AB75-SSA1,1645,2 23770.12 Terminating a domestic partnership. (1) (a) A domestic partner
24may terminate the domestic partnership by filing a completed notice of termination
25of domestic partnership form with the county clerk who issued the declaration of

1domestic partnership and paying the fee under s. 770.17. The notice must be signed
2by one or both domestic partners and notarized.
AB75-SSA1,1645,53 (b) If the notice under par. (a) is signed by only one of the domestic partners,
4that individual must also file with the county clerk an affidavit stating either of the
5following:
AB75-SSA1,1645,86 1. That the other domestic partner has been served in writing, in the manner
7provided under s. 801.11, that a notice of termination of domestic partnership is
8being filed with the county clerk.
AB75-SSA1,1645,119 2. That the domestic partner seeking termination has been unable to locate the
10other domestic partner after making reasonable efforts and that notice to the other
11domestic partner has been made by publication as provided in sub. (2).
AB75-SSA1,1645,17 12(2) If a domestic partner who is seeking to terminate the domestic partnership
13is unable to find the other domestic partner after making reasonable efforts, the
14domestic partner seeking termination may provide notice by publication in a
15newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the residence most recently
16shared by the domestic partners is located. The notice need not be published more
17than one time.
AB75-SSA1,1645,25 18(3) Upon receiving a completed, signed, and notarized notice of termination of
19domestic partnership, the affidavit under sub. (1) (b) if required, and the fee under
20s. 770.17, the county clerk shall issue to the domestic partner filing the notice of
21termination a certificate of termination of domestic partnership. The domestic
22partner shall submit the certificate of termination of domestic partnership to the
23register of deeds of the county in which the declaration of domestic partnership is
24recorded. The register of deeds shall record the certificate and forward the original
25to the state registrar of vital statistics.
AB75-SSA1,1646,3
1(4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the termination of a domestic partnership
2is effective 90 days after the certificate of termination of domestic partnership is
3recorded under sub. (3).
AB75-SSA1,1646,64 (b) If a party to a domestic partnership enters into a marriage that is recognized
5as valid in this state, the domestic partnership is automatically terminated on the
6date of the marriage.
AB75-SSA1,1646,13 7770.15 Forms. (1) The application and declaration of domestic partnership
8under s. 770.07 and the notice of termination of domestic partnership and certificate
9of termination of domestic partnership under s. 770.12 shall contain such
10information as the state registrar of vital statistics determines is necessary. The
11form for the declaration of domestic partnership shall require both individuals
12forming a domestic partnership to sign the form and attest to satisfying all of the
13criteria under s. 770.05 (1) to (5).
AB75-SSA1,1646,15 14(2) The state registrar of vital statistics shall prepare the forms under sub. (1)
15and distribute the forms in sufficient quantities to each county clerk.
AB75-SSA1,1647,3 16770.17 Fees to county clerk. Each county clerk shall receive as a fee for each
17declaration of domestic partnership issued and for each certificate of termination of
18domestic partnership issued the same amount that the clerk receives for issuing a
19marriage license under s. 765.15. Of the amount that the clerk receives under this
20section, the clerk shall pay into the state treasury the same amount that the clerk
21pays into the state treasury from the fee collected for issuing a marriage license. The
22remainder shall become a part of the funds of the county. For each declaration of
23domestic partnership issued and for each certificate of termination of domestic
24partnership issued, the clerk shall also receive a standard notary fee in the same
25amount that the clerk receives as a standard notary fee in connection with issuing

1a marriage license and that may be retained by the clerk if the clerk is operating on
2a fee or part-fee basis but which otherwise shall become part of the funds of the
3county.
AB75-SSA1,1647,12 4770.18 Records. (1) The county clerk shall keep among the records in the
5office a suitable book called the declaration of domestic partnership docket and shall
6enter therein a complete record of the applications for and the issuing of all
7declarations of domestic partnership, and of all other matters which the clerk is
8required by this chapter to ascertain related to the rights of any person to obtain a
9declaration of domestic partnership. An application may be recorded by entering
10into the docket the completed application form, with any portion collected only for
11statistical purposes removed. The declaration of domestic partnership docket shall
12be open for public inspection or examination at all times during office hours.
