AB816,18 24Section 18. 48.432 (1) (am) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,11,3
148.432 (1) (am) 2. b. If there is no adjudicated father, the husband spouse of the
2mother at the time the individual or adoptee is conceived or born, or when the parents
3intermarry under s. 767.803.
AB816,19 4Section 19. 48.63 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,11,135 48.63 (3) (b) 4. Before a child may be placed under subd. 1., the department,
6county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed
7adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who
8is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the
9finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who
10has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the
11department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive
12parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any, alleged father, or
13presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.
AB816,20 14Section 20. 48.63 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,11,2015 48.63 (3) (b) 5. Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
16may coerce a birth parent of the child or any, alleged father, or presumed father
17parent of the child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw
18consent to the transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her
19parental rights to the child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child,
20or to otherwise exercise his or her parental rights to the child.
AB816,21 21Section 21. 48.82 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,11,2322 48.82 (1) (a) A husband and wife Spouses jointly, or either the husband or wife
23if
the other spouse is of a parent of the minor.
AB816,22 24Section 22. 48.837 (1r) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,12,9
148.837 (1r) (d) Before a child may be placed under par. (a), the department,
2county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed
3adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who
4is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the
5finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who
6has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the
7department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive
8parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any, alleged father, or
9presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.
AB816,23 10Section 23. 48.837 (1r) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,12,1611 48.837 (1r) (e) Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
12may coerce a birth parent of the child or any, alleged father, or presumed father
13parent of the child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw
14consent to the transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her
15parental rights to the child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child,
16or to otherwise exercise his or her parental rights to the child.
AB816,24 17Section 24. 48.837 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,13,618 48.837 (6) (b) At the beginning of the hearing held under sub. (2), the court shall
19review the report that is submitted under s. 48.913 (6). The court shall determine
20whether any payments or the conditions specified in any agreement to make
21payments are coercive to the any birth parent of the child or to an, alleged father, or
22presumed father parent of the child or are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4). Making
23any payment to or on behalf of the a birth parent of the child, an, alleged father, or
24presumed father parent of the child or the child conditional in any part upon transfer
25or surrender of the child or the termination of parental rights or the finalization of

1the adoption creates a rebuttable presumption of coercion. Upon a finding of
2coercion, the court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3) or amend the
3agreement to delete any coercive conditions, if the parties agree to the amendment.
4Upon a finding that payments which that are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4) have
5been made, the court may dismiss the petition and may refer the matter to the
6district attorney for prosecution under s. 948.24 (1).
AB816,25 7Section 25. 48.837 (6) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,13,118 48.837 (6) (br) At the hearing on the petition under sub. (2), the court shall
9determine whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any, alleged father, or
10presumed father parent of the child in violation of sub. (1r) (e). Upon a finding of
11coercion, the court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3).
AB816,26 12Section 26. 48.913 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,13,1413 48.913 (1) (a) Preadoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an,
14alleged father, or presumed father parent of the child.
AB816,27 15Section 27. 48.913 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,13,1716 48.913 (1) (b) Post-adoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an,
17alleged father, or presumed father parent of the child.
AB816,28 18Section 28. 48.913 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,13,2119 48.913 (1) (h) Legal and other services received by a birth parent of the child,
20an
, alleged father, or presumed father parent of the child or the child in connection
21with the adoption.
AB816,29 22Section 29. 48.913 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,14,423 48.913 (2) Payment of expenses when birth parent is residing in another
24state.
(intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the proposed adoptive parents of a child or
25a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents of a child may pay for an

