AB380,54,4
1767.085 (1) (j) (intro.) Unless the action is one under s. 767.02 (1) (g) or (h), that
2during the pendency of the action, the parties are prohibited from, and may be held
3in contempt of court for, doing any of the following without the consent of the other
4party or an order of the court or family a circuit court commissioner:
AB380, s. 143 5Section 143. 767.085 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,54,126 767.085 (3) Service. If only one party initiates the action, the other shall be
7served under ch. 801 and may serve a response or counterclaim within 20 days after
8the date of service, except that questions of jurisdiction may be raised at any time
9prior to judgment. Service shall be made upon the petitioner and upon the family
10circuit court commissioner as provided in s. 767.14, and the original copy of the
11response shall be filed in court. If the parties together initiate the action with a joint
12petition, service of summons is not required.
AB380, s. 144 13Section 144. 767.087 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,54,1914 767.087 (1) (b) If the action is one under s. 767.02 (1) (a), (b), (c), (d), (h) or (i),
15encumbering, concealing, damaging, destroying, transferring or otherwise disposing
16of property owned by either or both of the parties, without the consent of the other
17party or an order of the court or family a circuit court commissioner, except in the
18usual course of business, in order to secure necessities or in order to pay reasonable
19costs and expenses of the action, including attorney fees.
AB380, s. 145 20Section 145. 767.087 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,55,221 767.087 (1) (c) Unless the action is one under s. 767.02 (1) (g) or (h), without
22the consent of the other party or an order of the court or family a circuit court
23commissioner, establishing a residence with a minor child of the parties outside the
24state or more than 150 miles from the residence of the other party within the state,

1removing a minor child of the parties from the state for more than 90 consecutive
2days or concealing a minor child of the parties from the other party.
AB380, s. 146 3Section 146. 767.087 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,55,64 767.087 (2) The prohibitions under sub. (1) shall apply until the action is
5dismissed, until a final judgment in the action is entered or until the court or family
6a circuit court commissioner orders otherwise.
AB380, s. 147 7Section 147. 767.11 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,55,98 767.11 (1) (c) A county or counties may designate a the supervisor of the office
9of
family court commissioner as the director under par. (a) or (b).
AB380, s. 148 10Section 148. 767.11 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,55,1911 767.11 (5) (a) In any action affecting the family, including a revision of
12judgment or order under s. 767.32 or 767.325, in which it appears that legal custody
13or physical placement is contested, the court or family circuit court commissioner
14shall refer the parties to the director of family court counseling services for possible
15mediation of those contested issues. The court or the family circuit court
16commissioner shall inform the parties that the confidentiality of communications in
17mediation is waived if the parties stipulate under sub. (14) (c) that the person who
18provided mediation to the parties may also conduct the legal custody or physical
19placement study under sub. (14).
AB380, s. 149 20Section 149. 767.11 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,55,2521 767.11 (5) (b) If both parties to any action affecting the family wish to have joint
22legal custody of a child, either party may request that the court or family circuit court
23commissioner to refer the parties to the director of family court counseling services
24for assistance in resolving any problem relating to joint legal custody and physical
25placement of the child. Upon request, the court shall so refer the parties.
AB380, s. 150
1Section 150. 767.11 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,56,72 767.11 (5) (c) A person who is awarded periods of physical placement, a child
3of such a person, a person with visitation rights or a person with physical custody of
4a child may notify the family a circuit court commissioner of any problem he or she
5has relating to any of these matters. Upon notification, the family circuit court
6commissioner may refer any person involved in the matter to the director of family
7court counseling services for assistance in resolving the problem.
AB380, s. 151 8Section 151. 767.11 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,56,169 767.11 (6) Action upon referral. Whenever a court or family circuit court
10commissioner refers a party to the director of family court counseling services for
11possible mediation, the director shall assign a mediator to the case. The mediator
12shall provide mediation if he or she determines it is appropriate. If the mediator
13determines mediation is not appropriate, he or she shall so notify the court.
14Whenever a court or family circuit court commissioner refers a party to the director
15of family court counseling services for any other family court counseling service, the
16director shall take appropriate action to provide the service.
AB380, s. 152 17Section 152. 767.11 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,56,2318 767.11 (7) Private mediator. The parties to any action affecting the family may,
19at their own expense, receive mediation services from a mediator other than one who
20provides services under sub. (3). Parties who receive services from such a mediator
21shall sign and file with the director of family court counseling services and with the
22court or family circuit court commissioner a written notice stating the mediator's
23name and the date of the first meeting with the mediator.
