AB1000,266
1Section 266. 767.84 (1) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 767.84 (1)
2(am) 1. and 2.
AB1000,267 3Section 267. 767.84 (1) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1000,119,44 767.84 (1) (a) 2m. The person who gave birth to the child.
AB1000,268 5Section 268. 767.84 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 767.84 (1) (am) 3.
6and amended to read:
AB1000,119,127 767.84 (1) (am) 3. a. Except as provided in subd. 3. b., a male respondent who
8fails to appear, if genetic test results with respect to another man person, other than
9the person who gave birth to the child,
show that the other man person is not
10excluded as the father parent and that the statistical probability of the other man's
11person's parentage is 99.0 percent or higher creating a presumption of the other
12man's paternity
person's parentage.
AB1000,119,1413 b. Subdivision 3. a. does not apply if the presumption of the other man's
14paternity person's parentage is rebutted.
AB1000,269 15Section 269. 767.84 (1) (b) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1000,119,2216 767.84 (1) (b) (intro.) The genetic tests shall be performed by an expert
17qualified as an examiner of genetic markers present on the cells of the specific body
18material to be used for the tests, appointed by the court. A report completed and
19certified by the court-appointed expert stating genetic test results and the statistical
20probability of the alleged father's paternity parent's parentage based upon the
21genetic tests is admissible as evidence without expert testimony and may be entered
22into the record at the trial or pretrial hearing if all of the following apply:
AB1000,120,223 2. At least 10 days before the trial or pretrial hearing, the department or county
24child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) notifies the alleged father parent of the
25results of the genetic tests and that he the alleged parent may object to the test

1results by submitting an objection in writing to the court no later than the day before
2the hearing.
AB1000,270 3Section 270. 767.84 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,120,194 767.84 (4) Tests excluding paternity parentage; refusal to submit to test.
5Genetic test results excluding an alleged father parent as the father parent of the
6child are conclusive evidence of nonpaternity that the alleged parent is not the
7parent of the child
and the court shall dismiss any paternity parentage action with
8respect to that alleged father parent. Genetic test results excluding any male
9witness from possible paternity parentage are conclusive evidence of nonpaternity
10of the male
that the witness is not the parent of the child. Testimony relating to
11sexual intercourse or possible sexual intercourse of the mother with between the
12person who gave birth to the child and
any person excluded as a possible father
13parent, as a result of a genetic test, is inadmissible as evidence. Refusal of a party
14to submit to a genetic test shall be disclosed to the fact finder. Refusal to submit to
15a genetic test ordered by the court is a contempt of the court for failure to produce
16evidence under s. 767.87 (5). If the action was brought by the child's mother person
17who gave birth to the child
but she that person refuses to submit to a genetic test,
18or refuses
to submit herself or the child to a genetic tests test, the action shall be
19dismissed.
AB1000,271 20Section 271. 767.84 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,121,521 767.84 (6) Calling certain witnesses; notice. Any party calling a male witness
22for the purpose of testifying that he the witness had sexual intercourse with the
23mother at any possible time of person who gave birth to the child that may have
24resulted in
conception of the child shall provide all other parties with the name and
25address of the witness 20 days before the trial or pretrial hearing. If a male witness

1is produced at the hearing for the purpose stated in this subsection but the party
2calling the witness failed to provide the 20-day notice, the court may adjourn the
3proceeding for the purpose of taking a genetic test of the witness prior to hearing the
4testimony of the witness if the court finds that the party calling the witness acted in
5good faith.
AB1000,272 6Section 272. 767.85 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,121,137 767.85 (1) When required. At any time during the pendency of an action to
8establish the paternity parentage of a child, if genetic tests show that the alleged
9father person is not excluded and that the statistical probability of the alleged
10father's person's parentage is 99.0 percent or higher, on the motion of a party, the
11court shall make an appropriate temporary order for the payment of child support
12and may make a temporary order assigning responsibility for and directing the
13manner of payment of the child's health care expenses.
AB1000,273 14Section 273. 767.855 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,122,2 15767.855 Dismissal if adjudication not in child's best interest. Except as
16provided in s. 767.863 (1m), at any time in an action to establish the paternity
17parentage of a child, upon the motion of a party or guardian ad litem or the person
18who gave birth to the child if that person is not a party
, the court or supplemental
19court commissioner under s. 757.675 (2) (g) may, if the court or supplemental court
20commissioner determines that a judicial determination of whether a male is the
21father of the child
parentage is not in the best interest of the child, dismiss the action
22with respect to the male alleged parent, regardless of whether genetic tests have
23been performed or what the results of the tests, if performed, were. Notwithstanding
24ss. 767.813 (5g) (form) 4., 767.84 (1) and (2), 767.863 (2), 767.865 (2), and 767.88 (4),
25if genetic tests have not yet been performed with respect to the male alleged parent,

