2005 Wisconsin Act 443

Note: Clarifies when the 10-day period commences for the payer to request a hearing and for the court to hold a hearing.

(2r) Notice of assignment to income source. Upon entry of each order for child support, maintenance, family support, support by a spouse, or the annual receiving and disbursing fee, and upon approval of each stipulation for child support, unless the court finds that income withholding is likely to cause the payer irreparable harm or unless s. 767.267 767.76 applies, the court, circuit court commissioner or county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) shall provide notice of the assignment by regular mail or by facsimile machine, as defined in s. 134.72 (1) (a), or other electronic means to the last-known address of the person from whom the payer receives or will receive money. The notice shall provide that the amount withheld may not exceed the maximum amount that is subject to garnishment under 15 USC 1673 (b) (2). If the department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, does not receive the money from the person notified, the court, circuit court commissioner or county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) shall provide notice of the assignment to any other person from whom the payer receives or will receive money. Notice under this subsection may be a notice of the court, a copy of the executed assignment, or a copy of that part of the court order directing payment.

(3h) Duties of person receiving assignment notice. A person who receives notice of assignment under this section or s. 767.23 (1) (L) or 767.25 (4m) (c) 767.225 (1) (L) or 767.513 (3) or similar laws of another state shall withhold the amount specified in the notice from any money that person pays to the payer later than one week after receipt of notice of assignment. Within 5 days after the day the person pays money to the payer, the person shall send the amount withheld to the department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, or, in the case of an amount ordered withheld for health care expenses, to the appropriate health care insurer, provider, or plan. With each payment sent to the department or its designee, the person from whom the payer receives money shall report to the department or its designee the payer's gross income or other gross amount from which the payment was withheld. Except as provided in sub. (3m), for each payment sent to the department or its designee, the person from whom the payer receives money shall receive an amount equal to the person's necessary disbursements, not to exceed $3, which shall be deducted from the money to be paid to the payer. Section 241.09 does not apply to assignments under this section.

(4) Assignment priority. A withholding assignment or order under this section or s. 767.23 (1) (L) or 767.25 (4m) (c) 767.225 (1) (L) or 767.513 (3) has priority over any other assignment, garnishment, or similar legal process under state law.

(6) Failure to comply with assignment obligations. (a) Except as provided in sub. (3m), if after receipt of notice of assignment the person from whom the payer receives money fails to withhold the money or send the money to the department or its designee or the appropriate health care insurer, provider, or plan as provided in this section or s. 767.23 (1) (L) or 767.25 (4m) (c) 767.225 (1) (L) or 767.513 (3), the person may be proceeded against under the principal action under ch. 785 for contempt of court or may be proceeded against under ch. 778 and be required to forfeit not less than $50 nor more than an amount, if the amount exceeds $50, that is equal to 1% of the amount not withheld or sent.

(b) If an employer who receives an assignment under this section or s. 767.23 (1) (L) or 767.25 (4m) (c) 767.225 (1) (L) or 767.513 (3) fails to notify the department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, within 10 days after an employee is terminated or otherwise temporarily or permanently leaves employment, the employer may be proceeded against under the principal action under ch. 785 for contempt of court.

(c) No employer may use an assignment under this section or s. 767.23 (1) (L) or 767.25 (4m) (c) 767.225 (1) (L) or 767.513 (3) as a basis for the denial of employment to a person, the discharge of an employee, or any disciplinary action against an employee. An employer who denies employment or discharges or disciplines an employee in violation of this paragraph may be fined not more than $500 and may be required to make full restitution to the aggrieved person, including reinstatement and back pay. Except as provided in this paragraph, restitution shall be in accordance with s. 973.20. An aggrieved person may apply to the district attorney or to the department for enforcement of this paragraph.

(7m) (b) (intro.) If after an assignment is in effect the payer's employer changes its payroll period, or the payer changes employers and the new employer's payroll period is different from the former employer's payroll period, the clerk of court county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) may, unless otherwise ordered by a judge, amend the withholding assignment or order so that all of the following apply:

(c) The clerk of court county child support agency shall provide notice of the amended withholding assignment or order by regular mail to the payer's employer and to the payer.