AB380, s. 153 24Section 153. 767.11 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,57,4
1767.11 (13) Powers of court or family circuit court commissioner. Except as
2provided in sub. (8), referring parties to mediation under this section does not affect
3the power of the court or family a circuit court commissioner to make any necessary
4order relating to the parties during the course of the mediation.
AB380, s. 154 5Section 154. 767.115 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,57,116 767.115 (1) (a) At any time during the pendency of an action affecting the
7family in which a minor child is involved and in which the court or family circuit court
8commissioner determines that it is appropriate and in the best interest of the child,
9the court or family circuit court commissioner, on its own motion, may order the
10parties to attend a program specified by the court or family circuit court
11commissioner concerning the effects on a child of a dissolution of the marriage.
AB380, s. 155 12Section 155. 767.115 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,57,1913 767.115 (1) (b) At any time during the pendency of an action to determine the
14paternity of a child, or an action affecting the family for which the underlying action
15was an action to determine the paternity of a child, if the court or family circuit court
16commissioner determines that it is appropriate and in the best interest of the child,
17the court or family circuit court commissioner, on its own motion, may order either
18or both of the parties to attend a program specified by the court or family circuit court
19commissioner providing training in parenting or coparenting skills, or both.
AB380, s. 156 20Section 156. 767.115 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,58,221 767.115 (1m) A program under sub. (1) shall be educational rather than
22therapeutic in nature and may not exceed a total of 4 hours in length. The parties
23shall be responsible for the cost, if any, of attendance at the program. The court or
24family circuit court commissioner may specifically assign responsibility for payment

1of any cost. No facts or information obtained in the course of the program, and no
2report resulting from the program, is admissible in any action or proceeding.
AB380, s. 157 3Section 157. 767.115 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,58,74 767.115 (2) Notwithstanding s. 767.07, the court or family circuit court
5commissioner may require the parties to attend a program under sub. (1) as a
6condition to the granting of a final judgment or order in the action affecting the
7family that is pending before the court or family circuit court commissioner.
AB380, s. 158 8Section 158. 767.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,58,139 767.12 (1) Proceedings. In actions affecting the family, all hearings and trials
10to determine whether judgment shall be granted, except hearings under s. 767.13 (5)
11757.69 (1) (p) 3., shall be before the court. The testimony shall be taken by the
12reporter and shall be written out and filed with the record if so ordered by the court.
13Custody proceedings shall receive priority in being set for hearing.
AB380, s. 159 14Section 159. 767.125 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,58,21 15767.125 Order for appearance of litigants. Unless nonresidence in the
16state is shown by competent evidence, service is by publication, or the court shall for
17other good cause otherwise order, both parties in actions affecting the family shall
18be required to appear upon the trial. An order of the court or family a circuit court
19commissioner to that effect shall accordingly be procured by the moving party, and
20shall be served upon the nonmoving party before the trial. In the case of a joint
21petition the order is not required.
AB380, s. 160 22Section 160. 767.13 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 161 23Section 161. 767.13 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 757.68 (2m) (a) and
24amended to read:
AB380,59,7
1757.68 (2m) (a) Counties other than Milwaukee. 1. `Appointment.' In each
2county, except in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the circuit judges
3for the county, subject to the approval of
the chief judge of the judicial administrative
4district, shall, by order filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court on or before
5the first Monday of July of each year, appoint some reputable attorney of recognized
6ability and standing at the bar as the
a circuit court commissioner to supervise the
7office of
family court commissioner for the county.
AB380,59,248 2. `Powers; civil service; oath; temporary appointment; assistants.' The family
9court commissioner, by virtue of the office and to the extent required for the
10performance of the duties, has the powers of a court commissioner. The
circuit court
11commissioner appointed to supervise the office of
family court commissioner is in
12addition to the maximum number of circuit court commissioners permitted by s.
13757.68 (1). The circuit court commissioner supervising the office of the family court
14commissioner, or any assistant circuit court commissioner assisting in family
15matters
, may be placed under a county civil service system by resolution of the county
16board. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties the family court
17commissioner shall take and file the official oath. The person appointed shall
18continue to act until a successor is appointed and qualified, except that in the event
19of disability or extended absence the judges may appoint another reputable attorney
20to act as temporary family court commissioner. The county board may provide that
21one or more assistant family court commissioners shall be appointed by the circuit
22judges for the county, subject to the approval of the chief judge of the judicial
23administrative district. An assistant family court commissioner shall have the same
24qualifications as the commissioner and shall take and file the official oath.
