AB898-ASA1,14,174 69.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth certificate record
5that affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's
6name, or marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence
7of the event that is the subject of the birth certificate record, if the amendment is at
8the request of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is on a
9request form supplied
in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, and if the
10amendment is accompanied by 2 items of documentary evidence from early childhood
11that are sufficient to prove that the item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit
12of the person requesting the amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth
13certificate record may be made under this paragraph only if the marital status is
14inconsistent with information concerning the father or husband that appears on the
15birth certificate record. This paragraph may not be used to add to or delete from a
16birth certificate record the name of a parent, to change the identity of a parent named
17on the birth certificate record, or to effect a name change prohibited under s. 301.47.
AB898-ASA1,57 18Section 57. 69.11 (5) (a) 2. d. of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,58 19Section 58. 69.11 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,14,2420 69.11 (5) (b) If under sub. (4) (b) the state or local registrar makes an
21amendment other than on the face of the original copy of a vital record, he or she shall
22file an amendment form which includes an affidavit by the person requesting the
23amendment, the information which is stricken, the information inserted and an
24abstract of the documents supporting the amendment documentation.
AB898-ASA1,59 25Section 59. 69.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,15,18
169.12 (1) If the state registrar cannot make an amendment to a vital record
2under s. 69.11 and a person with a direct and tangible interest in the vital record
3alleges that information on the vital record does not represent the actual facts in
4effect at the time the record was filed, the person may petition the circuit court of the
5county in which the event which is the subject of the vital record is alleged to have
6occurred. The petition shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the original vital
7record. If the court finds that the petitioner has established the actual facts of the
8event in effect when the record was filed, the clerk of court shall report the court's
9determination to the state registrar on a form in the manner prescribed by the state
10registrar, along with the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (a) 2. Upon receipt of the
11report, the state registrar shall, if information as to the cause of death on an original
12certificate of
a death record is changed or if information on a marriage certificate
13record concerning the identity of a parent of a party to a marriage is changed, act
14under sub. (4), or shall change the record under s. 69.11 (5) and if the record is not
15enabled in the state system of vital records,
send a notice of the change the amended
16record
to the local registrar who shall make the change in replace the record filed in
17his or her office. This subsection does not apply to a name change prohibited under
18s. 301.47.
AB898-ASA1,60 19Section 60. 69.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,15,2220 69.12 (2) A court may not order amendment of the names of the parents of a
21registrant on a birth certificate record on the grounds of termination of parental
22rights or termination of custody.
AB898-ASA1,61 23Section 61. 69.12 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,15,2524 69.12 (3) The state registrar shall amend under s. 69.11 (5) an item on a birth
25certificate record as directed by an order under this section.
AB898-ASA1,62
1Section 62. 69.12 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,16,72 69.12 (4) (a) If a court's determination under sub. (1) changes information as
3to the cause of death on an original certificate of a death record or changes
4information on a marriage certificate record concerning the identity of a parent of a
5party to the marriage and the court in accordance with the petition orders the
6creation of a new certificate of death or marriage certificate record, the state
7registrar shall do all of the following:
AB898-ASA1,16,198 1. Prepare a new certificate of death or a new marriage certificate record,
9whichever is applicable. On a new certificate of death record, the state registrar shall
10omit the changed information, including the name of the physician, coroner or
11medical examiner who certified the cause of death and enter any other original and
12any new information, including the name of the judge and the date of the order, sign
13the new information, enter any notation of support in the margin of the record and
14insert a note that the certificate of death record has been amended. On a new
15marriage certificate record, the state registrar shall omit the changed information
16concerning the identity of a parent of a party to the marriage, enter the unchanged
17information from the original certificate record, and enter any new information
18included in the court order concerning the identity of a parent of a party to the
19marriage, but shall not note that the certificate record is amended.
AB898-ASA1,16,2420 2. Register a new certificate of death or marriage certificate record created
21under this subsection and impound the original certificate of death or marriage
22certificate record and all correspondence, affidavits, court orders, and other related
23materials and prohibit access except by court order or except by the state registrar
24for processing purposes.
AB898-ASA1,17,4
13. Send a copy of any new certificate of death or marriage certificate record
2registered under this subsection to the local registrar who filed the original of the
3replaced certificate of death or marriage certificate
, if the record is not enabled in the
4state system of vital records
.