443,118 Section 118. 767.265 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 767.75 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

767.75 (1) Definitions. (intro.) In this section, "employer":

(a) "Employer" includes the state and its political subdivisions.

443,119 Section 119. 767.266 of the statutes is renumbered 767.375.

443,120 Section 120 . 767.267 of the statutes is renumbered 767.76, and 767.76 (1) and (5), as renumbered, are amended to read:

767.76 (1) Authority of court to require. If the court or circuit court commissioner determines that income withholding under s. 767.265 767.75 is inapplicable, ineffective, or insufficient to ensure payment under an order or stipulation specified in s. 767.265 767.75 (1), or that income withholding under s. 767.25 (4m) (c) 767.513 (3) is inapplicable, ineffective, or insufficient to ensure payment of a child's health care expenses, including payment of health insurance premiums, ordered under s. 767.25 (4m) 767.513, the court or circuit court commissioner may require the payer to identify or establish a deposit account, owned in whole or in part by the payer, that allows for periodic transfers of funds and to file with the financial institution at which the account is located an authorization for transfer from the account to the department or its designee, whichever is appropriate. The authorization shall be provided on a standard form approved by the court and shall specify the frequency and the amount of transfer, sufficient to meet the payer's obligation under the order or stipulation, as required by the court or circuit court commissioner. The authorization shall include the payer's consent for the financial institution or an officer, employee, or agent of the financial institution to disclose information to the court, circuit court commissioner, county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), department, or department's designee regarding the account for which the payer has executed the authorization for transfer.

(5) Authorized disclosure. A financial institution or an officer, employee, or agent of a financial institution may disclose information to the court, circuit court commissioner, county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), department, or department's designee concerning an account for which a payer has executed an authorization for transfer under sub. (1).

443,121 Section 121. 767.27 (title), (1), (1m) and (2) of the statutes are renumbered 767.127 (title), (1), (1m) and (2) and amended to read:

767.127 (title) Disclosure of assets required Financial disclosure. (1) Required disclosure. In any an action affecting the family, except an action to affirm marriage under s. 767.02 767.001 (1) (a), the court shall require each party to furnish, on such standard forms as required by the court may require, full disclosure of all assets owned in full or in part by either party separately or by the parties jointly. Such disclosure Disclosure may be made by each party individually or by the parties jointly. Assets required to be disclosed shall include, but shall are not be limited to, real estate, savings accounts, stocks and bonds, mortgages and notes, life insurance, retirement interests, interest in a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, tangible personal property, income from employment, future interests whether vested or nonvested, and any other financial interest or source. The court shall also require each party to furnish, on the same standard form, information pertaining to all debts and liabilities of the parties. The form used shall contain a statement in conspicuous print that complete disclosure of assets and debts is required by law and deliberate failure to provide complete disclosure constitutes perjury. The court shall require each party to attach to the disclosure form a statement reflecting income earned to date for the current year and the most recent statement under s. 71.65 (1) (a) that the party has received. The court may on its own initiative and shall at the request of either party require the parties to furnish copies of all state and federal income tax returns filed by them for the past 2 years, and may require copies of such those returns for prior years.

Note: 1. Adds reference to "retirement interests" for convenience. Although current law requires disclosure of retirement interests, specific reference may make the requirement clearer to nonlawyers.

2. Requires each party to attach to the disclosure form a current income statement and the most recent W-2 statement. The requirement supplements current provisions requiring disclosure of any "other financial source" and disclosure of state and federal income tax returns for the past 2 years if requested by a party or the court.

(1m) Health insurance information for minor child. In any action affecting the family which that involves a minor child, the court shall require, in addition to the disclosure under sub. (1), that each party furnish the court with information regarding the types and costs of any health insurance policies or plans which that are offered through each party's employer or other organization. This disclosure shall include a copy of any health care policy or plan which that names the child as a beneficiary at the time that the disclosure is filed under sub. (2).

(2) Filing disclosure forms. Disclosure forms required under this section shall be filed within 90 days after the service of summons or the filing of a joint petition or at such other a time as ordered by the court or circuit court commissioner. Information contained on such the forms shall be updated on the record to the date of hearing.