AB380, s. 162 25Section 162. 767.13 (2) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 163
1Section 163. 767.13 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 757.68 (2m) (b) and
2amended to read:
AB380,60,103 757.68 (2m) (b) Appointment; assistants; civil service Milwaukee County. In
4counties having a population of 500,000 or more, there is created in the classified civil
5service a circuit court commissioner position to supervise the office of family court
6commissioner and such additional assistant family circuit court commissioners
7commissioner positions as the county board shall determine and authorize, who.
8Circuit court commissioners
shall be appointed from the membership of the bar
9residing in the county
to these positions by the chief judge of the judicial
10administrative district under ss. 63.01 to 63.17 SCR 75.02 (1).
AB380, s. 164 11Section 164. 767.13 (2) (b), (3) and (4) of the statutes are repealed.
AB380, s. 165 12Section 165. 767.13 (5) (title) and (a) (title) of the statutes are repealed.
AB380, s. 166 13Section 166. 767.13 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 757.69 (1) (p) and
14amended to read:
AB380,60,1715 757.69 (1) (p) On authority delegated by a judge, which may be by a standard
16order, and with the approval of the chief judge of the judicial administrative district,
17a family
When assigned to assist in matters affecting the family:
AB380,61,3 181. A circuit court commissioner may preside at any hearing held to determine
19whether a judgment of divorce shall be granted, if both parties state that the
20marriage is irretrievably broken and that all material issues, including but not
21limited to division of property or estate, legal custody, physical placement, child
22support, spousal maintenance and family support, are resolved or if one party does
23not participate in the action for divorce. The family A circuit court commissioner may
24grant and enter judgment in any action over which he or she presides under this
25paragraph subdivision unless the judgment modifies an agreement between the

1parties on material issues. If the family circuit court commissioner does not approve
2an agreement between the parties on material issues, the action shall be certified to
3the court for trial.
AB380, s. 167 4Section 167. 767.13 (5) (b) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 168 5Section 168. 767.13 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 757.69 (1) (p) 2. and
6amended to read:
AB380,61,107 757.69 (1) (p) 2. On authority delegated by a judge, which may be by a standard
8order, a family
A circuit court commissioner may conduct hearings and enter
9judgments in actions for enforcement of, or revision of judgment for, maintenance,
10custody, physical placement or visitation.
AB380, s. 169 11Section 169. 767.13 (5) (c) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 170 12Section 170. 767.13 (5) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 757.69 (1) (p) 3. and
13amended to read:
AB380,61,1914 757.69 (1) (p) 3. Except when otherwise ordered by a judge, a family prohibited
15by the chief judge of the judicial administrative district, a circuit
court commissioner
16may conduct hearings and enter orders and judgments in actions to establish
17paternity, in actions to establish or enforce a child support or a family support
18obligation and in actions to revise orders or judgments for child support or family
19support.
AB380, s. 171 20Section 171. 767.13 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 172 21Section 172. 767.13 (7) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 173 22Section 173. 767.13 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 757.69 (1) (p) 4. and
23amended to read:
AB380,62,3
1757.69 (1) (p) 4. Each family A circuit court commissioner shall cooperate with
2the county and the department to ensure that all dependent children receive
3reasonable and necessary child support.
AB380, s. 174 4Section 174. 767.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,62,14 5767.14 Service on office of family court commissioner and appearance
6by
family circuit court commissioner. In any action affecting the family, each
7party shall, either within 20 days after making service on the opposite party of any
8petition or pleading or before filing such petition or pleading in court, serve a copy
9of the same upon the circuit court commissioner supervising the office of family court
10commissioner of the county in which the action is begun, whether such action is
11contested or not. No judgment in any such action shall be granted unless this section
12is complied with except when otherwise ordered by the court. Such A circuit court
13commissioner assisting in matters affecting the family may appear in an action
14under this chapter when appropriate; and shall appear when requested by the court.
AB380, s. 175 15Section 175. 767.145 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,62,1916 767.145 (1) After the expiration of the period specified by the statute, the court
17may in its discretion, upon petition and without notice, extend the time within which
18service shall be made upon the circuit court commissioner supervising the office of
19family court commissioner.