AB898-ASA1,17,75 (b) Upon receipt of the copy under par. (a) 3., the local registrar shall destroy
6his or her copy of the replaced certificate of death or marriage certificate record and
7file the new certificate of death or marriage certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,63 8Section 63. 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,17,139 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the certificate record of birth may
10be requested under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father
11or husband information appearing on the certificate of birth record. This section may
12not be used to add or delete the name of a parent on the certificate record of birth or
13change the identity of either parent named on the certificate of birth record.
AB898-ASA1,72 14Section 72. 69.13 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,17,19 1569.13 Correction of facts misrepresented by informant for certificate
16record of birth. (intro.) The state registrar may, under an order issued by the
17circuit court of the county in which a birth occurred, correct information about the
18parent or the marital status of the mother on a certificate record of birth that is
19registered in this state if all of the following conditions apply:
AB898-ASA1,17,22 20(1) The correction may not be accomplished under s. 69.11, 69.12, or 69.15
21because the disputed information was misrepresented by the informant during the
22preparation of the birth certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,64 23Section 64. 69.13 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,17,2524 69.13 (2) (a) A petition for correction filed by a person with a direct and tangible
25interest in the certificate of birth record.
AB898-ASA1,65
1Section 65. 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,18,62 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
3document, a certified copy of a certificate of divorce or annulment record, or a final
4divorce decree that indicates that the mother was not married to the person listed
5as her husband at any time during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any
6other legal document that clarifies the disputed information.
AB898-ASA1,66 7Section 66. 69.13 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,18,98 69.13 (2) (b) 5. A statement signed by the certificate record of birth informant
9or the petitioner acknowledging that the disputed information was misrepresented.
AB898-ASA1,67 10Section 67. 69.14 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 69.14 (1) (a) and
11amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,18,1712 69.14 (1) (a) Filing deadline. Except as provided under subd. 2., a certificate
13A record of birth for every birth that occurs in this state shall be filed within 5 days
14after the birth with the state registrar, who shall register the birth under this
15subchapter and shall make a copy of the certificate of birth available to the
16registration district in which the birth occurred and the registration district in which
17the mother of the registrant resided at the time of the birth
.
AB898-ASA1,68 18Section 68. 69.14 (1) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.
AB898-ASA1,69 19Section 69. 69.14 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,18,2420 69.14 (1) (b) Accuracy. Either parent of a child who is the subject of a birth
21certificate record, or, if neither parent is available, another person with knowledge
22of the facts of the birth, shall attest to the accuracy of the personal data entered on
23the certificate record in time to permit the filing of the certificate record within 5 days
24after the birth.
AB898-ASA1,70 25Section 70. 69.14 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,19,2
169.14 (1) (c) Filing party. (intro.) A birth certificate record shall be prepared
2and filed by the following:
AB898-ASA1,71 3Section 71. 69.14 (1) (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,19,54 69.14 (1) (d) Place of birth. 1. On a birth certificate record the place of birth
5shall be the place where the placenta is removed except as provided under subd. 2.
AB898-ASA1,19,136 2. If a birth occurs in a conveyance within the United States and the birth child
7is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be filed in this state
8and the place where the birth child is first removed from the conveyance shall be the
9place of birth on the birth certificate record. If a birth occurs on a moving conveyance
10while in international waters or air space or in a foreign country or its air space and
11the birth child is first removed from the conveyance in this state, a birth certificate
12record for the child shall be filed in this state and the place of birth on the birth
13certificate record shall be the actual place of birth as determined by the filing party.
AB898-ASA1,19,1814 (e) Father's name. 1. If the mother of a registrant under this section was
15married at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the name of
16the husband of the mother shall be entered on the birth certificate record as the legal
17father of the registrant. The name of the father entered under this subdivision may
18not be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.
AB898-ASA1,19,2419 2. If the mother was not married at any time from the conception to the birth
20of a registrant under this section, no name of any alleged father of the registrant may
21be entered as the father on the birth certificate record except as provided under s.