AB75-SSA1,1648,2 13(2) A county clerk may provide the name of a declaration of domestic
14partnership applicant and, from the portion of the application form that is collected
15for statistical purposes, as specified under sub. (1), may provide the address of the
16declaration of domestic partnership applicant to a law enforcement officer, as defined
17in s. 51.01 (11). A county clerk shall provide the name and, if it is available, the
18address, to a law enforcement officer who requests, in writing, the name and address
19for the performance of an investigation or the service of a warrant. If a county clerk
20has not destroyed the portion of the declaration of domestic partnership application
21form that is collected for statistical purposes, he or she shall keep the information
22on the portion confidential, except as authorized under this subsection. If a written
23request is made by a law enforcement officer under this subsection, the county clerk
24shall keep the request with the declaration of domestic partnership application form.

1If the county clerk destroys the declaration of domestic partnership application form,
2he or she shall also destroy the written request.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3221 3Section 3221. 786.37 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1648,104 786.37 (3) This section does not apply to the name change of a minor if the
5parental rights to the minor of both parents have been terminated, guardianship and
6legal custody of the minor have been transferred under subch. VIII of ch. 48, the
7minor has been placed in a permanent foster home or a permanent treatment foster
8home
, and the guardian and legal custodian of the minor have petitioned to change
9the minor's name to the name or names of the minor's foster parents or treatment
10foster parents
.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3221g 11Section 3221g. 800.09 (1) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
1217
, is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1649,213 800.09 (1) (c) The court may suspend the defendant's operating privilege, as
14defined in s. 340.01 (40), until restitution is made and the forfeiture, assessments
15and costs are paid, if the defendant has not done so within 60 days after the date the
16restitution or payments or both are to be made under par. (a) or 90 days after the date
17of the judgment, whichever is later
, except that the suspension period may not exceed
182 years 90 days. If the court, using the criteria in s. 814.29 (1) (d), determines that
19the defendant is unable to pay the judgment because of his or her poverty, as that
20term is used in s. 814.29 (1) (d), the court may not order the suspension of the
21defendant's operating privilege, except as provided in s. 800.095. The court shall
22take possession of the suspended license and shall forward the license, along with
23a notice of the suspension clearly stating that the suspension is for failure to comply
24with a judgment of the court, to the department of transportation. This paragraph

1does not apply if the forfeiture is assessed for violation of an ordinance that is
2unrelated to the violator's operation of a motor vehicle.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3221r 3Section 3221r. 800.095 (4) (b) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin
4Act 17
, is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1649,105 800.095 (4) (b) 4. Except as provided under s. 800.09 (3), if at least 90 days have
6elapsed from the date of the judgment,
that the defendant's operating privilege, as
7defined in s. 340.01 (40), be suspended until the judgment is complied with, except
8that the suspension period may not exceed 2 years 90 days. This subdivision does
9not apply if the forfeiture is assessed for violation of an ordinance that is unrelated
10to the violator's operation of a motor vehicle.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3222 11Section 3222. 801.50 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1649,1812 801.50 (5) Venue of an action for certiorari to review a probation, extended
13supervision, or parole revocation, a denial by a program review committee the
14earned release review commission
under s. 302.113 (9g) 302.1135 (5) of a petition for
15modification of a bifurcated sentence, or a refusal of parole shall be the county in
16which the relator was last convicted of an offense for which the relator was on
17probation, extended supervision, or parole or for which the relator is currently
18incarcerated.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3223 19Section 3223. 805.13 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1650,220 805.13 (4) Instruction. The court shall instruct the jury before or after closing
21arguments of counsel. Failure to object to a material variance or omission between
22the instructions given and the instructions proposed does not constitute a waiver of
23error. The court shall provide the jury with one complete set of written instructions
24providing the burden of proof and the substantive law to be applied to the case to be
25decided. In a civil action involving contributory negligence, the court shall explain

1to the jury the effect on awards and liabilities of the percentage of negligence found
2by the jury to be attributable to each party.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3224 3Section 3224. 806.11 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1650,64 806.11 (1) (intro.) At the time of filing the warrant provided by s. 71.74 (14) or,
571.91 (5), or 71.93 (8) (b) 5., the clerk of circuit court shall enter the warrant in the
6judgment and lien docket, including:
AB75-SSA1, s. 3225 7Section 3225. 806.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1650,118 806.11 (2) If a warrant provided by s. 71.74 (14) or, 71.91 (5), or 71.93 (8) (b) 5.