443,122 Section 122. 767.27 (2m) of the statutes is renumbered 767.54 and amended to read:

767.54 Required exchange of financial information. In every an action in which the court has ordered a party to pay child or family support under this chapter, including an action to revise a judgment or order under s. 767.32 767.59, the court shall require the parties annually to exchange financial information. Information disclosed under this section is subject to s. 767.127 (3). A party who fails to furnish the information as required by the court under this subsection section may be proceeded against for contempt of court under ch. 785. If the court finds that a party has failed to furnish the information required under this subsection section, the court may award to the party bringing the action costs and, notwithstanding s. 814.04 (1), reasonable attorney fees.

Note: The reference to s. 767.127 (3) in the new sentence is to the confidentiality provision of that section (current s. 767.27 (3)).

443,123 Section 123 . 767.27 (3), (4) and (5) of the statutes are renumbered 767.127 (3), (4) and (5), and 767.127 (3) (a), (4) and (5), as renumbered, are amended to read:

767.127 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), information disclosed under this section shall be and under s. 767.54 is confidential and may not be made available to any person for any purpose other than the adjudication, appeal, modification, or enforcement of judgment of an action affecting the family of the disclosing parties.

(4) Failure to timely file. Failure by If either party fails timely to file a complete disclosure statement as required by this section shall authorize, the court to may accept as accurate any information provided in the statement of the other party or obtained under s. 49.22 (2m) by the department or the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).

(5) Failure to disclose; constructive trust. If any a party deliberately intentionally or negligently fails to disclose information required by sub. (1) and in consequence thereof as a result any asset or assets with a fair market value of $500 or more is omitted from the final distribution of property, the party aggrieved by such the nondisclosure may at any time petition the court granting the annulment, divorce, or legal separation to declare the creation of a constructive trust as to all undisclosed assets, for the benefit of the parties and their minor or dependent children, if any, with the party in whose name the assets are held declared the constructive trustee, said. The trust to shall include such terms and conditions as the court may determine. The court shall grant the petition upon a finding of a failure to disclose such assets as required under sub. (1).

443,124 Section 124. 767.275 of the statutes is renumbered 767.63 and amended to read:

767.63 Disposition of Disposed assets prior to action may be subject to division. In any an action affecting the family, except an action to affirm marriage under s. 767.02 767.001 (1) (a), any asset with a fair market value of $500 or more which that would be considered part of the estate of either or both of the parties if owned by either or both of them at the time of the action, but which and that was transferred for inadequate consideration, wasted, given away, or otherwise unaccounted for by one of the parties within one year prior to the filing of the petition or the length of the marriage, whichever is shorter, shall be is rebuttably presumed to be part of the estate for the purposes of s. 767.255 property subject to division under s. 767.61 and shall be is subject to the disclosure requirement of s. 767.27 767.127. Transfers which that resulted in an exchange of assets of substantially equivalent value need not be specifically disclosed where such if those assets are otherwise identified in the statement of net worth.

443,125 Section 125. 767.28 of the statutes is renumbered 767.385 and amended to read:

767.385 Maintenance, legal custody, and support when divorce or separation denied. In If a judgment in an action for divorce or legal separation, although such denies the divorce or legal separation is denied, the court may make such order as the nature of the case renders just and reasonable for the legal custody of and periods of physical placement with any of the minor children, and for the maintenance of either spouse and support of such the children by either spouse out of property or income, as the nature of the case may render just and reasonable. If the court orders child support under this section, the court shall determine the child support payments in a manner consistent with s. 767.25 767.511, regardless of the fact that the court has not entered a judgment of divorce or legal separation has not been entered.

443,126 Section 126. 767.281 (2) (title) and (4) (title) of the statutes are created to read:

767.281 (2) (title) Support or maintenance orders.

(4) (title) Support and maintenance payments to department.

443,127 Section 127. 767.29 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 767.57 (title) and amended to read:

767.57 (title) Maintenance, child support , and family support payments, receipt and disbursement; circuit court commissioner, fees and compensation; fees.