2269.15 (3). If under this subdivision the name of the father of the registrant of a birth
23certificate record is omitted from the certificate record, no other information about
24the father may be entered on the certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,20,6
1(f) Registrant's name. 1. a. Except as provided under subd. 1. b., if the mother
2of a registrant of a birth certificate record under this section is married to the father
3of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the
4given name and surname which the mother and father of the registrant enter for the
5registrant on the birth certificate record shall be the given name and surname filed
6and registered on the birth certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,20,167 b. If the mother of a registrant of a birth certificate record under this section
8is married to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth
9of the registrant and the mother is separated or divorced from the father of the
10registrant at the time of birth, the given name and surname which the parent of the
11registrant with actual custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate record
12shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate
13record, except that if a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given
14name and surname which the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on
15the birth certificate record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered
16on the birth certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,20,2517 c. If the mother of a registrant of a birth certificate record under this section
18is not married to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the
19birth of the registrant, the given name and surname which the mother of the
20registrant enters for the registrant on the birth certificate record shall be the given
21name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate record, except that
22if a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname
23which the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate
24record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth
25certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,21,5
12. If no surname has been entered for a registrant within 5 days after the
2registrant's birth, the filing party shall file a birth certificate record for the registrant
3without entering a surname on the birth certificate record. The state registrar and
4any local registrar may not issue any certified copy of the birth certificate record until
5a surname is entered under this paragraph.
AB898-ASA1,21,126 (g) Birth by artificial insemination. If the registrant of a birth certificate record
7under this section is born as a result of artificial insemination under the
8requirements of s. 891.40, the husband of the woman shall be considered the father
9of the registrant on the birth certificate record. If the registrant is born as a result
10of artificial insemination which does not satisfy the requirements of s. 891.40, the
11information about the father of the registrant shall be omitted from the registrant's
12birth certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,21,2313 (h) Surrogate mother. If the registrant of a birth certificate record under this
14section is born to a surrogate mother, information about the surrogate mother shall
15be entered on the birth certificate record and the information about the father shall
16be omitted from the birth certificate record. If a court determines parental rights
17over the registrant, the clerk of court shall report the court's determination to the
18state registrar on a form prescribed by the state registrar, along with the fee required
19under s. 69.22. Upon receipt of the report, the state registrar shall prepare and
20register a new birth certificate record for the registrant under s. 69.15 (6) and send
21 a copy notice of the new certificate record to the local registrar who filed the original
22certificate record. Upon receipt of the copy notice, the local registrar shall destroy
23his or her copy of the replaced certificate and file the new certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,72 24Section 72. 69.14 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,22,10
169.14 (2) (a) Registration 6 to 365 days after birth. If a birth certificate record
2is filed 6 to 365 days after the date of birth, the filing party shall use the form used
3proceed in the manner prescribed for birth certificates records filed under sub. (1).
4Before registering the certificate record, the state registrar may require additional
5evidence in support of the facts of birth and an explanation of why the birth
6certificate record was not filed under sub. (1). If a birth certificate record filed under
7this subsection is signed by a person other than the person attending the birth or the
8person managing the institution where the birth occurred or its medical records, the
9state registrar may require a notarized statement of why the certificate record was
10not filed under sub. (1).
AB898-ASA1,73 11Section 73. 69.14 (2) (b) 1. and 2. (intro.), 3. a., b. and d., 4. (intro.), 5., 6., 7.
12(intro.) and 8. (intro.) and a. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,22,1713 69.14 (2) (b) 1. If more than 365 days have elapsed since the birth of a person
14born in this state and a certificate record of the birth has not been filed in this state,
15such person or the parent or guardian of the person, if the person is living, may
16request that the state registrar register a birth certificate record for the person under
17this paragraph.
AB898-ASA1,22,1918 2. (intro.) Any person requesting a birth certificate record under this paragraph
19shall establish the following facts by evidence documented under subd. 3.:
AB898-ASA1,23,220 3. a. As evidence of the name, date and place of birth of a registrant for whom
21a birth certificate record is requested under this paragraph, the person requesting
22the birth certificate record shall present at least 2 pieces of documentary evidence
23for each item if the record is filed prior to 7 years after the date of birth or at least
243 pieces of documentary evidence for each item if the record is filed 7 years or more

1after the date of birth. Only one piece of documentary evidence per item may be an
2affidavit of personal knowledge.
AB898-ASA1,23,53 b. As evidence of the parents of a registrant for whom a birth certificate record
4is requested under this paragraph, the person requesting the birth certificate record
5shall present at least one document which is not an affidavit of personal knowledge.
AB898-ASA1,23,96 d. Any document presented under this subdivision which is not an affidavit of
7personal knowledge shall have been established at least 10 years prior to the date
8the birth certificate record is requested under this paragraph or shall have been
9established before the registrant's 10th birthday.
