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13Section
148. 767.89 (2) (b) 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
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767.89
(2) (b) 1. A fee for omitting the father's name on a birth
certificate record 15under s. 69.15 (3) (a) 1.
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2. A fee for changing the father's name on a birth
certificate record under s.
1769.15 (3) (a) 2.
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3. A fee for inserting the father's name on a birth
certificate record under s.
1969.15 (3) (a) 3.
SB760,149
20Section
149. 770.07 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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770.07
(1) (d) 2. Each applicant shall exhibit to the clerk a certified copy of a
22birth
certificate record, and each applicant shall submit a copy of any judgment,
23certificate of termination of domestic partnership, or death
certificate record 24affecting the domestic partnership status. If any applicable birth
certificate record,
25death
certificate record, notice of termination of domestic partnership, or judgment
1is unobtainable, other satisfactory documentary proof may be presented instead.
2Whenever the clerk is not satisfied with the documentary proof presented, he or she
3shall submit the proof, for an opinion as to its sufficiency, to a judge of a court of record
4in the county of application.
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5Section
150. 770.10 of the statutes is amended to read:
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6770.10 Completion and filing of declaration. In order to form the legal
7status of domestic partners, the individuals shall, within 30 days after the clerk
8issues a declaration of domestic partnership under s. 770.07 (2), complete the
9declaration of domestic partnership, sign the declaration, having their signatures
10acknowledged before a notary, and submit the declaration to the register of deeds of
11the county in which they reside. The register of deeds shall record the declaration
12and forward the original to the state registrar of vital
statistics records.
SB760,151
13Section
151. 770.12 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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770.12
(3) Upon receiving a completed, signed, and notarized notice of
15termination of domestic partnership, the affidavit under sub. (1) (b) if required, and
16the fee under s. 770.17, the county clerk shall issue to the domestic partner filing the
17notice of termination a
certificate record of termination of domestic partnership. The
18domestic partner shall submit the
certificate
record of termination of domestic
19partnership to the register of deeds of the county in which the declaration of domestic
20partnership is recorded. The register of deeds shall record the
certificate record and
21forward the original to the state registrar of vital
statistics records.
SB760,152
22Section
152. 786.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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786.36
(2) Except as provided in sub. (2m), the order shall be entered at length
24upon the records of the court and a certified copy of the record shall be recorded in
25the office of the register of deeds of the county, who shall make an entry in a book to
1be kept by the register. The fee for recording a certified copy is the fee specified under
2s. 59.43 (2) (ag). If the person whose name is changed or established was born or
3married in this state, the clerk of the court shall send to the state registrar of vital
4statistics records, on a form designed by the state registrar of vital
statistics
records,
5an abstract of the record, duly certified, accompanied by the fee prescribed in s. 69.22,
6which fee the clerk of court shall charge to and collect from the petitioner. The state
7registrar of vital
statistics records shall then correct the birth record, marriage
8record or both, and direct the register of deeds and local registrar to make similar
9corrections on their records.
SB760,153
10Section
153. 786.36 (2m) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
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786.36
(2m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if the court determines that,
12pursuant to s. 786.37 (4), publication of the petition is not required, all records
13related to the petitioner's name change shall be confidential and are exempt from
14disclosure under s. 19.35 (1). The court shall transmit to the register of deeds a form
15that states the petitioner's former name and states that the new name is confidential
16and may not be disclosed except pursuant to par. (b). The fee for recording a certified
17copy is the fee specified under s. 59.43 (2) (ag). If the person whose name is changed
18or established was born in this state, the clerk of the court shall send to the state
19registrar of vital statistics, on a form designed by the state registrar of vital
statistics 20records, an abstract of the record, duly certified, accompanied by the fee prescribed
21in s. 69.22, which fee the clerk of court shall charge to and collect from the petitioner.
22The state registrar of vital
statistics records shall then correct the birth record and,
23upon request by the petitioner and payment by the petitioner of the fees required
24under s. 69.22, issue to the petitioner the number of certified copies of the corrected
25birth record requested by the petitioner.
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1(b) Notwithstanding ss. 69.20 and 69.21, information that is confidential under
2this subsection may not be disclosed by the state registrar of vital
statistics records,
3the register of deeds, or a local registrar except pursuant to a court order. A court
4may order disclosure of confidential information upon good cause shown and upon
5determining that the safety of the petitioner is not jeopardized by disclosure.