443,128 Section 128. 767.29 (1) (a), (b) and (c) of the statutes are renumbered 767.57 (1) (a), (b) and (c), and 767.57 (1) (a) and (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:

767.57 (1) (a) All orders or judgments providing for temporary or permanent maintenance, child support, or family support payments shall direct that the payment of all such sums payments be made to the department or its designee for the use of the person for whom the same has payments have been awarded. A party securing obtaining an order for temporary maintenance, child support, or family support payments shall forthwith promptly file the order, together with all pleadings in the action, with the clerk of court.

(c) Except as provided in sub. (1m), the department or its designee shall disburse, and take receipts for, the money received under the judgment or order in the manner required by federal regulations and take receipts therefor, unless the department or its designee is unable to disburse the moneys because they the moneys were paid by check or other draft drawn upon an account containing insufficient funds. All moneys received or disbursed under this section shall be entered in a record kept by the department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, which. The record shall be open to inspection by the parties to the action, their attorneys, and the circuit court commissioner.

443,129 Section 129. 767.29 (1) (d) and (dm) of the statutes are renumbered 767.57 (1e) (a) and (b) and amended to read:

767.57 (1e) (a) For receiving and disbursing maintenance, child support, or family support payments, including arrears in any of those payments in arrears, and for maintaining the records required under par. (c), the department or its designee shall collect an annual fee of $35. The court or circuit court commissioner shall order each party ordered to make payments to pay the annual fee under this paragraph in each year for which payments are ordered or in which an arrearage in any of those payments is owed. In directing the manner of payment of the annual fee, the court or circuit court commissioner shall order that the annual fee be withheld from income and sent to the department or its designee, as provided under s. 767.265. All fees collected 767.75. Fees under this paragraph shall be deposited in the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) (ja). At the time of ordering the payment of an annual the fee under this paragraph, the court or circuit court commissioner shall notify each party ordered to make payments of the requirement to pay the annual fee, and of the amount of , the annual fee. If the annual fee under this paragraph is not paid when due, the department or its designee may not deduct the annual fee from any maintenance, child or family support, or arrearage payment, but may move the court for a remedial sanction under ch. 785.

(b) 1m. The department or its designee may collect any unpaid fees under s. 814.61 (12) (b), 1997 stats., that are shown on the department's automated payment and collection system on December 31, 1998, and shall deposit all fees collected under this subdivision in the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (3) (ja). The department or its designee may collect unpaid fees under this subdivision through income withholding under s. 767.265 767.75 (2m). If the department or its designee determines that income withholding is inapplicable, ineffective, or insufficient for the collection of any unpaid fees under this subdivision, the department or its designee may move the court for a remedial sanction under ch. 785. The department or its designee may contract with or employ a collection agency or other person for the collection of any unpaid fees under this subdivision and, notwithstanding s. 20.930, may contract with or employ an attorney to appear in any action in state or federal court to enforce the payment obligation. The department or its designee may not deduct the amount of unpaid fees from any maintenance, child or family support, or arrearage payment.

2m. A clerk of court may collect any unpaid fees under s. 814.61 (12) (b), 1997 stats., that are owed to the clerk of court, or to his or her predecessor, and that were not shown on the department's automated payment and collection system on December 31, 1998, through income withholding under s. 767.265 767.75 (2m). If the clerk of court determines that income withholding is inapplicable, ineffective, or insufficient for the collection of any unpaid fees under this subdivision, the clerk of court may move the court for a remedial sanction under ch. 785.

443,130 Section 130. 767.29 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 767.57 (1h) and amended to read:

767.57 (1h) Nonpayment; enforcement. If the maintenance, child support, or family support payments adjudged or ordered to be paid are not paid to the department or its designee at the time provided in the judgment or order, the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) or a circuit court commissioner of the county shall take such proceedings as he or she considers advisable to secure the payment of the sum, including enforcement by contempt proceedings under ch. 785 or by other means. Copies of any order issued to compel the payment shall be mailed to counsel the attorney, if any, who represented each party when the maintenance, child support, or family support payments were awarded. In case If any fees of officers in any of the proceedings, including the compensation of the circuit court commissioner at the rate of $50 per day unless the commissioner is on a salaried basis, is not collected from the person proceeded against, the fees shall be paid out of the county treasury upon the order of the presiding judge and the certificate of the department.

443,131 Section 131. 767.29 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: Repealed as obsolete. The repealed paragraph provides:

If the department determines that the statewide automated support and maintenance receipt and disbursement system will be operational before October 1, 1999, the department shall publish a notice in the Wisconsin Administrative Register that states the date on which the system will begin operating. Before that date or October 1, 1999, whichever is earlier, the circuit courts, county child support agencies under s. 59.53 (5), clerks of court and employers shall cooperate with the department in any measures taken to ensure an efficient and orderly transition from the countywide system of support receipt and disbursement to the statewide system.

443,132 Section 132. 767.29 (1m) to (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act 25, are renumbered 767.57 (1m) to (4), and 767.57 (1m) (intro.) and (b), (2) and (3), as renumbered, are amended to read:

767.57 (1m) Overpayment. (intro.) Notwithstanding ss. 767.25 767.511 (6) and 767.261 767.531, if the department or its designee receives support or maintenance money that exceeds the amount due in the month in which it is received and that the department or its designee determines that the excess amount is for support or maintenance due in a succeeding month, the department or its designee may hold the amount of overpayment that does not exceed the amount due in the next month for disbursement in the next month if any of the following applies:

(b) The court or circuit court commissioner has ordered that overpayments of child support, family support, or maintenance that do not exceed the amount of support or maintenance due in the next month may be held for disbursement in the next month.

(2) Procedure if recipient on public assistance. If any a party entitled to maintenance payments or support money, or both, is receiving public assistance under ch. 49, the party may assign the party's right thereto to support or maintenance to the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 granting such the assistance. Such The assignment shall be approved by order of the court granting the maintenance payments or support money, and may be terminated in like manner; except that it shall. The assignment may not be terminated in cases where if there is any a delinquency in the amount to be paid to the assignee of maintenance payments and support money previously ordered or adjudged to be paid to the assignee without the written consent of the assignee or upon notice to the assignee and a hearing. When an assignment of maintenance payments or support money, or both, has been approved by the order, the assignee shall be deemed a real party in interest within s. 803.01 but solely for the purpose of securing payment of unpaid maintenance payments or support money adjudged or ordered to be paid, by participating in proceedings to secure the payment thereof of unpaid amounts. Notwithstanding assignment under this subsection, and without further order of the court, the department or its designee, upon receiving notice that a party or a minor child of the parties is receiving aid under s. 46.261 or public assistance under ch. 49 or that a kinship care relative or long-term kinship care relative of the minor child is receiving kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments for the minor child, shall forward all support assigned under s. 46.261 (3), 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b) 2., 49.19 (4) (h) 1., or 49.45 (19) to the assignee under s. 46.261 (3), 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b) 2., 49.19 (4) (h) 1., or 49.45 (19).

(3) Procedure if recipient institutionalized or confined. (a) If maintenance payments or support money, or both, is are ordered to be paid for the benefit of any person, who is committed by court order to an institution or, who is in confinement, or whose legal custody is vested by court order under ch. 48 or 938 in an agency, department, or relative, the court or a circuit court commissioner may order such that the maintenance payments or support money to be paid to the relative or agency, institution, welfare department, or other entity having the legal or actual custody of said the person, and to that it be used for the latter's person's care and maintenance, without the appointment of a guardian under ch. 880.

(b) If a child who is the beneficiary of support under a judgment or order is placed by court order in a residential care center for children and youth, juvenile correctional institution, or state mental institution, the right of the child to support during the period of the child's confinement, including any right to unpaid support accruing during that period, is assigned to the state. If the judgment or order providing for the support of a child who is placed in a residential care center for children and youth, juvenile correctional institution, or state mental institution includes support for one or more other children, the support that is assigned to the state shall be the proportionate share of the child placed in the center or institution, except as otherwise ordered by the court or circuit court commissioner on the motion of a party.

443,133 Section 133. 767.293 of the statutes is repealed.

Note: Recreated by Section 235 of this bill.

443,134 Section 134. 767.295 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

443,135 Section 135. 767.295 (1) and (2) (a) of the statutes are renumbered 767.55 (2) (a) and (am), and 767.55 (2) (a) and (am) (intro.), as renumbered, are amended to read:

767.55 (2) (a) In this section subsection, "custodial parent" means a parent who lives with his or her child for substantial periods of time.

(am) (intro.) In an action for modification of a child support order under s. 767.32 767.59, an action in which an order for child support is required under s. 767.25 (1), 767.51 (3) or 767.62 (4) 767.511 (1), 767.805 (4), or 767.89 (3), or a contempt of court proceeding to enforce a child support or family support order in a county that contracts under s. 49.36 (2), the court may order a parent who is not a custodial parent to register for a work experience and job training program under s. 49.36 if all of the following conditions are met:

443,136 Section 136. 767.295 (2) (b) and (c) of the statutes are renumbered 767.55 (2) (b) and (c), and 767.55 (2) (c), as renumbered, is amended to read:

767.55 (2) (c) If the court enters an order under par. (a) (am), it shall order the parent to pay child support equal to the amount determined by applying the percentage standard established under s. 49.22 (9) to the income a person would earn by working 40 hours per week for the federal minimum hourly wage under 29 USC 206 (a) (1) or equal to the amount of child support that the parent was ordered to pay in the most recent determination of support under this chapter. The child support obligation ordered under this paragraph continues until the parent makes timely payment in full for 3 consecutive months or until the person participates in the program under s. 49.36 for 16 weeks, whichever comes occurs first. The court shall provide in its order that the parent must shall make child support payments calculated under s. 767.25 767.511 (1j) or (1m) after the obligation to make payments ordered under this paragraph ceases.

443,137 Section 137. 767.30 of the statutes is renumbered 767.77, and 767.77 (title), (1), (2) and (3) (intro.), as renumbered, are amended to read:

767.77 (title) Enforcement of payments ordered payment obligations. (1) Definition. If the court orders any payment for In this section, "payment obligation" means an obligation to pay support under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4., 48.357 (5m) (a), 48.363 (2), 938.183 (4), 938.355 (2) (b) 4., 938.357 (5m) (a), or 938.363 (2), support or maintenance under s. 767.08 767.501, child support, family support, or maintenance under s. 767.23 767.225, child support under s. 767.25 767.511, maintenance under s. 767.26 767.56, family support under s. 767.261 767.531, attorney fees under s. 767.262 767.241, child support or a child's health care expenses under s. 767.477 767.85, paternity obligations under s. 767.458 (3), 767.51 or 767.62 (4) 767.805 (4), 767.863 (3), or 767.89, support arrearages under s. 767.293 767.71, or child or spousal support under s. 948.22 (7), the.

(1m) Terms of payment. The court may provide order that any a payment obligation be paid in the amounts and at the times that it considers expedient.

(2) Security for payment. The court may impose liability for any a payment listed under sub. (1) obligation as a charge upon any specific real estate of the obligated party liable or may require that party to give sufficient security for payment. However, no such No charge upon real estate may become effectual is effective until the order or judgment imposing liability or a certified copy of it is recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the real estate is situated.

(3) Noncompliance; enforcement. (intro.) If the a party fails to pay a payment ordered under sub. (1) (1m) or to give security under sub. (2), the court may by any appropriate remedy enforce the judgment, or the order as if it were a final judgment, including any past due payment and interest. Appropriate remedies include but are not limited to:

443,138 Section 138. Subchapter IV (title) of chapter 767 [precedes 767.301] of the statutes is created to read:

CHAPTER 767

SUBCHAPTER IV
annulment, DIVORCE,
And LEGAL SEPARATION

443,139 Section 139. 767.303 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 767.73 (title) and amended to read:

767.73 (title) Enforcement of Delinquent child or family support; suspension of operating privilege.

443,140 Section 140. 767.303 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 767.73 (1) (a) and amended to read:

767.73 (1) (a) If a person fails to pay In this subsection, "support payment" means a payment ordered for support under s. 767.077 767.521, support under s. 767.08 767.501, child support or family support under s. 767.23 767.225, child support under s. 767.25 767.511, family support under s. 767.261 767.531, revised child or family support under s. 767.32 767.59, child support under s. 767.458 767.863 (3), child support under s. 767.477 767.85, child support under s. 767.51 767.89, child support under s. 767.62 767.805 (4), child support under ch. 769, or child support under s. 948.22 (7) , the payment is.

(b) If a person fails to pay a support payment that is 90 or more days past due and the court finds that the person has the ability to pay the amount ordered, the court may suspend the person's operating privilege, as defined in s. 340.01 (40), until the person pays all arrearages in full or makes payment arrangements that are satisfactory to the court, except that the suspension period may not exceed 2 years. If otherwise eligible, the person is eligible for an occupational license under s. 343.10 at any time.

443,141 Section 141. 767.303 (2) to (5) of the statutes are renumbered 767.73 (2) to (5), and 767.73 (2) and (3), as renumbered, are amended to read:

767.73 (2) Notice of suspension to department of transportation. Whenever the If a court orders suspension of a person's operating privilege under sub. (1) (b), the court shall notify the department of transportation, in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The notice to the department shall include the name and last-known address of the person against whom the support order was entered, certification by the court that the person has been notified of the entry of the support order and that there are arrearages in support payments that are 90 or more days past due, and the place where the arrearages may be paid and. The notice shall also state that the person's operating privilege shall remain remains suspended until the person pays all arrearages in full or makes payment arrangements that are satisfactory to the court, except that the suspension period may not exceed 2 years.

(3) Notice of payment to department. If the person subsequently pays the full amount of the arrearages or makes payment arrangements that are satisfactory to the court, the court shall immediately notify the department of transportation of the payment, in the form and manner prescribed by the department.

443,142 Section 142. 767.305 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 767.78 (title).

443,143 Section 143. 767.305 of the statutes is renumbered 767.78 (1) and amended to read:

767.78 (1) Definition. In all cases where a party has incurred a financial this section, "financial obligation" means an obligation for payment incurred under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4., 48.357 (5m) (a), 48.363 (2), 767.23, 767.25, 767.255, 767.26, 767.261, 767.262, 767.293, 767.458 (3), 767.477, 767.51, 767.62 (4) 767.225, 767.241, 767.511, 767.531, 767.56, 767.61, 767.71, 767.805 (4), 767.85, 767.863 (3), 767.89, 938.183 (4), 938.355 (2) (b) 4., 938.357 (5m) (a), or 938.363 (2).

(2) Noncompliance; order to show cause. If a person has incurred a financial obligation and has failed within a reasonable time or as ordered by the court to satisfy such the obligation, and where the wage assignment proceeding under s. 767.265 767.75 and the account transfer under s. 767.267 767.76 are inapplicable, impractical, or unfeasible, the court may on its own initiative, and shall on the application of the receiving party, issue an order requiring the payer to show cause at some a reasonable time therein specified in the order why he or she should not be punished for such misconduct as provided in subject to contempt of court under ch. 785.

443,144 Section 144. 767.31 of the statutes is renumbered 767.57 (5) and amended to read:

767.57 (5) Trustee or receiver may be appointed. The court may appoint a receiver or trustee, when deemed expedient as necessary, to receive any payments ordered under this chapter, to invest and pay over the income for the maintenance of the spouse entitled thereto or the support and education of any of the minor children described in s. 767.511 (4), or to pay over the principal sum in such proportions the amount and at such the times as that the court directs. The court may require the receiver or trustee shall give such to post bond, with such or without sureties as, in the amount that the court requires, for the faithful performance of his or her trust directs.

Note: Authorizes the court to appoint a receiver, as an alternative to a trustee, to handle maintenance or support obligations. In addition, clarifies that reference to support and education of children includes any minor child or any child less than 19 if the child is pursuing an accredited course of instruction leading to the acquisition of a high school diploma or its equivalent.

443,145 Section 145 . 767.313 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

767.313 (2) Judicial proceeding required; no annulment after death. A judicial proceeding is required to annul a marriage. A marriage may not be annulled after the death of a party to the marriage.