SB70: Bill Text

SB70,3205 Section 3205 . 815.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1679,6 815.20 (1) An exempt homestead as defined in s. 990.01 (14) selected by a resident owner and occupied by him or her shall be exempt from execution, from the lien of every judgment, and from liability for the debts of the owner to the amount of $75,000, except mortgages, laborers', mechanics', and purchase money liens, and taxes, and except as otherwise provided. The exemption shall not be impaired by temporary removal with the intention to reoccupy the premises as a homestead nor by the sale of the homestead, but shall extend to the proceeds derived from the sale to an amount not exceeding $75,000, while held, with the intention to procure another homestead with the proceeds, for 2 years. The exemption extends to land owned by husband and wife spouses jointly or in common or as marital property, and each spouse may claim a homestead exemption of not more than $75,000. The exemption extends to the interest therein of tenants in common, having a homestead thereon with the consent of the cotenants, and to any estate less than a fee.

SB70,3206 Section 3206 . 822.40 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1679,11 822.40 (4) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife between spouses or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this subchapter.

SB70,3207 Section 3207 . 851.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1679,17 851.30 (2) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless they subsequently participate in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they subsequently hold themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.

SB70,3208 Section 3208 . 852.01 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1679,22 852.01 (1) (f) 1. One-half to the maternal grandparents on one side equally if both survive, or to the surviving maternal grandparent on that side; if both maternal grandparents on that side are deceased, to the issue of the maternal grandparents on that side or either of them, per stirpes.

SB70,3209 Section 3209 . 852.01 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1679,25 852.01 (1) (f) 2. One-half to the paternal relations on the other side in the same manner as to the maternal relations under subd. 1.

SB70,3210 Section 3210. 852.01 (1) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1680,4 852.01 (1) (f) 3. If either the maternal side or the paternal side has no surviving grandparent or issue of a grandparent, the entire estate to the decedent's relatives on the other side.

SB70,3211 Section 3211 . 854.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1680,12 854.03 (3) Marital property. Except as provided in subs. (4) and (5), if a husband and wife 2 spouses die leaving marital property and it is not established that one survived the other by at least 120 hours, 50 percent of the marital property shall be distributed as if it were the husband's first spouse's individual property and the husband 2nd spouse had survived, and 50 percent of the marital property shall be distributed as if it were the wife's 2nd spouse's individual property and the wife first spouse had survived.

SB70,3212 Section 3212 . 891.39 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1680,15 891.39 (title) Presumption as to whether a child is marital or nonmarital; self-crimination self-incrimination; birth certificates.

SB70,3213 Section 3213 . 891.39 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1681,5 891.39 (1) (a) Whenever it is established in an action or proceeding that a child was born to a woman while she was the lawful wife of legally married to a specified man person, any party asserting in such action or proceeding that the husband was spouse is not the father parent of the child shall have the burden of proving that assertion by a clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence. In all such actions or proceedings the husband and the wife spouses are competent to testify as witnesses to the facts. The court or judge in such cases shall appoint a guardian ad litem to appear for and represent the child whose paternity parentage is questioned. Results of a genetic test, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m), showing that a man person other than the husband mother's spouse is not excluded as the father of the child and that the statistical probability of the man's person's parentage is 99.0 percent or higher constitute a clear and satisfactory preponderance of the evidence of the assertion under this paragraph, even if the husband mother's spouse is unavailable to submit to genetic tests, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m).

SB70,3214 Section 3214 . 891.39 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1681,14 891.39 (1) (b) In actions affecting the family , in which the question of paternity parentage is raised, and in paternity proceedings, the court, upon being satisfied that the parties to the action are unable to adequately compensate any such guardian ad litem for the guardian ad litem's services and expenses, shall then make an order specifying the guardian ad litem's compensation and expenses, which compensation and expenses shall be paid as provided in s. 967.06. If the court orders a county to pay the compensation of the guardian ad litem, the amount ordered may not exceed the compensation paid to private attorneys under s. 977.08 (4m) (b).

