2009 WISCONSIN ACT 321
An Act to repeal 769.101 (7), 769.101 (19) (b), 769.301 (2) and 769.612 (2); to renumber 769.102, 769.103 and 769.308; to renumber and amend 769.201, 769.207 (3), 769.307 (3), 769.319 and 769.604 (1); to consolidate, renumber and amend 769.101 (19) (intro.) and (a); to amend 767.01 (2), 767.80 (5m), 769.101 (2), 769.101 (4), 769.101 (8), 769.101 (9), 769.101 (10), 769.101 (12) (a), 769.101 (12) (b), 769.101 (14), 769.101 (15), 769.101 (16), 769.101 (17), 769.101 (20) (intro.), 769.101 (20) (a), 769.101 (20) (b), 769.101 (20) (c), 769.101 (20) (d), 769.101 (21), 769.101 (22), 769.203, 769.204 (title), 769.204 (1) (intro.), 769.204 (1) (a), 769.204 (1) (b), 769.204 (2) (intro.), 769.204 (2) (a), 769.204 (2) (c), 769.207 (title), 769.207 (1m) (intro.), 769.207 (1m) (a), 769.207 (1m) (b), 769.207 (1m) (c), 769.207 (1r), 769.207 (2), 769.208, 769.209, 769.301 (3), 769.302, 769.304 (1), 769.304 (2), 769.305 (1), 769.305 (2) (intro.), 769.305 (2) (a), 769.305 (2) (b), 769.305 (2) (h), 769.306, 769.307 (2) (intro.), 769.307 (2) (a), 769.307 (2) (d), 769.307 (2) (e), 769.31 (2) (b), 769.31 (2) (c), 769.311 (1), 769.312, 769.313 (2), 769.314 (1), 769.314 (3), 769.316 (1), 769.316 (2), 769.316 (4), 769.316 (5), 769.316 (6), 769.317, 769.318 (1), 769.318 (2), subchapter IV (title) of chapter 769 [precedes 769.401], 769.401 (1) (intro.), 769.401 (1) (a), 769.401 (1) (b), subchapter V (title) of chapter 769 [precedes 769.501], 769.501, 769.505, 769.506 (1), 769.507 (1), subchapter VI (title) of chapter 769 [precedes 769.601], 769.601, 769.602 (1) (intro.), 769.602 (1) (c), 769.602 (2), 769.603 (1), 769.603 (2), 769.603 (3), 769.604 (2), 769.605 (1), 769.605 (2) (a), 769.605 (2) (b), 769.605 (2) (c), 769.605 (3), 769.606 (title), 769.606 (1), 769.606 (2), 769.606 (3), 769.607 (1) (intro.), 769.607 (2), 769.607 (3), 769.608, 769.609, 769.61, 769.611 (1) (intro.), 769.611 (1) (a) 1., 769.611 (1) (b), 769.611 (3), 769.612 (intro.), 769.612 (1), 769.612 (3), 769.612 (4), 769.613 (title), 769.613 (1), 769.613 (2), 769.802 (2), 769.901 and 769.903 (title); to repeal and recreate 769.102 (title), 769.202, 769.205, 769.206, 769.401 (2) and subchapter VII of chapter 769 [precedes 769.701]; and to create 769.101 (2c), 769.101 (3c), 769.101 (3g), 769.101 (3m), 769.101 (8m), 769.101 (12) (d), 769.101 (13) (d), 769.101 (13m), 769.101 (13r), 769.101 (20) (e), 769.102 (2), 769.103 (2), 769.105, 769.201 (2m), 769.207 (3) (b), 769.207 (3) (c), 769.207 (5), 769.210, 769.211, 769.305 (6), 769.307 (3m), 769.307 (4), 769.307 (5), 769.308 (2), 769.316 (10), 769.319 (2), 769.319 (3), 769.402, 769.602 (4), 769.602 (5), 769.604 (1) (c), 769.604 (3), 769.604 (4), 769.605 (2m), 769.607 (1) (h), 769.611 (3m), 769.611 (5), 769.615, 769.616 and 769.904 of the statutes;
relating to: modifications to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 767.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.01 (2) Paternity and child support. In an action to establish paternity or to establish or enforce a child support obligation, in regard to a child who is the subject of the action, a person is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as provided in s. 769.201 (1m) or 801.05.
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2. 767.80 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.80 (5m) Applicable procedure; exceptions. Except as provided in ss. 767.805, 767.863 (3), 767.85, 767.893 (2) and (2m), and 769.401, unless a male is presumed the child's father under s. 891.41 (1), is adjudicated the child's father either under s. 767.89 or by final order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in another state, or has acknowledged himself to be the child's father under s. 767.805 (1) or a substantially similar law of another state, no order or temporary order may be entered for child support, legal custody, or physical placement until the male is adjudicated the father using the procedure set forth in this subchapter, except s. 767.805. Except as provided in ss. 767.805, 767.85, and 769.401, the exclusive procedure for establishment of child support obligations, legal custody, or physical placement rights for a male who is not presumed the child's father under s. 891.41 (1), adjudicated the father, or acknowledged under s. 767.805 (1) or a substantially similar law of another state to be the father is by an action under this subchapter, except s. 767.805, or under s. 769.701 769.402. No person may waive the use of this procedure. If a presumption under s. 891.41 (1) exists, a party denying paternity has the burden of rebutting the presumption.