1expense of a birth parent of the child or an, alleged father, or presumed father parent
2of the child if the birth parent or the, alleged father, or presumed father parent was
3residing in another state when the payment was made and when the expense was
4incurred and if all of the following apply:
AB816,30 5Section 30. 48.913 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,14,86 48.913 (2) (b) The state in which the birth parent or the, alleged father, or
7presumed father parent was residing when the payment was made permits the
8payment of that expense by the proposed adoptive parents of the child.
AB816,31 9Section 31. 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,14,1810 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) A listing of all payments made under this subsection, a
11copy of the statutory provisions of the state in which the birth parent or the, alleged
12father, or presumed father parent was residing when the payments were made that
13permit those payments to be made by the proposed adoptive parents of the child, and
14a copy of all orders entered in the state in which the birth parent or the, alleged
15father, or presumed father parent was residing when the payments were made that
16relate to the payment of expenses of the birth parent or the, alleged father, or
17presumed father parent by the proposed adoptive parents of the child is submitted
18to the court as follows:
AB816,32 19Section 32. 48.913 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,15,220 48.913 (3) Method of payment. Any payment under sub. (1) or (2) shall be made
21directly to the provider of a good or service except that a payment under sub. (1) or
22(2) may be made to a birth parent of the child or to an, alleged father, or presumed
23father parent of the child as reimbursement of an amount previously paid by the
24birth parent or by the, alleged father, or presumed father parent if documentation

1is provided showing that the birth parent or, alleged father, or presumed father
2parent has made the previous payment.
AB816,33 3Section 33. 48.913 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,15,74 48.913 (4) Other payments prohibited. The proposed adoptive parents of a
5child or a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents may not make any
6payments to or on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an, alleged father, or presumed
7father parent of the child or the child except as provided in subs. (1) and (2).
AB816,34 8Section 34. 48.913 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,15,239 48.913 (7) Report to the court; contents required. The report required under
10sub. (6) shall include a list of all transfers of anything of value made or agreed to be
11made by the proposed adoptive parents or by a person acting on their behalf to a birth
12parent of the child, an, alleged father, or presumed father parent of the child or the
13child, on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an, alleged father, or presumed father
14parent of the child or the child, or to any other person in connection with the
15pregnancy, the birth of the child, the placement of the child with the proposed
16adoptive parents, or the adoption of the child by the proposed adoptive parents. The
17report shall be itemized and shall show the goods or services for which payment was
18made or agreed to be made. The report shall include the dates of each payment, the
19names and addresses of each attorney, doctor, hospital, agency, or other person or
20organization receiving any payment from the proposed adoptive parents or a person
21acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents in connection with the pregnancy,
22the birth of the child, the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents,
23or the adoption of the child by the proposed adoptive parents.
AB816,35 24Section 35. 49.141 (1) (j) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,15,2525 49.141 (1) (j) 1. A biological natural parent.
AB816,36
1Section 36. 49.141 (1) (j) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB816,37 2Section 37. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,16,103 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. If the individual is a foster parent of the child or a subsidized
4guardian or interim caretaker of the child under s. 48.623, the child's biological
5natural or adoptive family has a gross income that is at or below 200% 200 percent
6of the poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological natural
7or adoptive family, the department or county department or agency determining
8eligibility shall include court-ordered child or family support payments received by
9the individual, if those support payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income
10described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
AB816,38 11Section 38. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,16,2012 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. If the individual is a relative of the child, is providing care
13for the child under a court order, and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or
14(3n) on behalf of the child, the child's biological natural or adoptive family has a gross
15income that is at or below 200% 200 percent of the poverty line. In calculating the
16gross income of the child's biological natural or adoptive family, the department or
17county department or agency determining eligibility shall include court-ordered
18child or family support payments received by the individual, if those support
19payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1.
20and 3.
AB816,39 21Section 39. 49.163 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,16,2522 49.163 (2) (am) 2. If over 24 years of age, be a biological natural or adoptive
23parent of a child under 18 years of age whose parental rights to the child have not
24been terminated or be a relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of
25age.
AB816,40
1Section 40. 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,17,122 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. Is living with a parent; a blood relative, including those of
3half-blood, and including first cousins, nephews or nieces and persons of preceding
4generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great or great-great; a stepfather,
5stepmother
stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister; a person who legally adopts the
6child or is the adoptive parent of the child's parent, a natural or legally adopted child
7of such person or a relative of an adoptive parent; or a spouse of any person named
8in this subparagraph even if the marriage is terminated by death or divorce; and is
9living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as the child's or
10their own home, or living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives
11as the child's or their own home because the parents of the child have been found
12unfit to have care and custody of the child; or
AB816,41 13Section 41. 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,17,1614 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) Aid may be granted to the mother or stepmother parent
15or stepparent
of a dependent child if he or she is without a husband spouse or if he
16or
she:
AB816,42 17Section 42. 49.19 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,17,1918 49.19 (4) (d) 1. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incapacitated for
19gainful work by mental or physical disability; or
AB816,43 20Section 43. 49.19 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,17,2421 49.19 (4) (d) 2. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incarcerated or
22who is a convicted offender permitted to live at home but precluded from earning a
23wage because the husband person is required by a court imposed sentence to perform
24unpaid public work or unpaid community service; or
AB816,44 25Section 44. 49.19 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,18,3
149.19 (4) (d) 3. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has been committed
2to the department pursuant to ch. 975, irrespective of the probable period of such
3commitment; or
AB816,45 4Section 45. 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,18,75 49.19 (4) (d) 4. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has continuously
6abandoned or failed to support him or her, if proceedings have been commenced
7against the husband person under ch. 769; or
AB816,46 8Section 46. 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,18,129 49.19 (4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a husband spouse or legally
10separated from his or her husband spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
11of law to compel his or her former husband spouse to adequately support the child
12for whom aid is sought; or
AB816,47 13Section 47 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
14is amended to read:
AB816,19,1015 49.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
16person placed under s. 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183, 938.34 (3) or (4d), or
17938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance, services, and supplies
18provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is chargeable with all or
19part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies, and the person's
20property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the
21spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor
22child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their
23homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became
24dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting
25his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a

1foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and
2his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the
3cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance with the fee
4schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse, widow
5surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent
6upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such part of the
7property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for the person.
8The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as
9soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt
10of the notice is not a condition of liability.
AB816,48 11Section 48. 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,19,1412 49.43 (12) "Spouse" means the legal husband or wife of person to whom the
13beneficiary is legally married, whether or not the person is eligible for medical
14assistance.
AB816,49 15Section 49. 49.471 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,19,1616 49.471 (1) (b) 2. A stepfather, stepmother stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister.
AB816,50 17Section 50. 49.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,20,1918 49.90 (4) The circuit court shall in a summary way hear the allegations and
19proofs of the parties and by order require maintenance from these relatives, if they
20have sufficient ability, considering their own future maintenance and making
21reasonable allowance for the protection of the property and investments from which
22they derive their living and their care and protection in old age, in the following
23order: First the husband or wife spouse; then the father and the mother parents; and
24then the grandparents in the instances in which sub. (1) (a) 2. applies. The order
25shall specify a sum which will be sufficient for the support of the dependent person

1under sub. (1) (a) 1. or the maintenance of a child of a dependent person under sub.
2(1) (a) 2., to be paid weekly or monthly, during a period fixed by the order or until the
3further order of the court. If the court is satisfied that any such relative is unable
4wholly to maintain the dependent person or the child, but is able to contribute to the
5person's support or the child's maintenance, the court may direct 2 or more of the
6relatives to maintain the person or the child and prescribe the proportion each shall
7contribute. If the court is satisfied that these relatives are unable together wholly
8to maintain the dependent person or the child, but are able to contribute to the
9person's support or the child's maintenance, the court shall direct a sum to be paid
10weekly or monthly by each relative in proportion to ability. Contributions directed
11by court order, if for less than full support, shall be paid to the department of health
12services or the department of children and families, whichever is appropriate, and
13distributed as required by state and federal law. An order under this subsection that
14relates to maintenance required under sub. (1) (a) 2. shall specifically assign
15responsibility for and direct the manner of payment of the child's health care
16expenses, subject to the limitations under subs. (1) (a) 2. and (11). Upon application
17of any party affected by the order and upon like notice and procedure, the court may
18modify such an order. Obedience to such an order may be enforced by proceedings
19for contempt.
AB816,51 20Section 51. 54.01 (36) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,20,2521 54.01 (36) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
22judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
23decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless the 2 subsequently
24participated in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
25subsequently held themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
AB816,52
1Section 52. 54.960 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,21,82 54.960 (1) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple
3beneficiaries are deemed to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests
4for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of
5husband and wife 2 individuals who are married to each other, for whom
6survivorship is presumed, a right of survivorship does not exist unless the
7instrument creating the custodial trust specifically provides for survivorship or
8survivorship is required as to marital property.
AB816,53 9Section 53. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,21,1310 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
1159.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
12who reside in that county for whom no father's name only one parent's name has been
13inserted on the registrant's birth certificate within 6 months of birth.
AB816,54 14Section 54. 69.05 (3m) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB816,21,1815 69.05 (3m) (intro.) If the mother a parent of a registrant of a birth certificate
16resides in a city and the birth certificate is not filed in such city, send a copy of the
17birth certificate to the local health department with jurisdiction for the city if all of
18the following are true
:
AB816,21,2019 (a) The local health department has a maternal-child visitation or information
20program;.
AB816,21,2221 (b) The local health department has requested the copy and notified the state
22registrar of its request; and.
AB816,55 23Section 55. 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,22,1224 69.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth certificate that
25affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's name,