SB70,3215 Section 3215 . 891.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1681,22 891.39 (3) If any court under this section adjudges a child to be a nonmarital child, the clerk of court shall report the facts to the state registrar, who shall issue a new birth record showing the correct facts as found by the court, and shall dispose of the original, with the court's report attached under s. 69.15 (3). If the husband mother's spouse is a party to the action and the court makes a finding as to whether or not the husband mother's spouse is the father parent of the child, such finding shall be conclusive in all other courts of this state.

SB70,3216 Section 3216 . 891.40 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 891.40 (1) (a) and amended to read:

SB70,1682,7 891.40 (1) (a) If, under the supervision of a licensed physician and with the spouse's consent of her husband, a wife person is inseminated artificially as provided in par. (b) with semen donated by a man person who is not her husband the spouse of the person being inseminated, the husband spouse of the mother inseminated person at the time of the conception of the child shall be the natural father parent of a child conceived. The husband's spouse's consent must be in writing and signed by him or her and his wife. The by the inseminated person.

SB70,1682,14 (c) 1. If the artificial insemination under par. (a) takes place under the supervision of a licensed physician, the physician shall certify their the signatures on the consent and the date of the insemination, and shall file the husband's spouse's consent with the department of health services, where it shall be kept. If the artificial insemination under par. (a) does not take place under the supervision of a licensed physician, the spouses shall file the signed consent, which shall include the date of the insemination, with the department of health services.

SB70,1682,16 2. The department of health services shall keep a consent filed under subd. 1. confidential and in a sealed file except as provided in s. 46.03 (7) (bm). However,

SB70,1682,18 3. Notwithstanding subd. 1., the physician's or spouses' failure to file the consent form does not affect the legal status of father natural parent and child.

SB70,1682,22 (d) All papers and records pertaining to the artificial insemination under par. (a), whether part of the permanent record of a court or of a file held by the a supervising physician or sperm bank or elsewhere, may be inspected only upon an order of the court for good cause shown.

SB70,3217 Section 3217 . 891.40 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,1682,25 891.40 (1) (b) The artificial insemination under par. (a) must satisfy any of the following:

SB70,1683,2 1. The artificial insemination takes place under the supervision of a licensed physician.

SB70,1683,3 2. The semen used for the insemination is obtained from a sperm bank.

SB70,3218 Section 3218 . 891.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1683,8 891.40 (2) The donor of semen provided to a licensed physician or obtained from a sperm bank for use in the artificial insemination of a woman other than the donor's wife spouse is not the natural father parent of a child conceived, bears no liability for the support of the child, and has no parental rights with regard to the child.

SB70,3219 Section 3219 . 891.40 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,1683,12 891.40 (3) This section applies with respect to children conceived before, on, or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], as a result of artificial insemination.

SB70,3220 Section 3220 . 891.405 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1683,18 891.405 Presumption of paternity parentage based on acknowledgment. A man person is presumed to be the natural father parent of a child if he the person and the mother person who gave birth have acknowledged paternity parentage under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 1. or 3. and no other man person is presumed to be the father natural parent under s. 891.41 (1).

SB70,3221 Section 3221 . 891.407 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1683,24 891.407 Presumption of paternity based on genetic test results. A man is presumed to be the natural father of a child if the man has been conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804 and no other man person is presumed to be the father natural parent under s. 891.405 or 891.41 (1).

SB70,3222 Section 3222 . 891.41 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1684,2 891.41 (title) Presumption of paternity parentage based on marriage of the parties.

SB70,3223 Section 3223 . 891.41 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1684,5 891.41 (1) (intro.) A man person is presumed to be the natural father parent of a child if any of the following applies:

SB70,3224 Section 3224 . 891.41 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1684,10 891.41 (1) (a) He The person and the child's established natural mother parent are or have been married to each other and the child is conceived or born after marriage and before the granting of a decree of legal separation, annulment, or divorce between the parties.