9is against several persons, the warrant shall be entered, in accordance with the
10procedure under sub. (1), in the judgment and lien docket under the name of each
11person against whom the warrant was issued.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3226 12Section 3226. 806.115 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1650,17 13806.115 Filing of duplicate copy of warrant. The department of revenue
14may file in any county a duplicate copy of a warrant filed under s. 71.74 (14) or, 71.91
15(5), or 71.93 (8) (b) 5. and the clerk of circuit court shall enter the duplicate copy on
16the judgment and lien docket as provided in s. 806.11. When so entered, the duplicate
17copy shall have the same legal effect as the warrant filed under s. 71.91 (5).
AB75-SSA1, s. 3227 18Section 3227. 809.105 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1651,219 809.105 (13) Certain persons barred from proceedings. No parent, or
20guardian or legal custodian, if one has been appointed, or foster parent or treatment
21foster parent
, if the minor has been placed in a foster home or treatment foster home,
22and the minor's parent has signed a waiver granting the department of children and
23families, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, the foster parent or
24the treatment foster parent the authority to consent to medical services or treatment
25on behalf of the minor, or adult family member, as defined in s. 48.375 (2) (b), of any

1minor who has initiated an appeal under this section may attend or intervene in any
2proceeding under this section.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3228 3Section 3228. 809.30 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1651,84 809.30 (1) (c) "Postconviction relief" means an appeal or a motion for
5postconviction relief in a criminal case, other than an appeal, motion, or petition
6under ss. 302.113 (7m), 302.113 (9g) 302.1135, 973.19, 973.195, 974.06, or 974.07 (2).
7In a ch. 980 case, the term means an appeal or a motion for postcommitment relief
8under s. 980.038 (4).
AB75-SSA1, s. 3229 9Section 3229. 812.30 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1651,1410 812.30 (9) "Need-based public assistance" means aid to families with
11dependent children, relief funded by a relief block grant under ch. 49, relief provided
12by counties under s. 59.53 (21), medical assistance, supplemental security income,
13food stamps, or benefits received by veterans under s. 45.40 (1) or under 38 USC 501
14to 562.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3230 15Section 3230. 812.44 (4) (form) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1651,1616 812.44 (4) (form)
AB75-SSA1,1651,2117 2. You receive aid to families with dependent children, relief funded by a relief
18block grant under ch. 49,
relief provided by counties under section s. 59.53 (21) of the
19Wisconsin Statutes, medical assistance, supplemental security income, food stamps,
20or veterans benefits based on need under 38 USC 501 to 562 or section 45.351 (1) of
21the Wisconsin Statutes, or have received these benefits within the past 6 months.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3231 22Section 3231. 812.44 (5) (form) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1651,2323 812.44 (5) (form)
AB75-SSA1,1652,424 ... 2. (5) (form) paragraph 2. I receive, am eligible for, or have within 6 months
25received, aid to families with dependent children, relief funded by a relief block grant

1under ch. 49,
relief provided by counties under section 59.53 (21) of the Wisconsin
2Statutes, medical assistance, supplemental security income, food stamps, or
3veterans benefits based on need under 38 USC 501 to 562 or section 45.351 (1) of the
4Wisconsin Statutes.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3232 5Section 3232. 814.29 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1652,106 814.29 (1) (d) 1. That the person is a recipient of means-tested public
7assistance, including aid to families with dependent children, relief funded by a relief
8block grant under ch. 49,
relief provided by counties under s. 59.53 (21), medical
9assistance, supplemental security income, food stamps, or benefits received by
10veterans under s. 45.40 (1) or under 38 USC 501 to 562.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3234 11Section 3234. 814.67 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 814.67 (1) (c) (intro.)