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3. 769.101 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (2) "Child support order" means a support order for a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state or foreign country.
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4. 769.101 (2c) of the statutes is created to read:
769.101 (2c) "Convention" means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007.
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5. 769.101 (3c) of the statutes is created to read:
769.101 (3c) "Foreign country" means a country, including a political subdivision of the country, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support orders and to which any of the following applies:
(a) The country or political subdivision has been declared under the law of the United States to be a foreign reciprocating country.
(b) The country or political subdivision has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state under s. 769.308 (2).
(c) The country or political subdivision has enacted a law or established procedures for the issuance and enforcement of support orders that are substantially similar to the procedures under this chapter.
(d) The country or political subdivision is one in which the convention is in force with respect to the United States.
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6. 769.101 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:
769.101 (3g) "Foreign support order" means a support order of a foreign tribunal.
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7. 769.101 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
769.101 (3m) "Foreign tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity of a foreign country that is authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. "Foreign tribunal" includes a competent authority under the convention.
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8. 769.101 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (4) "Home state" means the state or foreign country in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as parent for at least 6 consecutive months immediately preceding the time of the filing of a petition or comparable pleading for support or, if a child is less than 6 months old, the state or foreign country in which the child lived from birth with any of them. A period of temporary absence of any of them is counted as part of the 6-month or other period.
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9. 769.101 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
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10. 769.101 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (8) "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an initiating of a state or foreign country from which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded or in which a petition or comparable pleading is filed for forwarding to another state or foreign country.
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11. 769.101 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
769.101 (8m) "Issuing foreign country" means the foreign country in which a tribunal issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child.
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12. 769.101 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (9) "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a support order or renders a judgment determining parentage of a child.
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13. 769.101 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (10) "Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal
of a state or foreign country that issues a support order or renders a judgment determining parentage of a child.
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14. 769.101 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (12) (a) An individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order has been issued or a judgment determining parentage of a child has been rendered
issued.
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15. 769.101 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (12) (b) A foreign country, state, or political subdivision of a state to which the rights under a duty of support or support order have been assigned or which has independent claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support.
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16. 769.101 (12) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
769.101 (12) (d) A person that is a creditor in a proceeding under subch. VII.
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17. 769.101 (13) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
769.101 (13) (d) The individual or decedent is a debtor in a proceeding under subch. VII.
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18. 769.101 (13m) of the statutes is created to read:
769.101 (13m) "Outside this state" means a location in another state or a country other than the United States, whether or not the country is a foreign country.
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19. 769.101 (13r) of the statutes is created to read:
769.101 (13r) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form.
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20. 769.101 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (14) "Register" means to file in a tribunal of this state a support order or judgment determining parentage with the clerk of court of a child issued in another state or a foreign country.
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21. 769.101 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (15) "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child is registered.
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22. 769.101 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (16) "Responding state" means a state in which a proceeding petition or comparable pleading for support or to determine parentage of a child is filed or to which a proceeding petition or comparable pleading is forwarded for filing from an initiating another state under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, or under a law or procedure substantially similar to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act or a foreign country.
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23. 769.101 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (17) "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a responding state or foreign country.
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24. 769.101 (19) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 769.101 (19) and amended to read:
769.101 (19) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. "State" includes all of the following: (a) An an Indian nation or tribe.
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25. 769.101 (19) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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26. 769.101 (20) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (20) (intro.) "Support enforcement agency" means a public official, governmental entity, or
private agency authorized to seek do any of the following:
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27. 769.101 (20) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (20) (a) Enforcement Seek enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support.
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28. 769.101 (20) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (20) (b) Establishment Seek establishment or modification of child support.
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29. 769.101 (20) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (20) (c) Determination Request determination of parentage of a child.
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30. 769.101 (20) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (20) (d) Location of Attempt to locate obligors or their assets.
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31. 769.101 (20) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
769.101 (20) (e) Request determination of the controlling child support order.
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32. 769.101 (21) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (21) "Support order" means a judgment, decree or, order, decision, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, that provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement, and that for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. "Support order" may include related costs and fees, interest, income withholding, automatic adjustment, reasonable attorney fees, and other relief.
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33. 769.101 (22) of the statutes is amended to read:
769.101 (22) "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage in this state or in an issuing or responding state of a child.
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34. 769.102 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
769.102 (title) State tribunal and support enforcement agency.
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35. 769.102 of the statutes is renumbered 769.102 (1).
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36. 769.102 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
769.102 (2) The department of children and families and county child support agencies under s. 59.53 (5) are the support enforcement agencies of this state.
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37. 769.103 of the statutes is renumbered 769.103 (1).
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38. 769.103 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
769.103 (2) This chapter does not do any of the following:
(a) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state.
(b) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to legal custody or physical placement of a child in a proceeding under this chapter.
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39. 769.105 of the statutes is created to read: