2017 Wisconsin Act 334

334,31 Section 31. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants who reside in that county for whom no father's name has been inserted on the registrant's birth certificate record within 6 months of birth.

334,32 Section 32. 69.04 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

334,33 Section 33. 69.04 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 69.04 (1) (a) and amended to read:

69.04 (1) (a) The state registrar may approve a city as a registration district for registration of deaths occurring in the city if the state registrar has approved the city for registration of births under subd. 1. and if the state registrar determines that the city has staff, office space, and other resources for the proper administration of death records, makes reasonable use of public health data derived from death records, and suitably preserves and cares for official city death records.

334,34 Section 34. 69.04 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.04 (2) (a) The county register of deeds office shall be the place for filing vital records except as provided under pars. (b) and par. (c).

334,35 Section 35. 69.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

334,36 Section 36. 69.04 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.04 (2) (c) If a death occurs in a city which is a registration district approved by the state registrar for registering death certificates records, the office of the city registrar shall be the place for filing.

334,37 Section 37. 69.04 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.04 (3) (a) Offer all records of events occurring prior to October 1, 1907, to the state historical society under s. 69.21 (2) (d) 1.

334,38 Section 38. 69.05 (2), (3) and (3m) of the statutes are repealed.

334,39 Section 39. 69.05 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.05 (4) Preserve, amend and certify vital records under this subchapter by photographic, electronic or other means as directed by the state registrar, except that a local registrar may destroy birth certificates vital records on file for more than 365 days if the state registrar determines that the local registrar has access through the state registrar's computer database to the information necessary to issue certified copies under s. 69.21 (1) (b) 2.

334,40 Section 40. 69.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.06 (1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance to every original certificate records of birth and death which he or she has been approved to register under s. 69.04 and which is are properly presented in his or her office.

334,41 Section 41. 69.06 (2), (3) and (5) of the statutes are repealed.

334,42 Section 42. 69.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.07 (1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance to every original vital record properly records presented in his or her office under this chapter.

334,43 Section 43. 69.07 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

334,44 Section 44. 69.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.08 (1) Is on a form prepared in the method prescribed or supplied for the record by the state registrar.

334,45 Section 45. 69.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.08 (2) Is prepared on a typewriter with unworn black ribbon in the method prescribed or is printed legibly in black permanent ink applied directly to the form paper.

334,46 Section 46. 69.08 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.08 (3) Supplies all items of information required by the form or gives a reason approved by the state registrar for the omission of any item.

334,47 Section 47. 69.08 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.08 (5) Contains the electronic signatures which are required on the form and which are or signatures written in black permanent ink applied directly to the form paper.

334,48 Section 48. 69.08 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

334,49 Section 49. 69.08 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.08 (7) Contains the dated electronic signature of the local registrar.

334,50 Section 50. 69.10 (1) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 69.10 (1) and amended to read:

69.10 (1) Until 365 days after the occurrence of an event which is the subject of a vital record: (b) The, the state registrar or a local registrar may correct an error in the record if he or she determines that the error is obviously inadvertent.

334,51 Section 51. 69.10 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

334,52 Section 52. 69.11 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.11 (3) (b) 1. Name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parents' surnames and marital status of parents, if the vital record is a birth certificate record and if the amendment is accompanied by a statement which the filing party has submitted to support the amendment.

334,53 Section 53. 69.11 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.11 (3) (b) 2. Cause of death, if the vital record is a death certificate record and if the amendment is accompanied by a statement that the person who signed the medical certification has submitted to support the amendment.

334,54 Section 54. 69.11 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.11 (3) (c) (intro.) The following, on a form supplied prepared in the method prescribed by the state registrar, may request the state registrar to act under this subsection:

334,55 Section 55. 69.11 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.11 (3) (e) 1. If the state registrar determines that a vital record should be amended under this subsection, he or she shall send a notice of the need for an amendment to the filing party, the certifier of the cause of death or the county clerk responsible for the vital record or to the local registrar who filed the record. If the local registrar receives the notice, he or she shall obtain the correct information from the filing party, certifier of the cause of death or county clerk responsible for the vital record, change the information on his or her copy of the vital record and send a copy of the changed record to the state registrar and provide the correct information to the state registrar in the manner prescribed.

334,56 Section 56. 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth certificate record that affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's name, or marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence of the event that is the subject of the birth certificate record, if the amendment is at the request of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is on a request form supplied in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, and if the amendment is accompanied by 2 items of documentary evidence from early childhood that are sufficient to prove that the item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit of the person requesting the amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth certificate record may be made under this paragraph only if the marital status is inconsistent with information concerning the father or husband that appears on the birth certificate record. This paragraph may not be used to add to or delete from a birth certificate record the name of a parent, to change the identity of a parent named on the birth certificate record, or to effect a name change prohibited under s. 301.47.

334,57 Section 57. 69.11 (5) (a) 2. d. of the statutes is repealed.

334,58 Section 58. 69.11 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.11 (5) (b) If under sub. (4) (b) the state or local registrar makes an amendment other than on the face of the original copy of a vital record, he or she shall file an amendment form which includes an affidavit by the person requesting the amendment, the information which is stricken, the information inserted and an abstract of the documents supporting the amendment documentation.

334,59 Section 59. 69.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.12 (1) If the state registrar cannot make an amendment to a vital record under s. 69.11 and a person with a direct and tangible interest in the vital record alleges that information on the vital record does not represent the actual facts in effect at the time the record was filed, the person may petition the circuit court of the county in which the event which is the subject of the vital record is alleged to have occurred. The petition shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the original vital record. If the court finds that the petitioner has established the actual facts of the event in effect when the record was filed, the clerk of court shall report the court's determination to the state registrar on a form in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, along with the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (a) 2. Upon receipt of the report, the state registrar shall, if information as to the cause of death on an original certificate of a death record is changed or if information on a marriage certificate record concerning the identity of a parent of a party to a marriage is changed, act under sub. (4), or shall change the record under s. 69.11 (5) and if the record is not enabled in the state system of vital records, send a notice of the change the amended record to the local registrar who shall make the change in replace the record filed in his or her office. This subsection does not apply to a name change prohibited under s. 301.47.

334,60 Section 60. 69.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.12 (2) A court may not order amendment of the names of the parents of a registrant on a birth certificate record on the grounds of termination of parental rights or termination of custody.

334,61 Section 61. 69.12 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.12 (3) The state registrar shall amend under s. 69.11 (5) an item on a birth certificate record as directed by an order under this section.

334,62 Section 62. 69.12 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.12 (4) (a) If a court's determination under sub. (1) changes information as to the cause of death on an original certificate of a death record or changes information on a marriage certificate record concerning the identity of a parent of a party to the marriage and the court in accordance with the petition orders the creation of a new certificate of death or marriage certificate record, the state registrar shall do all of the following:

1. Prepare a new certificate of death or a new marriage certificate record, whichever is applicable. On a new certificate of death record, the state registrar shall omit the changed information, including the name of the physician, coroner or medical examiner who certified the cause of death and enter any other original and any new information, including the name of the judge and the date of the order, sign the new information, enter any notation of support in the margin of the record and insert a note that the certificate of death record has been amended. On a new marriage certificate record, the state registrar shall omit the changed information concerning the identity of a parent of a party to the marriage, enter the unchanged information from the original certificate record, and enter any new information included in the court order concerning the identity of a parent of a party to the marriage, but shall not note that the certificate record is amended.

2. Register a new certificate of death or marriage certificate record created under this subsection and impound the original certificate of death or marriage certificate record and all correspondence, affidavits, court orders, and other related materials and prohibit access except by court order or except by the state registrar for processing purposes.

3. Send a copy of any new certificate of death or marriage certificate record registered under this subsection to the local registrar who filed the original of the replaced certificate of death or marriage certificate, if the record is not enabled in the state system of vital records.

(b) Upon receipt of the copy under par. (a) 3., the local registrar shall destroy his or her copy of the replaced certificate of death or marriage certificate record and file the new certificate of death or marriage certificate record.

334,63 Section 63. 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the certificate record of birth may be requested under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father or husband information appearing on the certificate of birth record. This section may not be used to add or delete the name of a parent on the certificate record of birth or change the identity of either parent named on the certificate of birth record.

334,72 Section 72. 69.13 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:

69.13 Correction of facts misrepresented by informant for certificate record of birth. (intro.) The state registrar may, under an order issued by the circuit court of the county in which a birth occurred, correct information about the parent or the marital status of the mother on a certificate record of birth that is registered in this state if all of the following conditions apply:

(1) The correction may not be accomplished under s. 69.11, 69.12, or 69.15 because the disputed information was misrepresented by the informant during the preparation of the birth certificate record.

334,64 Section 64. 69.13 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.13 (2) (a) A petition for correction filed by a person with a direct and tangible interest in the certificate of birth record.

