the opposite party with a motion or pleading requesting the court 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 on the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) of the county in which the action is begun.
SECTION 934. 767.407 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
767.407 (1) (c) 1. Aid is provided under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) or (3n), 48.645, 49.19, or 49.45 on behalf of the child, or benefits are provided to the child's custodial parent under ss. 49.141 to 49.161, but the state and its delegate under s. 49.22 (7) are barred by a statute of limitations from commencing an action under s. 767.80 on behalf of the child.
SECTION 935. 767.41 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
767.41 (3) (a) If the interest of any child demands it, and if the court finds that neither parent is able to care for the child adequately or that neither parent is fit and proper to have the care and custody of the child, the court may declare the child to be in need of protection or services and transfer legal custody of the child to a relative of the child, as defined in s. 48.02 (15), to a county department, as defined under s. 48.02 (2g), to a licensed child welfare agency, or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department of health and family services children and families. If the court transfers legal custody of a child under this subsection, in its order the court shall notify the parents of any applicable grounds for termination of parental rights under s. 48.415. If the court transfers legal custody under this section to an agency, the court shall also refer the matter to the court intake worker, as defined in s. 48.02 (3), who shall conduct an inquiry under s. 48.24 to determine whether a petition should be filed under s. 48.13.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 767.41 (3) (a). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0261 and -1261.
SECTION 936. 767.451 (7) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
767.451 (7) TRANSFER TO DEPARTMENT. The court may order custody transferred to the department of health and family services only if that the department agrees to accept custody. If the court orders custody transferred to the department of health and family services, the order transferring custody shall include the findings and order specified in s. 767.41 (3) (am).
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 767.451 (7). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -0261 and -1261.
SECTION 937. 767.521 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.521 Action by state for child support. (intro.) The state or its delegate under s. 49.22 (7) shall bring an action for support of a minor child under s. 767.001 (1) (f) or for paternity determination and child support under s. 767.80 if the child's right to support is assigned to the state under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b) 2., 48.645 (3), 49.145 (2) (s), 49.19 (4) (h) 1. b., or 49.775 (2) (bm) and all of the following apply:
SECTION 938. 767.55 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
767.55 (3) (a) 2. The child's right to support is assigned to the state under s. 46.261 (3), 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b) 2., 48.645 (3), or 49.19 (4) (h) 1. b.
SECTION 939. 767.57 (1e) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
767.57 (1e) (a) For receiving and disbursing maintenance, child support, or family support payments, including payments in arrears, and for maintaining the records required under sub. (1) (c), the department or its designee shall collect an annual fee of $65 from a party ordered to make payments. The court shall order each party ordered to make payments to pay the fee in each year for which payments are ordered or in which an arrearage in any of those payments is owed. In directing the manner of payment, the court shall order that the fee be withheld from income and sent to the department or its designee, as provided under s. 767.75. Fees under this paragraph shall be deposited in the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (ja). At the time of ordering payment of the fee, the court shall notify each party ordered to make payments of the requirement to pay, and the amount of, the fee. If the fee under this paragraph is not paid when due, the department or its designee may not deduct the fee from any maintenance, child or family support, or arrearage payment, but may move the court for a remedial sanction under ch. 785.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 767.57 (1e) (a). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -1261, -1589, and -1590.
SECTION 940. 767.57 (1e) (b) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
767.57 (1e) (b) 1m. The department or its designee may collect any unpaid fees under s. 814.61 (12) (b), 1997 stats., that are shown on the department's automated payment and collection system on December 31, 1998, and shall deposit all fees collected under this subdivision in the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) 20.437 (2) (ja). The department or its designee may collect unpaid fees under this subdivision through income withholding under s. 767.75 (2m). If the department or its designee determines that income withholding is inapplicable, ineffective, or insufficient for the collection of any unpaid fees under this subdivision, the department or its designee may move the court for a remedial sanction under ch. 785. The department or its designee may contract with or employ a collection agency or other person for the collection of any unpaid fees under this subdivision and, notwithstanding s. 20.930, may contract with or employ an attorney to appear in any action in state or federal court to enforce the payment obligation. The department or its designee may not deduct the amount of unpaid fees from any maintenance, child or family support, or arrearage payment.
SECTION 941. 767.57 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.57 (1m) (c) The party entitled to the support or maintenance money or a minor child of the party has applied for or is receiving aid under s. 46.261 48.645 or public assistance under ch. 49 and there is an assignment to the state under s. 46.261 48.645 (3) or 49.19 (4) (h) 1. b. of the party's right to the support or maintenance money.
SECTION 942. 767.57 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.57 (2) PROCEDURE IF RECIPIENT ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. If a party entitled to maintenance or support, or both, is receiving public assistance under ch. 49, the party may assign the party's right to support or maintenance to the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 granting the assistance. The assignment shall be approved by order of the court granting the maintenance or support. The assignment may not be terminated if there is a delinquency in the amount to be paid to the assignee of maintenance and support previously ordered without the written consent of the assignee or upon notice to the assignee and a hearing. When an assignment of maintenance or support, or both, has been approved by the order, the assignee shall be deemed a real party in interest within s. 803.01 solely for the purpose of securing payment of unpaid maintenance or support ordered to be paid, by participating in proceedings to secure the payment of unpaid amounts. Notwithstanding assignment under this subsection, and without further order of the court, the department or its designee, upon receiving notice that a party or a minor child of the parties is receiving aid under s. 46.261 48.645 or public assistance under ch. 49 or that a kinship care relative or long-term kinship care relative of the minor child is receiving kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments for the minor child, shall forward all support assigned under s. 46.261 (3), 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b) 2., 48.645 (3), 49.19 (4) (h) 1., or 49.45 (19) to the assignee under s. 46.261 (3), 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b) 2., 48.645 (3), 49.19 (4) (h) 1., or 49.45 (19).