SB760,154
6Section
154. 867.045 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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867.045
(1) (intro.) Upon the death of any person having an interest as a joint
8tenant or life tenant in any real property or in the vendor's interest in a land contract
9or a mortgagee's interest in a mortgage, any person interested in the property may
10obtain evidence of the termination of that interest of the decedent by providing to the
11register of deeds of the county in which such property is located a certified copy of the
12death
certificate record for the decedent and by providing, on applications supplied
13by the register of deeds for that purpose, the name and address of the decedent and
14of the surviving joint tenant or remainder beneficiary, the date of the decedent's
15death, and the applicant's interest in the property. The applicant shall provide to the
16register of deeds the following information:
SB760,155
17Section
155. 867.046 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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867.046
(2) Upon death; interest in property. (intro.) As an alternative to sub.
19(1m), upon the death of any person having an interest in any real property, a vendor's
20interest in a land contract, an interest in a savings or checking account, an interest
21in a security, a mortgagee's interest in a mortgage, or an interest in property passing
22under s. 705.10 (1), including an interest in survivorship marital property, the
23decedent's spouse, a beneficiary of a marital property agreement, a TOD beneficiary,
24or a beneficiary of a transfer under s. 705.10 (1) may obtain evidence of the
25termination of that interest of the decedent and confirmation of the petitioner's
1interest in the property by providing to the register of deeds of the county in which
2the property is located the certified death
certificate record for the decedent and, on
3applications supplied by the register of deeds for that purpose, all of the following
4information:
SB760,156
5Section
156. 891.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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891.09
(1) Records as evidence. The record of any marriage, birth, stillbirth,
7fetal death or death kept in the office of any register of deeds or local health officer
8of a local health department, as defined in s. 250.01 (4) (a) 2. or 3. or (b), or in the state
9bureau of vital
statistics records shall be received as presumptive evidence of the
10marriage, birth, stillbirth, fetal death or death so recorded.
SB760,157
11Section
157. 891.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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891.39
(3) If any court under this section adjudges a child to be a nonmarital
13child, the clerk of court shall report the facts to the state registrar, who shall issue
14a new birth
certificate record showing the correct facts as found by the court, and
15shall dispose of the original, with the court's report attached under s. 69.15 (3). If the
16husband is a party to the action and the court makes a finding as to whether or not
17the husband is the father of the child, such finding shall be conclusive in all other
18courts of this state.
SB760,158
19Section
158. 891.395 of the statutes is amended to read:
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20891.395 Presumption as to time of conception. In any paternity
21proceeding, in the absence of a valid birth
certificate record indicating the birth
22weight, the mother shall be competent to testify as to the birth weight of the child
23whose paternity is at issue, and where the child whose paternity is at issue weighed
245 1/2 pounds or more at the time of its birth, the testimony of the mother as to the
25weight shall be presumptive evidence that the child was a full term child, unless
1competent evidence to the contrary is presented to the court. The conception of the
2child shall be presumed to have occurred within a span of time extending from 240
3days to 300 days before the date of its birth, unless competent evidence to the
4contrary is presented to the court.
SB760,159
5Section
159. 895.4803 of the statutes is amended to read:
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6895.4803 Civil liability exemption; information concerning paternity. 7Any member of the staff of a hospital who is designated by the hospital and trained
8by the department of children and families under s. 69.14 (1) (cm) and who in good
9faith provides to a child's available parents written information that is provided by
10the department of children and families and oral information or an audio or video
11presentation about
the form that is statements acknowledging paternity as 12prescribed by the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. and about the significance
13and benefits of, and alternatives to, establishing paternity, under the requirements
14of s. 69.14 (1) (cm), is immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in
15providing that oral information or audio or video presentation and written
16information.
SB760,160
17Section
160. 938.385 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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938.385
(2) Identification documents and other information. Except as
19provided in this subsection, ensure that the juvenile is in possession of a certified
20copy of the juvenile's birth
certificate record, a social security card issued by the
21federal social security administration, information on maintaining health care
22coverage, a copy of the juvenile's health care records, and either an operator's license
23issued under ch. 343 or an identification card issued under s. 343.50. If the juvenile
24is not in possession of any of those documents or that information, the agency shall
25assist the juvenile in obtaining any missing document or information. This
1subsection does not apply to a juvenile who has been placed in out-of-home care for
2less than 6 months.
SB760,161
3Section
161. 948.11 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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948.11
(2) (c) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for a violation of pars.
5(a) 2., (am) 2., and (b) 2. if the defendant had reasonable cause to believe that the child
6had attained the age of 18 years, and the child exhibited to the defendant a draft card,
7driver's license, birth
certificate record or other official or apparently official
8document purporting to establish that the child had attained the age of 18 years. A
9defendant who raises this affirmative defense has the burden of proving this defense
10by a preponderance of the evidence.
SB760,162
11Section
162. 979.01 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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979.01
(1) (h) When a physician refuses to sign the death
certificate record.