1or marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence of the
2event that is the subject of the birth certificate, if the amendment is at the request
3of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is on a request form
4supplied by the state registrar, and if the amendment is accompanied by 2 items of
5documentary evidence from early childhood that are sufficient to prove that the item
6to be changed is in error and by the affidavit of the person requesting the
7amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth certificate may be made
8under this paragraph only if the marital status is inconsistent with information
9concerning the father or husband spouse that appears on the birth certificate. This
10paragraph may not be used to add to or delete from a birth certificate the name of a
11parent, to change the identity of a parent named on the birth certificate, or to effect
12a name change prohibited under s. 301.47.
AB816,56 13Section 56. 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,22,1814 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the certificate of birth may be
15requested under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father or
16husband spouse information appearing on the certificate of birth. This section may
17not be used to add or delete the name of a parent on the certificate of birth or change
18the identity of either parent named on the certificate of birth.
AB816,57 19Section 57. 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,22,2420 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
21document, a certified copy of a certificate of divorce or annulment or a final divorce
22decree that indicates that the mother was not married to the person listed as her
23husband spouse at any time during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any
24other legal document that clarifies the disputed information.
AB816,58 25Section 58. 69.14 (1) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,23,4
169.14 (1) (c) 4. In the absence of a person under subds. 1. to 3., the father or
2mother, father, or mother's spouse, or in the absence of the father or the mother's
3spouse
and the inability of the mother, the person responsible for the premises where
4the birth occurs.
AB816,59 5Section 59. 69.14 (1) (e) (title) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB816,23,116 69.14 (1) (e) (title) Father's Spouse's or father's name. 1. If Except as provided
7in par. (h), if
the mother of a registrant under this section was married at any time
8from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the name of the husband spouse
9of the mother shall be entered on the birth certificate as the a legal father parent of
10the registrant. The name of the father parent entered under this subdivision may
11not be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.
AB816,60 12Section 60. 69.14 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB816,23,1813 69.14 (1) (f) 1. a. Except as provided under subd. 1. b., if the mother of a
14registrant of a birth certificate under this section is married to the father of the
15registrant
at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the given
16name and surname which the mother and father of the registrant and her spouse
17enter for the registrant on the birth certificate shall be the given name and surname
18filed and registered on the birth certificate.
AB816,24,219 b. If the mother of a registrant of a birth certificate under this section is married
20to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
21registrant and the mother is separated or divorced from the father of the registrant
22at the time of birth, the given name and surname which the parent of the registrant
23with actual custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate shall be the given
24name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate, except that if a court
25has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which the

1person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate shall be the
2given name and surname filed and registered on the birth certificate.
AB816,24,103 c. If the mother of a registrant of a birth certificate under this section is not
4married to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth
5of the registrant, the given name and surname which the mother of the registrant
6enters for the registrant on the birth certificate shall be the given name and surname
7filed and registered on the birth certificate, except that if a court has granted legal
8custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which the person with legal
9custody enters for the registrant on the birth certificate shall be the given name and
10surname filed and registered on the birth certificate.
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