SECTION 943. 767.57 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.57 (4) PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN CHILD RECIPIENTS. If an order or judgment providing for the support of one or more children not receiving aid under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) or (3n), 48.645, or 49.19 includes support for a minor who is the beneficiary of aid under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) or (3n), 48.645, or 49.19, any support payment made under the order or judgment is assigned to the state under s. 46.261 (3), 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b) 2., 48.645 (3), or 49.19 (4) (h) 1. b. in the amount that is the proportionate share of the minor receiving aid under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) or (3n), 48.645, or 49.19, except as otherwise ordered by the court on the motion of a party.
SECTION 944. 767.59 (1c) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.59 (1c) (a) (intro.) On the petition, motion, or order to show cause of either of the parties, the department, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) if an assignment has been made under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b) 2., 48.645 (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 (3n) or 48.645 or ch. 49, a court may, except as provided in par. (b), do any of the following:
SECTION 945. 767.59 (1f) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
767.59 (1f) (b) 4. A difference between the amount of child support ordered by the court to be paid by the payer and the amount that the payer would have been required to pay based on the percentage standard established by the department under s. 49.22 (9) if the court did not use the percentage standard in determining the child support payments and did not provide the information required under s. 46.10 (14) (d), 49.345 (14) (d), 301.12 (14) (d), or 767.511 (1n), whichever is appropriate.
SECTION 946. 767.59 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.59 (2) (c) If the court revises a judgment or order providing for child support that was entered under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4., 48.357 (5m) (a), 48.363 (2), 938.183 (4), 938.355 (2) (b) 4., 938.357 (5m) (a) or 938.363 (2), the court shall determine child support in the manner provided in s. 46.10 49.345 (14) or 301.12 (14), whichever is applicable.
SECTION 947. 767.59 (2s) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.59 (2s) STIPULATION FOR REVISION OF SUPPORT. In an action under sub. (1c), the court may not approve a stipulation for the revision of a judgment or order with respect to an amount of child support or family support unless the stipulation provides for payment of an amount of child support or family support that is determined in the manner required under s. 46.10 (14), 49.345 (14), 301.12 (14), 767.511, 767.805 (4), or 767.89, whichever is appropriate.
SECTION 948. 767.87 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.87 (2m) ADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN MEDICAL AND GENETIC INFORMATION. Medical and genetic information filed with the department of health and family services or the court under s. 48.425 (1) (am) or (2) is not admissible to prove the paternity of the child.
SECTION 949. 767.87 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.87 (6) (a) Whenever the state brings the action to determine paternity pursuant to an assignment under s. 46.261, 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b) 2., 48.645 (3), 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.
SECTION 950. 769.201 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.201 (7) The individual asserted parentage in a declaration of paternal interest filed with the department of health and family services children and families under s. 48.025 or in a statement acknowledging paternity filed with the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 1. or 3.
SECTION 951. 769.31 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.31 (1) The department of workforce development children and families is the state information agency under this chapter.
SECTION 952. 809.105 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
809.105 (13) CERTAIN PERSONS BARRED FROM PROCEEDINGS. No parent, or guardian or legal custodian, if one has been appointed, or foster parent or treatment foster parent, if the minor has been placed in a foster home or treatment foster home, and the minor's parent has signed a waiver granting the department of health and family services children and families, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, the foster parent or the treatment foster parent the authority to consent to medical services or treatment on behalf of the minor, or adult family member, as defined in s. 48.375 (2) (b), of any minor who has initiated an appeal under this section may attend or intervene in any proceeding under this section.
SECTION 953. 813.12 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
813.12 (5) (b) The clerk of circuit court shall provide the simplified forms provided under s. 46.95 49.165 (3) (c) to help a person file a petition.
SECTION 954. 813.122 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
813.122 (6) (b) Upon request, the clerk of circuit court shall provide, without cost, the simplified forms obtained under s. 46.03 48.47 (7) (d) to a petitioner.
SECTION 955. 814.75 (22m) of the statutes is amended to read:
814.75 (22m) The supplemental food enforcement surcharge under s. 253.06 49.17 (4) (c).
SECTION 956. 814.76 (15m) of the statutes is amended to read:
814.76 (15m) The supplemental food enforcement surcharge under s. 253.06 49.17 (4) (c).
SECTION 957. 814.80 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
814.80 (11) The supplemental food enforcement surcharge under s. 253.06 49.17 (4) (c).
SECTION 958. 859.07 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
859.07 (2) (a) (intro.) The personal representative shall provide notice of the date set under s. 859.01 to the department of health and family services, the department of children and families, or the department of corrections, as applicable, and to the county clerk of the decedent's county of residence, as defined in s. 49.001 (6) if, at any time prior to or at the time of the decedent's death, any of the following applied:
SECTION 959. 859.07 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
859.07 (2) (a) 2. The decedent was responsible for any obligation owing to the state or a county under s. 46.03 (18), 46.10, 48.36, 49.32 (1), 49.345, 301.03 (18), 301.12, or 938.36.
