Assembly Bill 152

An Act to renumber and amend 48.23 (2), 48.355 (2d) (c) and 938.355 (2d) (c); to amend 48.21 (5) (b) 3., 48.27 (3) (b) 2., 48.32 (1) (b) 2., 48.355 (2) (b) 6r., 48.355 (2d) (b) (intro.), 48.357 (2v) (a) 3., 48.365 (2m) (a) 2., 48.415 (2) (a) 2. b., 48.415 (2) (a) 3., 48.415 (3) (a), 48.415 (5) (a), 48.415 (8), 48.415 (9) (a), 48.415 (9) (b), 48.415 (9m) (a), 48.415 (10) (a), 48.42 (2) (b) 3., 48.42 (2m) (a), 48.423 (1), 48.427 (7), 48.46 (1), (1m) and (2), 48.977 (2) (a), 48.977 (4) (b) 3., 938.21 (5) (b) 3., 938.32 (1) (c) 2., 938.355 (2) (b) 6r., 938.355 (2d) (b) (intro.), 938.357 (2v) (a) 3. and 938.365 (2m) (a) 2.; and to create 48.13 (14), 48.23 (2) (c) and (d), 48.355 (2d) (c) 1., 48.415 (9) (c), 809.10 (1) (b) 7., 809.107 (2) (bm) 6. and 938.355 (2d) (c) 1. of the statutes; Relating to: children in need of protection or services jurisdiction over, and grounds for involuntary termination of parental rights to, a child under 3 years of age whose parent had an involuntary termination of parental rights within 3 years prior to the child's birth; reasonable efforts by an agency to return a child safely home when the child has been adjudged to be in need of protection or services; requirements for further participation in an action to terminate parental rights by a man alleged to be the child's father; revising certain grounds for an involuntary termination of parental rights and certain notice exceptions for an involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding; waiver of counsel for a parent in an involuntary termination of parental rights or a contested adoption proceeding; and requiring a parent's signature on a petition for postdispositional relief or a notice of appeal of a termination of parental rights order or a child in need of protection or services or paternity adjudication. (FE)