SB70,3225 Section 3225 . 891.41 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 891.41 (1) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB70,1684,17 891.41 (1) (b) (intro.) He The person and the child's established natural mother parent were married to each other after the child was born but he the person and the child's established natural mother parent had a relationship with one another during the period of time within which the child was conceived and no other man all of the following apply:

SB70,1684,18 1. No person has been adjudicated to be the father or.

SB70,1684,20 2. No other person is presumed to be the father parent of the child under par. (a).

SB70,3226 Section 3226 . 891.41 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1685,3 891.41 (2) In a legal action or proceeding, a presumption under sub. (1) is rebutted by results of a genetic test, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m), that show that a man person other than the man person presumed to be the father parent under sub. (1) is not excluded as the father of the child and that the statistical probability of the man's person's parentage is 99.0 percent or higher, even if the man person presumed to be the father natural parent under sub. (1) is unavailable to submit to genetic tests, as defined in s. 767.001 (1m).

SB70,3227 Section 3227 . 891.41 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,1685,6 891.41 (3) This section applies with respect to children born before, on, or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date].

SB70,3228 Section 3228 . Subchapter VIII (title) of chapter 893 [precedes 893.80] of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1685,9 CHAPTER 893

SB70,1685,13 SUBCHAPTER VIII CLAIMS AGAINST GOVERNMENTAL BODIES, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES; STATUTORY CHALLENGES

SB70,3229 Section 3229 . 893.825 of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,3230 Section 3230 . 893.9815 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,1685,18 893.9815 False claims. An action or claim under s. 20.9315 shall be commenced within 10 years after the cause of the action or claim accrues or be barred.

SB70,3231 Section 3231. 893.995 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,1685,21 893.995 Employment discrimination; civil remedies. Any civil action arising under s. 111.397 is subject to the limitations of s. 111.397 (1) (b).

SB70,3232 Section 3232 . 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1686,9 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), any physician, naturopathic doctor, physician assistant, podiatrist, or athletic trainer licensed under ch. 448, chiropractor licensed under ch. 446, dentist or dental therapist licensed under ch. 447, emergency medical services practitioner licensed under s. 256.15, emergency medical responder certified under s. 256.15 (8), registered nurse licensed under ch. 441, or a massage therapist or bodywork therapist licensed under ch. 460 who renders voluntary health care to a participant in an athletic event or contest sponsored by a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 66.0129 (6) (b), a private school, as defined in s. 115.001 (3r), a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), a public agency, as defined in s. 46.856 (1) (b), or a school, as defined in s. 609.655 (1) (c), is immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in rendering that care if all of the following conditions exist:

SB70,3233 Section 3233 . 895.48 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1686,16 895.48 (1m) (a) 2. The physician, naturopathic doctor, podiatrist, athletic trainer, chiropractor, dentist, dental therapist, emergency medical services practitioner, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), emergency medical responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p), physician assistant, registered nurse, massage therapist or bodywork therapist does not receive compensation for the health care, other than reimbursement for expenses.

SB70,3234 Section 3234 . 905.05 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1686,18 905.05 (title) Husband-wife Spousal and domestic partner privilege.

SB70,3235 Section 3235 . 938.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1686,23 938.02 (1) “Adult" means a person who is 18 years of age or older, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated any state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, “ adult" means a person who has attained 17 years of age.

SB70,3236 Section 3236 . 938.02 (10m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1687,5 938.02 (10m) “Juvenile," when used without further qualification, means a person who is less than 18 years of age, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated a state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, “juvenile" does not include a person who has attained 17 years of age.

SB70,3237 Section 3237. 938.02 (12c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,1687,9 938.02 (12c) “Like-kin” means a person who has a significant emotional relationship with a child or the child's family and to whom any of the following applies:

SB70,1687,12 (a) Prior to the child's placement in out-of-home care, the person had an existing relationship with the child or the child's family that is similar to a familial relationship.

SB70,1687,16 (b) During the child's placement in out-of-home care, the person developed a relationship with the child or the child's family that is similar to a familial relationship, and the person is not and has not previously been the child's licensed foster parent.

SB70,1687,18 (c) For an Indian child, “like-kin” includes individuals identified by the child's tribe according to tribal tradition, custom or resolution, code, or law.

SB70,3238 Section 3238 . 938.02 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1688,14 938.02 (13) “Parent" means a biological natural parent, a husband who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40, or a parent by adoption. If the juvenile is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, “parent" includes a person conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804 or a person acknowledged under s. 767.805 or a substantially similar law of another state or adjudicated to be the biological father natural parent. “Parent" does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated. For purposes of the application of s. 938.028 and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 USC 1901 to 1963, “parent" means a biological natural parent of an Indian child, an Indian husband spouse who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife or her spouse under s. 891.40, or an Indian person who has lawfully adopted an Indian juvenile, including an adoption under tribal law or custom, and includes, in the case of a nonmarital Indian child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, a person conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804, a person acknowledged under s. 767.805, a substantially similar law of another state, or tribal law or custom to be the biological father natural parent, or a person adjudicated to be the biological father natural parent, but does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated.

SB70,3239 Section 3239. 938.02 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1689,2 938.02 (15) “Relative" means a parent, stepparent, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, first cousin, 2nd cousin, first cousin once removed, nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, stepuncle, stepaunt, or any person of a preceding generation as denoted by the prefix of grand, great, or great-great, whether by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, or the spouse of any person named in this subsection, even if the marriage is terminated by death or divorce. For purposes of the application of s. 938.028 and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 USC 1901 to 1963, “relative" includes an extended family member, as defined in s. 938.028 (2) (a), whether by blood, marriage, or adoption, including adoption under tribal law or custom. For purposes of placement of a juvenile, “relative" also includes a parent of a sibling of the juvenile who has legal custody of that sibling.

SB70,3240 Section 3240. 938.028 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1689,11 938.028 (2) (c) “Out-of-home care placement" means the removal of an Indian juvenile from the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian for temporary placement in a foster home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, or shelter care facility, in the home of a relative other than a parent, in the home of like-kin, or in the home of a guardian, from which placement the parent or Indian custodian cannot have the juvenile returned upon demand. “Out-of-home care placement" does not include an emergency change in placement under s. 938.357 (2) (b) or holding an Indian juvenile in custody under ss. 938.19 to 938.21.

SB70,3241 Section 3241 . 938.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1689,17 938.12 (2) Seventeen-year-olds Juveniles who become adults. If a petition alleging that a juvenile is delinquent is filed before the juvenile is 17 years of age becomes an adult, but the juvenile becomes 17 years of age an adult before admitting the facts of the petition at the plea hearing or, if the juvenile denies the facts, before an adjudication, the court retains jurisdiction over the case.

SB70,3242 Section 3242 . 938.18 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1690,2 938.18 (2) Petition. The petition for waiver of jurisdiction may be filed by the district attorney or the juvenile or may be initiated by the court and shall contain a brief statement of the facts supporting the request for waiver. The petition for waiver of jurisdiction shall be accompanied by or filed after the filing of a petition alleging delinquency and shall be filed prior to the plea hearing, except that if the juvenile denies the facts of the petition and becomes 17 years of age an adult before an adjudication, the petition for waiver of jurisdiction may be filed at any time prior to the adjudication. If the court initiates the petition for waiver of jurisdiction, the judge shall disqualify himself or herself from any future proceedings on the case.

SB70,3243 Section 3243 . 938.183 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1690,11 938.183 (3) Placement in state prison; parole. When Subject to s. 973.013 (3m), when a juvenile who is subject to a criminal penalty under sub. (1m) or s. 938.183 (2), 2003 stats., attains the age of 17 years becomes an adult, the department of corrections may place the juvenile in a state prison named in s. 302.01, except that that department may not place any person under the age of 18 years in the correctional institution authorized in s. 301.16 (1n). A juvenile who is subject to a criminal penalty under sub. (1m) or under s. 938.183 (2), 2003 stats., for an act committed before December 31, 1999, is eligible for parole under s. 304.06.