SB473,26,2420 769.316 (2) A verified petition, An affidavit, a document substantially
21complying with federally mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference
22in any of them, that would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person,
23is admissible in evidence if given under oath penalty of perjury by a party or witness
24residing in another outside this state.
SB473, s. 99 25Section 99. 769.316 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,27,7
1769.316 (4) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, or for prenatal
2and postnatal health care of the mother and child, or copies of reports of medical
3assistance payments under subch. IV of ch. 49 for such testing or prenatal and
4postnatal health care, furnished to the adverse party at least 10 days before trial, are
5admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed or the amount of the
6medical assistance paid and that the charges or payments were reasonable,
7necessary, and customary.
SB473, s. 100 8Section 100. 769.316 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,27,129 769.316 (5) Documentary evidence transmitted from another outside this state
10to a tribunal of this state by telephone, telecopier, or other electronic means that do
11not provide an original writing record may not be excluded from evidence on an
12objection based on the means of transmission.
SB473, s. 101 13Section 101. 769.316 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,27,1914 769.316 (6) In a proceeding under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may
15shall permit a party or witness residing in another outside this state to be deposed
16or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other
17electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location in that state. A tribunal
18of this state shall cooperate with other tribunals of other states in designating an
19appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.
SB473, s. 102 20Section 102. 769.316 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,27,2221 769.316 (10) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy,
22is admissible to establish parentage of the child.
SB473, s. 103 23Section 103. 769.317 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,28,4 24769.317 Communications between tribunals. A tribunal of this state may
25communicate with a tribunal of another outside this state in writing, a record or by

1telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws
2of that state, the legal effect of a judgment, decree , or order of that tribunal, and the
3status of a proceeding in the other state. A tribunal of this state may furnish similar
4information by similar means to a tribunal of another outside this state.
SB473, s. 104 5Section 104. 769.318 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,28,76 769.318 (1) Request a tribunal of another outside this state to assist in
7obtaining discovery.
SB473, s. 105 8Section 105. 769.318 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,28,109 769.318 (2) Upon request, compel a person over whom which it has jurisdiction
10to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal of another outside this state.
SB473, s. 106 11Section 106. 769.319 of the statutes is renumbered 769.319 (1) and amended
12to read:
SB473,28,1813 769.319 (1) A support enforcement agency, its designee , or a tribunal of this
14state shall disburse promptly any amounts received under a support order, as
15directed by the order. The agency, its designee, or the tribunal shall furnish to a
16requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified
17statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments
18received.
SB473, s. 107 19Section 107. 769.319 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,28,2320 769.319 (2) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the
21child resides in this state, upon request from the support enforcement agency of this
22state or another state, the support enforcement agency of this state or a tribunal of
23this state shall do all of the following:
SB473,28,2524 (a) Direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency
25in the state in which the obligee is receiving services.
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1(b) Issue and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income-withholding
2order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected
3payments.
SB473, s. 108 4Section 108. 769.319 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,29,85 769.319 (3) The support enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected
6payments from another state under a law similar to sub. (2) shall furnish to a
7requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian
8of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.
SB473, s. 109 9Section 109. Subchapter IV (title) of chapter 769 [precedes 769.401] of the
10statutes is amended to read:
SB473,29,1111 CHAPTER 769
SB473,29,1212 SUBCHAPTER IV
SB473,29,1413 ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
14or determination of parentage
SB473, s. 110 15Section 110. 769.401 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,29,1816 769.401 (1) (intro.) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter
17has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction
18over the parties
may issue a support order if any of the following applies:
SB473, s. 111 19Section 111. 769.401 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,29,2120 769.401 (1) (a) The individual seeking the order resides in another outside this
21state.
SB473, s. 112 22Section 112. 769.401 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,29,2423 769.401 (1) (b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in
24another
outside this state.
SB473, s. 113 25Section 113. 769.401 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB473,30,3
1769.401 (2) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the
2tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and if the individual ordered
3to pay is any of the following:
SB473,30,44 (a) A presumed father of the child.
SB473,30,55 (b) An individual who is petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated.
SB473,30,76 (c) An individual who has been identified as the father of the child through
7genetic testing.
SB473,30,88 (d) An alleged father of the child who has declined to submit to genetic testing.
SB473,30,109 (e) An individual who has been shown by clear and convincing evidence to be
10the father of the child.
SB473,30,1111 (f) An individual who has acknowledged paternity of the child under s. 767.805.
SB473,30,1212 (g) The mother of the child.
SB473,30,1413 (h) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous
14proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
SB473, s. 114 15Section 114. 769.402 of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,30,19 16769.402 Proceeding to determine parentage. A tribunal of this state
17authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in
18a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this chapter or a law
19or procedure substantially similar to this chapter.
SB473, s. 115 20Section 115. Subchapter V (title) of chapter 769 [precedes 769.501] of the
21statutes is amended to read:
SB473,30,2222 CHAPTER 769
SB473,30,2323 SUBCHAPTER V
SB473,31,3
1ENFORCEMENT OF Support ORDER
2OF ANOTHER STATE
3 WITHOUT REGISTRATION
SB473, s. 116 4Section 116. 769.501 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,31,9 5769.501 Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another
6state.
An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on
7behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency,
to the obligor's employer
8without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the
9income-withholding order with a tribunal of this state.
SB473, s. 117 10Section 117. 769.505 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,31,14 11769.505 Penalties for noncompliance. An employer that willfully fails to
12comply with an income-withholding order issued by in another state and received
13for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for
14noncompliance with an income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of this state.
SB473, s. 118 15Section 118. 769.506 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,31,2116 769.506 (1) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an
17income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an
18employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing
19a contest to that order as provided in subch. VI, or otherwise contesting the order
in
20the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state. Section
21769.604 applies to the contest.
SB473, s. 119 22Section 119. 769.507 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,32,223 769.507 (1) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support
24order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued by a tribunal of in another