334,65 Section 65. 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage document, a certified copy of a certificate of divorce or annulment record, or a final divorce decree that indicates that the mother was not married to the person listed as her husband at any time during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any other legal document that clarifies the disputed information.

334,66 Section 66. 69.13 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

69.13 (2) (b) 5. A statement signed by the certificate record of birth informant or the petitioner acknowledging that the disputed information was misrepresented.

334,67 Section 67. 69.14 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 69.14 (1) (a) and amended to read:

69.14 (1) (a) Filing deadline. Except as provided under subd. 2., a certificate A record of birth for every birth that occurs in this state shall be filed within 5 days after the birth with the state registrar, who shall register the birth under this subchapter and shall make a copy of the certificate of birth available to the registration district in which the birth occurred and the registration district in which the mother of the registrant resided at the time of the birth.

334,68 Section 68. 69.14 (1) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.

334,69 Section 69. 69.14 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.14 (1) (b) Accuracy. Either parent of a child who is the subject of a birth certificate record, or, if neither parent is available, another person with knowledge of the facts of the birth, shall attest to the accuracy of the personal data entered on the certificate record in time to permit the filing of the certificate record within 5 days after the birth.

334,70 Section 70. 69.14 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.14 (1) (c) Filing party. (intro.) A birth certificate record shall be prepared and filed by the following:

334,71 Section 71. 69.14 (1) (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of the statutes are amended to read:

69.14 (1) (d) Place of birth. 1. On a birth certificate record the place of birth shall be the place where the placenta is removed except as provided under subd. 2.

2. If a birth occurs in a conveyance within the United States and the birth child is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be filed in this state and the place where the birth child is first removed from the conveyance shall be the place of birth on the birth certificate record. If a birth occurs on a moving conveyance while in international waters or air space or in a foreign country or its air space and the birth child is first removed from the conveyance in this state, a birth certificate record for the child shall be filed in this state and the place of birth on the birth certificate record shall be the actual place of birth as determined by the filing party.

(e) Father's name. 1. If the mother of a registrant under this section was married at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the name of the husband of the mother shall be entered on the birth certificate record as the legal father of the registrant. The name of the father entered under this subdivision may not be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.

2. If the mother was not married at any time from the conception to the birth of a registrant under this section, no name of any alleged father of the registrant may be entered as the father on the birth certificate record except as provided under s. 69.15 (3). If under this subdivision the name of the father of the registrant of a birth certificate record is omitted from the certificate record, no other information about the father may be entered on the certificate record.

(f) Registrant's name. 1. a. Except as provided under subd. 1. b., if the mother of a registrant of a birth certificate record under this section is married to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the given name and surname which the mother and father of the registrant enter for the registrant on the birth certificate record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate record.

b. If the mother of a registrant of a birth certificate record under this section is married to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant and the mother is separated or divorced from the father of the registrant at the time of birth, the given name and surname which the parent of the registrant with actual custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate record, except that if a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate record.

c. If the mother of a registrant of a birth certificate record under this section is not married to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the given name and surname which the mother of the registrant enters for the registrant on the birth certificate record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate record, except that if a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate record.

2. If no surname has been entered for a registrant within 5 days after the registrant's birth, the filing party shall file a birth certificate record for the registrant without entering a surname on the birth certificate record. The state registrar and any local registrar may not issue any certified copy of the birth certificate record until a surname is entered under this paragraph.

(g) Birth by artificial insemination. If the registrant of a birth certificate record under this section is born as a result of artificial insemination under the requirements of s. 891.40, the husband of the woman shall be considered the father of the registrant on the birth certificate record. If the registrant is born as a result of artificial insemination which does not satisfy the requirements of s. 891.40, the information about the father of the registrant shall be omitted from the registrant's birth certificate record.

(h) Surrogate mother. If the registrant of a birth certificate record under this section is born to a surrogate mother, information about the surrogate mother shall be entered on the birth certificate record and the information about the father shall be omitted from the birth certificate record. If a court determines parental rights over the registrant, the clerk of court shall report the court's determination to the state registrar on a form prescribed by the state registrar, along with the fee required under s. 69.22. Upon receipt of the report, the state registrar shall prepare and register a new birth certificate record for the registrant under s. 69.15 (6) and send a copy notice of the new certificate record to the local registrar who filed the original certificate record. Upon receipt of the copy notice, the local registrar shall destroy his or her copy of the replaced certificate and file the new certificate record.