AB898-ASA1,23,1610 4. (intro.) If the registrant of a certificate record filed under this paragraph is
1118 years of age or over and is competent to sign and swear to the accuracy of its facts,
12the registrant shall sign the certificate record and swear to the accuracy of its facts
13before an official authorized to administer oaths. If the registrant is under 18 years
14of age or is not competent to sign and swear to the accuracy of the facts of such
15certificate record, a person shall sign the certificate record and swear to the accuracy
16of its facts as follows:
AB898-ASA1,23,2317 5. The state registrar may deny a request for a birth certificate record under
18this paragraph. If the state registrar approves a request for a birth certificate record
19under this paragraph, he or she shall indicate plainly on the face of the certificate
20record that the certificate record has been registered under this paragraph and the
21date the certificate record is registered and shall send a copy of the certificate make
22available the record
to the local registrar under s. 69.03 (11). The local registrar shall
23file the certificate.
AB898-ASA1,24,824 6. If the state registrar denies a request for registration of a birth certificate
25record under this subsection, the person making the request may file a petition with

1the circuit court of the alleged county of birth for an order establishing a record of the
2date and place of the birth and the parentage of the person who would be the
3registrant. If the court finds that such person was born in this state, the court shall
4make findings as to the place and date of birth, parentage, and any other required
5finding and shall, in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, issue an order, on
6a form
prescribed and furnished by the state registrar, to register a birth certificate
7record for the person. The order which shall include the birth date to be registered,
8a description of the evidence presented, and the date of the court's action.
AB898-ASA1,24,119 7. (intro.) On any birth certificate record registered under this paragraph, the
10state registrar or his or her designated representative shall describe each document
11submitted under subd. 3. The abstract for each document shall include:
AB898-ASA1,24,1412 8. (intro.) On any birth certificate record registered under this paragraph, the
13state registrar or his or her designated representative shall certify by his or her
14signature that:
AB898-ASA1,24,1515 a. No other birth certificate record is on file for the registrant.
AB898-ASA1,74 16Section 74. 69.14 (3) (a) (intro.) and 6. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,24,2017 69.14 (3) (a) (intro.) Any person who assumes custody of a live born infant of
18unknown parentage shall file a birth certificate record for the infant within 5 days
19after assuming custody and shall file the birth certificate record with the following
20information:
AB898-ASA1,24,2421 6. The name, address and signature of the person with whom the registrant has
22been placed for care. The information under this subdivision shall be entered in the
23item on the birth certificate record where information on the attendant at birth is
24required.
AB898-ASA1,75 25Section 75. 69.14 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,76
1Section 76. 69.14 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,25,72 69.14 (3) (c) If at any time after a birth certificate record is filed for a registrant
3under this subsection a birth certificate record filed for the registrant at the time of
4birth of the registrant is found or the registrant is adopted and the adoptive parents
5sign a birth record giving their names as the adoptive parents, the state registrar
6shall impound the birth certificate record filed under this subsection and prohibit
7access except by court order or except by the state registrar for processing purposes.
AB898-ASA1,77 8Section 77. 69.15 (title), (1) (intro.) and (b), (2) (a) (intro.), 2., 5. and 6., (c) and
9(d) 1. (intro.), a., c., d. and e., 2. and 3., (3) (a) (intro.), 1., 2., 3. and 4., (b) 1., 3. and
104. (intro.), (c) and (d), (3m) (a) 2. and 3. and (b), (4) (a) and (b), (4m) (a) 1. and (b), (5)
11and (6) (title), (a), (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,25,17 1269.15 (title) Changes of fact on birth certificates records. (1) Birth
13certificate record information changes. (intro.) The state registrar may change
14information on a birth certificate record registered in this state which was correct at
15the time the birth certificate record was filed under a court or administrative order
16issued in this state, in another state or in Canada or under the valid order of a court
17of any federally recognized Indian tribe, band or nation if:
AB898-ASA1,25,2218 (b) A clerk of court or, for a paternity action, a clerk of court or county child
19support agency under s. 59.53 (5), sends the state registrar a certified report of an
20order of a court in this state on a form supplied in the method prescribed by the state
21registrar or, in the case of any other order, the state registrar receives a certified copy
22of the order and the proper fee under s. 69.22.
AB898-ASA1,26,4 23(2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided under par. (b), if the state registrar receives
24an order under sub. (1) which provides for an adoption, the state registrar shall
25prepare, under sub. (6), a new certificate record for the subject of the adoption unless

1the adoptive parents or the subject of the adoption requests, under s. 48.94 (1), that
2no new certificate record be prepared. If the order is from a court in this state, the
3order shall include a certified copy of the original birth certificate record registered
4for the subject of the adoption. The new certificate record shall show:
AB898-ASA1,26,65 2. The date and place of birth as transcribed from the original certificate record.