12and amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1652,1613 814.67 (1) (c) (intro.) For traveling, at the rate of 20 cents per mile going and
14returning from his or her residence if within the state; or, if without the state, from
15the point where he or she crosses the state boundary to the place of attendance, and
16returning by the usually traveled route between such points.:
AB75-SSA1, s. 3235 17Section 3235. 814.67 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1652,1818 814.67 (1) (c) 1. For witnesses, the rate of 20 cents per mile.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3236 19Section 3236. 814.67 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1652,2020 814.67 (1) (c) 2. For interpreters, the mileage rate set under s. 20.916 (8).
AB75-SSA1, s. 3237 21Section 3237. 814.75 (22m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1652,2322 814.75 (22m) The supplemental food enforcement surcharge under s. 49.17
23253.06 (4) (c).
AB75-SSA1, s. 3238 24Section 3238. 814.76 (15m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1653,2
1814.76 (15m) The supplemental food enforcement surcharge under s. 49.17
2253.06 (4) (c).
AB75-SSA1, s. 3239 3Section 3239. 814.80 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1653,54 814.80 (11) The supplemental food enforcement surcharge under s. 49.17
5253.06 (4) (c).
AB75-SSA1, s. 3240 6Section 3240. 814.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1653,157 814.86 (1) Except for an action for a first violation of s. 23.33 (4c) (a) 2., 30.681
8(1) (b) 1., 346.63 (1) (b), or 350.101 (1) (b), if the person who committed the violation
9had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less than 0.1 at the time of the
10violation, or for a violation under s. 343.51 (1m) (b) or a safety belt use violation under
11s. 347.48 (2m), the clerk of circuit court shall charge and collect a $12 $21.50 justice
12information system surcharge from any person, including any governmental unit, as
13defined in s. 108.02 (17), paying a fee under s. 814.61 (1) (a), (3), or (8) (am), 814.62
14(1), (2), or (3) (a) or (b), or 814.63 (1). The justice information system surcharge is in
15addition to the surcharge listed in sub. (1m).
AB75-SSA1, s. 3241 16Section 3241. 823.08 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1653,1717 823.08 (2) (b) "Agricultural use" has the meaning given in s. 91.01 (1) (2).
AB75-SSA1, s. 3242 18Section 3242. 846.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1654,519 846.04 (1) The plaintiff may, in the complaint, demand judgment for any
20deficiency that may remain due the plaintiff after sale of the mortgaged premises
21against every party who is personally liable for the debt secured by the mortgage.
22Judgment may be rendered for any deficiency remaining after applying the proceeds
23of sale to the amount due. The judgment for deficiency shall be ordered in the original
24judgment and separately rendered against the party liable on or after the
25confirmation of sale. The judgment for deficiency shall be entered in the judgment

1and lien docket and, except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), enforced as in other cases.
2A mortgage foreclosure deficiency judgment entered on or after October 14, 1997, on
3property devoted primarily to under agricultural use, as defined in s. 91.01 (5), on
4and after October 14, 1997,
(2), for at least 12 consecutive months during the
5preceding 36-month period
shall be recorded as an agriculture judgment.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3243 6Section 3243. 846.04 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1654,127 846.04 (2) Except as provided in sub. (3), if a mortgage foreclosure deficiency
8judgment is entered on property devoted primarily to under agricultural use, as
9defined in s. 91.01 (5), (2), for at least 12 consecutive months during the preceding
1036-month period,
an action on the deficiency judgment shall be commenced within
1110 years after the date on which the mortgage foreclosure deficiency judgment is
12entered or be barred.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3244 13Section 3244. 851.08 of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1654,15 14851.08 Domestic partner. "Domestic partner" has the meaning given in s.
15770.01 (1) and "domestic partnership" has the meaning given in s. 770.01 (2).