1state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the
2order to a support enforcement agency of this state.
SB473, s. 120 3Section 120. Subchapter VI (title) of chapter 769 [precedes 769.601] of the
4statutes is amended to read:
SB473,32,55 CHAPTER 769
SB473,32,66 SUBCHAPTER VI
SB473,32,9 7ENFORCEMENT Registration,
8 enforcement,
AND MODIFICATION OF
9 SUPPORT ORDER AFTER REGISTRATION
SB473, s. 121 10Section 121. 769.601 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,32,13 11769.601 Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or an
12income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of in another state or a foreign
13support order
may be registered in this state for enforcement.
SB473, s. 122 14Section 122. 769.602 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,32,1815 769.602 (1) (intro.) A Except as provided in s. 769.706, a support order or
16income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be
17registered in this state by sending all of the following documents and information
18records to the appropriate tribunal in this state:
SB473, s. 123 19Section 123. 769.602 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,32,2220 769.602 (1) (c) A sworn statement by the party seeking person requesting
21registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the
22amount of any arrearage.
SB473, s. 124 23Section 124. 769.602 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,33,224 769.602 (2) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal
25shall cause the order to be filed as a foreign judgment an order of another state or

1a foreign country
, together with one copy of the documents and information,
2regardless of their form.
SB473, s. 125 3Section 125. 769.602 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,33,54 769.602 (4) If 2 or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration
5must do all of the following:
SB473,33,76 (a) Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order that is asserted to be
7in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section.
SB473,33,88 (b) Specify the order that is alleged to be the controlling order, if any.
SB473,33,99 (c) Specify the amount of the consolidated arrears, if any.
SB473, s. 126 10Section 126. 769.602 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,33,1411 769.602 (5) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may
12be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for
13registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice
14of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.
SB473, s. 127 15Section 127. 769.603 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,33,1816 769.603 (1) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another
17state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering
18tribunal of this state.
SB473, s. 128 19Section 128. 769.603 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,33,2220 769.603 (2) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign
21country
is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as
22an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
SB473, s. 129 23Section 129. 769.603 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,34,3
1769.603 (3) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter chapter, a tribunal
2of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support
3order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
SB473, s. 130 4Section 130. 769.604 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 769.604 (1) (intro.) and
5amended to read:
SB473,34,76 769.604 (1) (intro.) The Except as otherwise provided in sub. (4), the law of the
7issuing state or foreign country governs the all of the following:
SB473,34,9 8(a) The nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments and other
9obligations of support and the
under a registered support order.
SB473,34,11 10(b) The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the
11arrearages
under the support order.
SB473, s. 131 12Section 131. 769.604 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,34,1413 769.604 (1) (c) The existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the
14support order.
SB473, s. 132 15Section 132. 769.604 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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