6The date and place on the original certificate record may not be changed by the court.
AB898-ASA1,26,77 5. The filing date on the original certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,26,88 6. Any other information necessary to complete the new certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,26,139 (c) If the state registrar determines that the registrant of a birth certificate
10record was adopted without a change in the registrant's birth certificate record under
11par. (a) or (b), the state registrar shall obtain a copy of the court order which provided
12for the adoption, if available, and shall prepare, under sub. (6), a new certificate
13record for the registrant.
AB898-ASA1,26,1714 (d) 1. (intro.) A court shall order the state registrar to prepare for the subject
15of a birth certificate record a new birth certificate record based on the information
16on the subject's original birth certificate record if all of the following circumstances
17apply:
AB898-ASA1,26,1918 a. The subject of the birth certificate record petitions the court for a new birth
19certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,26,2120 c. The subject did not have the opportunity under par. (a), at the time of the
21adoption, to request that no new birth certificate record be prepared.
AB898-ASA1,26,2322 d. The subject knows the identity of each birth parent who is named on his or
23her original birth certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,27,3
1e. Each birth parent who is alive and who is named on the subject's original
2birth certificate record does not object to the restoration of the information on the
3subject's original birth certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,27,74 2. If the court grants an order under subd. 1., the state registrar shall prepare
5under sub. (6) a new birth certificate record using all of the information contained
6on the original birth certificate record, except for the adoptee's given name at birth,
7if different.
AB898-ASA1,27,108 3. After preparing a new birth certificate record under subd. 2., the state
9registrar shall follow the procedure under sub. (6) (b) to impound all other birth
10certificates records of the subject except the subject's new birth certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,27,14 11(3) (a) (intro.) If the state registrar receives an order under sub. (1) which
12establishes paternity or determines that the man whose name appears on a
13registrant's birth certificate record is not the father of the registrant, the state
14registrar shall do the following, as appropriate:
AB898-ASA1,27,1815 1. Prepare under sub. (6) a new certificate record omitting the father's name
16if the order determines that the man whose name appears on a registrant's birth
17certificate record is not the father of the registrant and if there is no adjudicated
18father.
AB898-ASA1,27,2119 2. Prepare under sub. (6) a new certificate record for the subject of a paternity
20action changing the name of the father if the name of the adjudicated father is
21different than the name of the man on the birth certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,27,2422 3. Except as provided under subd. 4., insert the name of the adjudicated father
23on the original birth certificate record if the name of the father was omitted on the
24original certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,28,5
14. If the order provides for a change in the child's given name or surname or
2both, enter the name indicated on a new birth certificate record prepared under subd.
31. or 2. or on the original birth certificate record under subd. 3. except that if the
4surname of a child under 7 years of age is changed, the state registrar shall prepare
5a new certificate record under sub. (6).
AB898-ASA1,28,136 (b) 1. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a
7statement acknowledging paternity on a form in the manner prescribed by the state
8registrar and signed by both of the birth parents of a child determined to be a marital
9child under s. 767.803, a certified copy of the parents' marriage certificate record, and
10the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name of
11the husband from the marriage certificate record as the father if the name of the
12father was omitted on the original birth certificate record. The state registrar shall
13include on the form for the acknowledgment the items in s. 767.813 (5g).
AB898-ASA1,28,2414 3. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a statement
15acknowledging paternity on a form in the method prescribed by the state registrar
16and signed by both parents, neither of whom was under the age of 18 years when the
17form was signed, along with the fee under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall insert the
18name of the father under subd. 1. The state registrar shall mark the certificate
19record to show that the form acknowledgement is on file. The form acknowledgement
20shall be available to the department of children and families or a county child
21support agency under s. 59.53 (5) pursuant to the program responsibilities under s.
2249.22 or to any other person with a direct and tangible interest in the record. The
23state registrar shall include on the form for the acknowledgment the information in
24s. 767.805 and the items in s. 767.813 (5g).
AB898-ASA1,29,5
14. (intro.) If a registrant has not reached the age of 18 years and if any of the
2following indicate, in a statement acknowledging paternity under subd. 1. or 3., that
3the given name or surname, or both, of the registrant should be changed on the birth
4certificate record, the state registrar shall enter the name indicated on the birth
5certificate record without a court order:
AB898-ASA1,29,86 (c) If the state registrar is required to enter a new surname or a new given name
7on a birth certificate record under par. (b) 4. and the registrant has not reached the
8age of 7 years, the state registrar shall make a new certificate record under sub. (6).
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