AB380, s. 176 20Section 176. 767.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,63,321 767.15 (1) In any action affecting the family in which either party is a recipient
22of benefits under ss. 49.141 to 49.161 or aid under s. 46.261, 49.19 or 49.45, each party
23shall, either within 20 days after making service on the opposite party of any motion
24or pleading requesting the court or family circuit court commissioner to order, or to
25modify a previous order, relating to child support, maintenance or family support, or

1before filing the motion or pleading in court, serve a copy of the motion or pleading
2upon the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) of the county in which the
3action is begun.
AB380, s. 177 4Section 177. 767.16 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,63,14 5767.16 Family Circuit court commissioner or law partner; when
6interested; procedure.
Neither a family circuit court commissioner assisting in
7matters affecting the family
nor a partner may appear in any action affecting the
8family in any court held in the county in which the family circuit court commissioner
9is acting, except when authorized to appear by s. 767.14. In case the circuit court
10commissioner or a partner shall be in any way interested in such action, the
11presiding judge shall appoint some reputable attorney to perform the services
12enjoined upon such family the circuit court commissioner and such. The appointed
13attorney, so appointed, shall take and file the oath and receive the compensation
14provided by law.
AB380, s. 178 15Section 178. 767.17 of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 179 16Section 179. 767.23 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,63,2017 767.23 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in ch. 822, in every action affecting the
18family, the court or family circuit court commissioner may, during the pendency
19thereof, make just and reasonable temporary orders concerning the following
20matters:
AB380, s. 180 21Section 180. 767.23 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,64,222 767.23 (1) (a) Upon request of one party, granting legal custody of the minor
23children to the parties jointly, to one party solely or to a relative or agency specified
24under s. 767.24 (3). The court or family circuit court commissioner may order joint
25legal custody without the agreement of the other party and without the findings

1required under s. 767.24 (2) (b) 2. This order may not have a binding effect on a final
2custody determination.
AB380, s. 181 3Section 181. 767.23 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,64,74 767.23 (1) (am) Upon the request of a party, granting periods of physical
5placement to a party. The court or family circuit court commissioner shall make a
6determination under this paragraph within 30 days after the request for a temporary
7order regarding periods of physical placement is filed.
AB380, s. 182 8Section 182. 767.23 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,64,149 767.23 (1m) If a family circuit court commissioner believes that a temporary
10restraining order or injunction under s. 813.12 is appropriate in an action, the circuit
11court commissioner shall inform the parties of their right to seek the order or
12injunction and the procedure to follow. On a motion for such a restraining order or
13injunction, the family circuit court commissioner shall submit the motion to the court
14within 5 working days.
AB380, s. 183 15Section 183. 767.23 (1n) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,65,216 767.23 (1n) Before making any temporary order under sub. (1), the court or
17family circuit court commissioner shall consider those factors which the court is
18required by this chapter to consider before entering a final judgment on the same
19subject matter. If the court or family circuit court commissioner makes a temporary
20child support order that deviates from the amount of support that would be required
21by using the percentage standard established by the department under s. 49.22 (9),
22the court or family circuit court commissioner shall comply with the requirements
23of s. 767.25 (1n). A temporary order under sub. (1) may be based upon the written
24stipulation of the parties, subject to the approval of the court or the family circuit

1court commissioner. Temporary orders made by the family a circuit court
2commissioner may be reviewed by the court as provided in s. 767.13 (6).
AB380, s. 184 3Section 184. 767.25 (4m) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,65,134 767.25 (4m) (f) 2. The notice provided to the parent shall inform the parent that
5coverage for the child under the new employer's health benefit plan will be in effect
6upon the employer's receipt of the notice. The notice shall inform the parent that he
7or she may, within 10 business days after receiving the notice, by motion request a
8hearing before the court on the issue of whether the order to provide coverage of the
9child's health care expenses should remain in effect. A motion under this subdivision
10may be heard by a family circuit court commissioner. If the parent requests a hearing
11and the court or family circuit court commissioner determines that the order to
12provide coverage of the child's health care expenses should not remain in effect, the
13court shall provide notice to the employer that the order is no longer in effect.