AB75-SSA1, s. 3245 16Section 3245. 851.17 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1654,22 17851.17 Net estate. "Net estate" means all property subject to administration
18less the property selected by the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner
19under s. 861.33, the allowances made by the court under ss. 861.31, 861.35 and
20861.41 except as those allowances are charged by the court against the intestate
21share of the recipient, administration, funeral and burial expenses, the amount of
22claims paid and federal and state estate taxes payable out of such property.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3246 23Section 3246. 851.295 of the statutes is created to read:
AB75-SSA1,1655,3
1851.295 Surviving domestic partner. "Surviving domestic partner" means
2a person who was in a domestic partnership under ch. 770 with the decedent, at the
3time of the decedent's death.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3247 4Section 3247. 852.01 (1) (a) (intro.), 1. and 2. (intro.) and b., (b), (c), (d) and (f)
5(intro.) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1655,66 852.01 (1) (a) (intro.) To the spouse or domestic partner:
AB75-SSA1,1655,97 1. If there are no surviving issue of the decedent, or if the surviving issue are
8all issue of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner and the decedent, the
9entire estate.
AB75-SSA1,1655,1210 2. (intro.) If there are surviving issue one or more of whom are not issue of the
11surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, one-half of decedent's property
12other than the following property:
AB75-SSA1,1655,1413 b. The decedent's interest in property held equally and exclusively with the
14surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner as tenants in common.
AB75-SSA1,1655,1715 (b) To the issue, per stirpes, the share of the estate not passing to the spouse
16or surviving domestic partner, under par. (a), or the entire estate if there is no
17surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner.
AB75-SSA1,1655,1918 (c) If there is no surviving spouse, surviving domestic partner, or issue, to the
19parents.
AB75-SSA1,1655,2120 (d) If there is no surviving spouse, surviving domestic partner, issue, or parent,
21to the brothers and sisters and the issue of any deceased brother or sister per stirpes.
AB75-SSA1,1655,2322 (f) (intro.) If there is no surviving spouse, surviving domestic partner, issue,
23parent, or issue of a parent, to the grandparents and their issue as follows:
AB75-SSA1, s. 3248 24Section 3248. 852.09 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1656,4
1852.09 Assignment of home to surviving spouse or surviving domestic
2partner
. If the intestate estate includes an interest in a home, assignment of that
3interest to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner is governed by s.
4861.21.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3249 5Section 3249. 853.11 (2m) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1656,96 853.11 (2m) Premarital or predomestic partnership will. Entitlements of a
7surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner under a decedent's will that was
8executed before marriage to the surviving spouse or before recording of the domestic
9partnership under ch. 770
are governed by s. 853.12.
AB75-SSA1,1656,11 10(3) Transfer to former spouse or former domestic partner. A transfer under
11a will to a former spouse or former domestic partner is governed by s. 854.15.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3250 12Section 3250. 853.12 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1656,13 13853.12 (title) Premarital will or predomestic partnership will.
AB75-SSA1, s. 3251 14Section 3251. 853.12 (1), (2) (intro.) and (a), (3) (a) and (b) and (4) (a) of the
15statutes are amended to read:
AB75-SSA1,1656,2016 853.12 (1) Entitlement of surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner.
17Subject to sub. (3), if the testator married the surviving spouse or recorded a domestic
18partnership under ch. 770 with the surviving domestic partner
after the testator
19executed his or her will, the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner is
20entitled to a share of the probate estate.
AB75-SSA1,1656,25 21(2) Value of share. (intro.) The value of the share under sub. (1) is the value
22of the share that the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner would have
23received had the testator died with an intestate estate equal to the value of the
24testator's net estate, but the value of the net estate shall first be reduced by the value
25of all of the following:
AB75-SSA1,1657,4
1(a) All devises to or for the benefit of the testator's children who were born
2before the marriage to the surviving spouse or the domestic partnership with the
3surviving domestic partner
and who are not also the children of the surviving spouse
4or surviving domestic partner.
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