1the court or supplemental court commissioner is not required to order those genetic
2tests.
AB1000,274 3Section 274. 767.863 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,122,154 767.863 (1m) Paternity Parentage allegation by male person other than
5husband spouse ; when determination not in best interest of child. In an action to
6establish the paternity parentage of a child who was born to a woman while she was
7married
couple during marriage, if a male person other than the woman's husband
8alleges that he, not the husband, is spouse of the person who gave birth claims to be
9the child's father parent, a party may allege that a judicial determination that a male
10person other than the husband is the father spouse of the person who gave birth is
11the parent
is not in the best interest of the child. If the court or a supplemental court
12commissioner under s. 757.675 (2) (g) determines that a judicial determination of
13whether a male person other than the husband is the father spouse of the person who
14gave birth is the parent
is not in the best interest of the child, no genetic tests may
15be ordered and the action shall be dismissed.
AB1000,275 16Section 275. 767.863 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,123,217 767.863 (2) Order for tests. If at the first appearance it appears from a
18sufficient petition or affidavit of the child's mother person who gave birth to the child
19or an alleged father parent of the child or from sworn testimony of the child's mother
20person who gave birth to the child or an alleged father parent of the child that there
21is probable cause to believe that any of the males persons named has had sexual
22intercourse with the mother person who gave birth to the child during a possible time
23of the child's conception, the court may, or upon the request of any party shall, order
24any of the named persons to submit to genetic tests. The tests shall be conducted in
25accordance with s. 767.84. The court is not required to order a person who has

1undergone a genetic test under s. 49.225 to submit to another genetic test under this
2subsection unless a party requests additional tests under s. 767.84 (2).
AB1000,276 3Section 276. 767.87 (1) (a), (b), (d) and (e) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1000,123,74 767.87 (1) (a) Evidence of sexual intercourse between the mother parent who
5gave birth
and alleged father parent at any possible time of conception or evidence
6of a relationship between the mother parent who gave birth and alleged father
7parent at any time.
AB1000,123,108 (b) An expert's opinion concerning the statistical probability of the alleged
9father's paternity parent's parentage based upon the duration of the mother's
10pregnancy.
AB1000,123,1211 (d) The statistical probability of the alleged father's paternity parent's
12parentage
based upon the genetic tests.
AB1000,123,1413 (e) Medical, scientific, or genetic evidence relating to the alleged father's
14paternity
parent's parentage of the child based on tests performed by experts.
AB1000,277 15Section 277. 767.87 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,123,2116 767.87 (1m) Birth record required. (intro.) If the child was born in this state,
17the petitioner shall present a certified copy of the child's birth record or a printed copy
18of the record from the birth database of the state registrar to the court, so that the
19court is aware of whether a name has been inserted on the birth record as the father
20parent of the child other than the person who gave birth to the child, at the earliest
21possible of the following:
AB1000,278 22Section 278. 767.87 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,124,223 767.87 (2) Admissibility of sexual relations by mother person who gave birth.
24Testimony relating to sexual relations or possible sexual relations of the mother

1person who gave birth any time other than the possible time of conception of the child
2is inadmissible in evidence, unless offered by the mother person who gave birth.
AB1000,279 3Section 279. 767.87 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,124,104 767.87 (3) Evidence of identified male person not under jurisdiction. Except
5as provided in s. 767.84 (4), in an action against an alleged father parent, evidence
6offered by him the alleged parent with respect to an identified male person who is
7not subject to the jurisdiction of the court concerning that male's person's sexual
8intercourse with the mother person who gave birth at or about the presumptive time
9of conception of the child is admissible in evidence only after the alleged father
10parent has undergone genetic tests and made the results available to the court.
AB1000,280 11Section 280. 767.87 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,124,2312 767.87 (6) When mother parent who gave birth not compelled to testify. (a)
13Whenever the state brings the action to determine paternity parentage pursuant to
14an assignment under s. 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b) 2., 48.645 (3), 49.19 (4) (h) 1., or
1549.45 (19), or receipt of benefits under s. 49.148, 49.155, 49.157, or 49.159, the
16natural mother of parent who gave birth to the child may not be compelled to testify
17about the paternity parentage of the child if it has been determined that the mother
18parent who gave birth to the child has good cause for refusing to cooperate in
19establishing paternity parentage as provided in 42 USC 602 (a) (26) (B) and the
20federal regulations promulgated pursuant to this statute, as of July 1, 1981, and
21pursuant to any rules promulgated by the department which that define good cause
22in accordance with the federal regulations, as authorized by 42 USC 602 (a) (26) (B)
23in effect on July 1, 1981.
AB1000,125,324 (b) Nothing in par. (a) prevents the state from bringing an action to determine
25paternity parentage pursuant to an assignment under s. 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b)

12., 49.19 (4) (h) 1. or 49.45 (19), or receipt of benefits under s. 49.148, 49.155, 49.157
2or 49.159, where evidence other than the testimony of the mother person who gave
3birth
may establish the paternity parentage of the child.
AB1000,281 4Section 281. 767.87 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,125,85 767.87 (9) Artificial insemination; natural father parent. Where If a child
6is conceived by artificial insemination, the husband spouse of the mother of person
7who gave birth to
the child at the time of the conception of the child is the natural
8father parent of the child, as provided in s. 891.40.
AB1000,282 9Section 282. 767.87 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,125,1310 767.87 (10) Record of mother's testimony admissible. A record of the
11testimony of the child's mother person who gave birth to the child relating to the
12child's paternity parentage, made as provided under s. 48.299 (8) or 938.299 (8), is
13admissible in evidence on the issue of paternity parentage.
AB1000,283 14Section 283. 767.88 (2) (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1000,125,1615 767.88 (2) (b) That the alleged father parent voluntarily acknowledge
16paternity parentage of the child.
AB1000,125,2017 (c) If the alleged father parent voluntarily acknowledges paternity parentage
18of the child, that he the acknowledged parent agree to the duty of support, the legal
19custody of the child, periods of physical placement of the child and other matters as
20determined to be in the best interests of the child by the court.
AB1000,284 21Section 284. 767.883 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,126,1822 767.883 (1) Two parts. The trial shall be divided into 2 parts, the first part
23dealing with the determination of paternity parentage and the 2nd part dealing with
24child support, legal custody, periods of physical placement, and related issues. The
25main issue at the first part shall be whether the alleged or presumed father parent

1is or is not the father parent of the mother's child, but if the child was born to the
2mother
while she the person who gave birth was the lawful wife spouse of a specified
3male person, the prior issue of whether the husband was spouse is not the father
4parent of the child shall be determined first, as provided under s. 891.39. The first
5part of the trial shall be by jury only if the defendant verbally requests a jury trial
6either at the initial appearance or pretrial hearing or requests a jury trial in writing
7prior to the pretrial hearing. The court may direct and, if requested by either party
8before the introduction of any testimony in the party's behalf, shall direct the jury
9to find a special verdict as to any of the issues specified in this section, except that
10the court shall make all of the findings enumerated in s. 767.89 (2) to (4). If the
11mother person who gave birth is dead, becomes insane, cannot be found within the
12jurisdiction, or fails to commence or pursue the action, the proceeding does not abate
13if any of the persons under s. 767.80 (1) makes a motion to continue. The testimony
14of the mother person who gave birth, taken at the pretrial hearing, may in any such
15case be read in evidence if it is competent, relevant, and material. The issues of child
16support, custody and visitation, and related issues shall be determined by the court
17either immediately after the first part of the trial or at a later hearing before the
18court.
AB1000,285 19Section 285. 767.89 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,127,220 767.89 (2) (a) The clerk of court or county child support agency under s. 59.53
21(5) shall file with the state registrar, within 30 days after the entry of a judgment or
22order determining paternity parentage, a report showing the names, dates, and birth
23places of the child and the father adjudicated parent, the social security numbers of
24the mother, father person who gave birth to the child, adjudicated parent, and child,
25and the maiden name of the mother full birth name of the person who gave birth to

1the child
on a form designated by the state registrar, along with the fee set forth in
2s. 69.22 (5), which the clerk of court or county child support agency shall collect.
AB1000,286 3Section 286. 767.89 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 767.89 (2) (b)
4and amended to read:
AB1000,127,95 767.89 (2) (b) If, under par. (a), the clerk of court or county child support agency
6is unable to collect any of the following fees under par. (a) a fee for omitting, changing,
7or inserting a parent's name on a birth record under s. 69.15 (3) (a) 1., 2., or 3.
, the
8department shall pay the fee and may not require the county or county child support
9agency to reimburse the department for the cost: .
AB1000,287 10Section 287. 767.89 (2) (b) 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.
AB1000,288 11Section 288. 767.89 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,127,1912 767.89 (3) (e) 1. An order establishing the amount of the father's adjudicated
13parent's
obligation to pay or contribute to the reasonable expenses of the mother's
14pregnancy and the child's birth childbirth. The amount established may not exceed
15one-half of the total actual and reasonable pregnancy and birth expenses. The order
16also shall specify the court's findings as to whether the father's adjudicated parent's
17income is at or below the poverty line established under 42 USC 9902 (2), and shall
18specify whether periodic payments are due on the obligation, based on the father's
19adjudicated parent's ability to pay or contribute to those expenses.
AB1000,127,2320 2. If the order does not require periodic payments because the father
21adjudicated parent has no present ability to pay or contribute to the expenses, the
22court may modify the judgment or order at a later date to require periodic payments
23if the father adjudicated parent has the ability to pay at that time.
AB1000,289 24Section 289. 767.893 (1m), (2) (b) 1. and 2. and (2m) (a) of the statutes are
25amended to read:
AB1000,128,7
1767.893 (1m) Judgment when mother parent fails to appear.
2Notwithstanding sub. (1), a court may enter an order adjudicating the alleged father
3parent, or male person alleging that he is the father to be the parent, to be the father
4parent of the child under s. 767.89 if the mother of person who gave birth to the child
5fails to appear at the first appearance, scheduled genetic test, pretrial hearing, or
6trial if sufficient evidence exists to establish the male person as the father parent of
7the child.
AB1000,128,9 8(2) (b) 1. Only one of those persons fails to appear and all of the other male
9respondents have been excluded as the father parent.
AB1000,128,1310 2. The alleged father parent who fails to appear has had genetic tests under s.
1149.225 or 767.84 showing that the alleged father parent is not excluded and that the
12statistical probability of the alleged father's parent's parentage is 99.0 percent or
13higher.
AB1000,128,21 14(2m) (a) At any time after service of the summons and petition, a respondent
15who is the alleged father parent may, with or without appearance in court and subject
16to the approval of the court, in writing acknowledge that he the alleged parent has
17read and understands the notice under s. 767.813 (5g) and stipulate that he is to
18being
the father parent of the child and for child support payments, legal custody, and
19physical placement. The court may not approve a stipulation for child support unless
20it provides for payment of child support determined in a manner consistent with s.
21767.511 or 767.89.
AB1000,290 22Section 290. 767.895 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,129,2 23767.895 Motion to reopen judgment based on statement
24acknowledging
paternity parentage. (intro.) A judgment which adjudicates a
25person to be the father parent of a child and which was based upon a statement