AB380, s. 185 14Section 185. 767.265 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 191,
15section 411, is amended to read:
AB380,66,616 767.265 (1) Each order for child support under this chapter, for maintenance
17payments under s. 767.23 or 767.26, for family support under this chapter, for costs
18ordered under s. 767.51 (3) or 767.62 (4) (a), for support by a spouse under s. 767.02
19(1) (f) or for maintenance payments under s. 767.02 (1) (g), each order for a revision
20in a judgment or order with respect to child support, maintenance or family support
21payments under s. 767.32, each stipulation approved by the court or the family a
22circuit
court commissioner for child support under this chapter and each order for
23child or spousal support entered under s. 948.22 (7) constitutes an assignment of all
24commissions, earnings, salaries, wages, pension benefits, benefits under ch. 102 or
25108, lottery prizes that are payable in instalments and other money due or to be due

1in the future to the department or its designee. The assignment shall be for an
2amount sufficient to ensure payment under the order or stipulation and to pay any
3arrearages due at a periodic rate not to exceed 50% of the amount of support due
4under the order or stipulation so long as the addition of the amount toward
5arrearages does not leave the party at an income below the poverty line established
6under 42 USC 9902 (2).
AB380, s. 186 7Section 186. 767.265 (2h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,66,238 767.265 (2h) If a court-ordered assignment does not require immediately
9effective withholding and a payer fails to make a required maintenance, child
10support, spousal support or family support payment within 10 days after its due
11date, within 20 days after the payment's due date the court or family circuit court
12commissioner shall cause the assignment to go into effect by providing notice of the
13assignment in the manner provided under sub. (2r) and shall send a notice by regular
14mail to the last-known address of the payer. The notice sent to the payer shall inform
15the payer that an assignment is in effect and that the payer may, within a 10-day
16period, by motion request a hearing on the issue of whether the assignment should
17remain in effect. The court or family circuit court commissioner shall hold a hearing
18requested under this subsection within 10 working days after the date of the request.
19If at the hearing the payer establishes that the assignment is not proper because of
20a mistake of fact, the court or family circuit court commissioner may direct that the
21assignment be withdrawn. Either party may, within 15 working days after the date
22of a decision by a family circuit court commissioner under this subsection, seek
23review of the decision by the court with jurisdiction over the action.
AB380, s. 187 24Section 187. 767.265 (2r) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
25191
, section 414, is amended to read:
AB380,67,15
1767.265 (2r) Upon entry of each order for child support, maintenance, family
2support or support by a spouse and upon approval of each stipulation for child
3support, unless the court finds that income withholding is likely to cause the payer
4irreparable harm or unless s. 767.267 applies, the court, family circuit court
5commissioner or county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) shall provide notice
6of the assignment by regular mail or by facsimile machine, as defined in s. 134.72 (1)
7(a), or other electronic means to the last-known address of the person from whom the
8payer receives or will receive money. The notice shall provide that the amount
9withheld may not exceed the maximum amount that is subject to garnishment under
1015 USC 1673 (b) (2). If the department or its designee, whichever is appropriate, does
11not receive the money from the person notified, the court, family circuit court
12commissioner or county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) shall provide notice
13of the assignment to any other person from whom the payer receives or will receive
14money. Notice under this subsection may be a notice of the court, a copy of the
15executed assignment or a copy of that part of the court order directing payment.
AB380, s. 188 16Section 188. 767.267 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
17is amended to read:
AB380,68,1118 767.267 (1) If the court or the family circuit court commissioner determines
19that income withholding under s. 767.265 is inapplicable, ineffective or insufficient
20to ensure payment under an order or stipulation specified in s. 767.265 (1), or that
21income withholding under s. 767.25 (4m) (c) or 767.51 (3m) (c) is inapplicable,
22ineffective or insufficient to ensure payment of a child's health care expenses,
23including payment of health insurance premiums, ordered under s. 767.25 (4m) or
24767.51 (3m), the court or family circuit court commissioner may require the payer to
25identify or establish a deposit account, owned in whole or in part by the payer, that

1allows for periodic transfers of funds and to file with the financial institution at
2which the account is located an authorization for transfer from the account to the
3department or its designee, whichever is appropriate. The authorization shall be
4provided on a standard form approved by the court and shall specify the frequency
5and the amount of transfer, sufficient to meet the payer's obligation under the order
6or stipulation, as required by the court or family circuit court commissioner. The
7authorization shall include the payer's consent for the financial institution or an
8officer, employe or agent of the financial institution to disclose information to the
9court, family circuit court commissioner, county child support agency under s. 59.53
10(5), department or department's designee regarding the account for which the payer
11has executed the authorization for transfer.
AB380, s. 189 12Section 189. 767.267 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
13is amended to read:
AB380,68,1814 767.267 (5) A financial institution or an officer, employe or agent of a financial
15institution may disclose information to the court, family circuit court commissioner,
16county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), department or department's designee
17concerning an account for which a payer has executed an authorization for transfer
18under sub. (1).
AB380, s. 190 19Section 190. 767.27 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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