1acknowledging paternity parentage that was signed and filed before April 1, 1998,
2may, if no trial was conducted, be reopened under any of the following circumstances:
AB1000,291 3Section 291. 769.201 (1m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,129,74 769.201 (1m) (g) The individual asserted parentage of a child in a declaration
5of paternal parental interest filed with the department of children and families
6under s. 48.025 or in a statement acknowledging paternity parentage filed with the
7state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 1. or 3.
AB1000,292 8Section 292. 769.316 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,129,159 769.316 (4) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, or for prenatal
10and postnatal health care of the mother person who gave birth and the child, or copies
11of reports of medical assistance payments under subch. IV of ch. 49 for such testing
12or prenatal and postnatal health care, furnished to the adverse party at least 10 days
13before trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed or
14the amount of the medical assistance paid and that the charges or payments were
15reasonable, necessary, and customary.
AB1000,293 16Section 293. 769.316 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,129,1917 769.316 (9) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and
18wife
between spouses or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this
19chapter.
AB1000,294 20Section 294. 769.401 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,129,2121 769.401 (2) (a) A parent or presumed father parent of the child.
AB1000,295 22Section 295. 769.401 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1000,296 23Section 296. 770.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,130,724 770.07 (2) If sub. (1) and s. 770.05 are complied with, the county clerk shall
25issue a declaration of domestic partnership. With each declaration of domestic

1partnership the county clerk shall provide information describing the causes and
2effects of fetal alcohol syndrome and the dangers to a fetus from the mother's use of
3cocaine or other drugs by the pregnant person during pregnancy. After the
4application for the declaration of domestic partnership is filed, the clerk shall, upon
5the sworn statement of either of the applicants, correct any erroneous, false, or
6insufficient statement in the application that comes to the clerk's attention and shall
7notify the other applicant of the correction, as soon as reasonably possible.
AB1000,297 8Section 297. 786.36 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,130,129 786.36 (1) (c) The minor's mother the person who gave birth to the minor, if the
10minor is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently
11intermarry under s. 767.803 and if paternity parentage of the minor has not been
12established.
AB1000,298 13Section 298. 808.075 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,130,1514 808.075 (4) (a) 4. Hearing for child held in custody under s. 48.21 or an adult
15expectant mother parent of an unborn child held in custody under s. 48.213.
AB1000,299 16Section 299. 815.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,131,417 815.20 (1) An exempt homestead as defined in s. 990.01 (14) selected by a
18resident owner and occupied by him or her shall be exempt from execution, from the
19lien of every judgment, and from liability for the debts of the owner to the amount
20of $75,000, except mortgages, laborers', mechanics', and purchase money liens, and
21taxes, and except as otherwise provided. The exemption shall not be impaired by
22temporary removal with the intention to reoccupy the premises as a homestead nor
23by the sale of the homestead, but shall extend to the proceeds derived from the sale
24to an amount not exceeding $75,000, while held, with the intention to procure
25another homestead with the proceeds, for 2 years. The exemption extends to land

1owned by husband and wife spouses jointly or in common or as marital property, and
2each spouse may claim a homestead exemption of not more than $75,000. The
3exemption extends to the interest therein of tenants in common, having a homestead
4thereon with the consent of the cotenants, and to any estate less than a fee.
AB1000,300 5Section 300. 822.40 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,131,96 822.40 (4) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses
7and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife between
8spouses
or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this
9subchapter.
AB1000,301 10Section 301. 851.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,131,1511 851.30 (2) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
12judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
13decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless they subsequently
14participate in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
15subsequently hold themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
AB1000,302 16Section 302. 852.01 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,131,1917 852.01 (1) (d) If there is no surviving spouse, surviving domestic partner, issue,
18or parent, to the brothers and sisters siblings and the issue of any deceased brother
19or sister
sibling per stirpes.
AB1000,303 20Section 303. 852.01 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,131,2421 852.01 (1) (f) 1. One-half to the maternal grandparents on one side equally if
22both survive, or to the surviving maternal grandparent on that side; if both maternal
23grandparents on that side are deceased, to the issue of the maternal grandparents
24on that side or either of them, per stirpes.
AB1000,304 25Section 304. 852.01 (1) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,132,2
1852.01 (1) (f) 2. One-half to the paternal relations on the other side in the same
2manner as to the maternal relations under subd. 1.
AB1000,305 3Section 305. 852.01 (1) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1000,132,64 852.01 (1) (f) 3. If either the maternal side or the paternal side has no surviving
5grandparent or issue of a grandparent, the entire estate to the decedent's relatives
6on the other side.
AB1000,306 7Section 306. 852.05 (1) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
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