49.22(11)(b)
(b) The department shall notify a consumer reporting agency within 30 days if any amounts reported to the consumer reporting agency under par.
(a) were erroneous. Within 30 days of notification under this paragraph, the consumer reporting agency shall correct the erroneous amount in its records.
49.22(11)(c)
(c) The department shall notify a consumer reporting agency within 30 days if any amounts reported to the consumer reporting agency under par.
(a) are paid in full. Within 30 days of notification under this paragraph, the consumer reporting agency shall indicate the payment in full in its records.
49.22(12)
(12) The department or a county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) may not release information to a person about the whereabouts of another person if any of the following applies:
49.22(12)(a)
(a) The person seeking the information is subject to a temporary restraining order or injunction under s.
813.12,
813.122,
813.123,
813.125 or
813.127 with respect to the person about whom the information is sought; and the department or county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) has notice of the temporary restraining order or injunction.
49.22(12)(b)
(b) The department or county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) has reason to believe that releasing the information may result in physical or emotional harm to the person about whom the information is sought.
49.22(13)(a)(a) Subject to par.
(b), the department may terminate child and spousal support enforcement services if there is no longer a current support or maintenance order and either of the following applies:
49.22(13)(a)1.
1. Any support or maintenance arrearages total less than $500.
49.22(13)(a)2.
2. Any support or maintenance arrearages are considered unenforceable by a county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) because no support or maintenance payments have been collected for 3 years and all administrative and legal remedies for collection of arrearages have been attempted or are determined to be ineffective because the payer is unable to pay, the payer has no known income or assets, and there is no reasonable prospect that the payer will be able to pay in the foreseeable future.
49.22(13)(b)
(b) The department shall, not less than 60 days prior to terminating child or spousal support services, notify the individual who receives the services, or the initiating state in an interstate enforcement action, of its intent to terminate services. If the individual or the state provides information to the department in response to the notification that could result in an effective enforcement action, the department may not terminate services.
49.22(13)(c)
(c) An individual or the initiating state in an interstate enforcement action may request the department to resume child or spousal support enforcement services terminated under this subsection if there is a change of circumstances that could result in an effective enforcement action and the individual or the state completes a new application for services and pays any applicable fee to the department for its services.
49.22 History
History: 1975 c. 82;
1977 c. 26,
29,
203,
418;
1979 c. 196,
221;
1981 c. 20,
93;
1983 a. 27;
1985 a. 29 ss.
861m to
866,
2390 to
2399;
1987 a. 27;
1987 a. 332 s.
64;
1987 a. 399,
403,
413;
1989 a. 31;
1991 a. 39;
1993 a. 16,
481;
1995 a. 27 ss.
2128m to
2134,
9126 (19),
9130 (4);
1995 a. 77,
187,
201,
225,
289;
1995 a. 404 ss.
39 to
43,
45,
46,
48,
173,
174; Stats. 1995 s. 49.22;
1997 a. 27,
105,
191,
237;
1999 a. 32;
2001 a. 16;
2003 a. 33;
2005 a. 25;
2007 a. 20 ss.
1467 to
1472,
9121 (6) (a);
2015 a. 55;
2017 a. 334.
49.22 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
DCF 150 and
152, Wis. adm. code.
49.22 Annotation
The state may request patient billing records under s. 46.25 (2m) [now s. 49.22 (2m)], which may be admitted into evidence under the exception to confidentiality under s. 146.82 (2) (a) 3. State v. Allen,
200 Wis. 2d 301,
546 N.W.2d 517 (1996),
95-0792.
49.22 Annotation
Information contained in a county paternity case file may be released for purposes of fraud investigation of the public assistance programs specified in s. 49.53 [now s. 49.83].
80 Atty. Gen. 226.
49.225
49.225
Ordering genetic tests. 49.225(2)(a)(a) A county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) may require, by subpoena in substantially the form authorized under s.
885.02 or by other means, a child, the child's mother, and a male alleged, or alleging himself, to be the child's father to submit to genetic tests if there is probable cause to believe that the male had sexual intercourse with the child's mother during a possible time of the child's conception. Probable cause of sexual intercourse during a possible time of conception may be established by a sufficient affidavit of the child's mother, the male alleged, or alleging himself, to be the child's father, or the county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) based on information provided by the child's mother.
49.225(2)(b)
(b) If there is only one male alleged, or alleging himself, to be the father and one or more persons required to submit to genetic tests under par.
(a) fail to appear for the scheduled tests, the county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) may bring an action under s.
767.80 for determining the paternity of the child.
49.225(3)
(3) The fees and costs for genetic tests performed on any person required to submit to the tests under sub.
(2) (a) shall be paid for by the county except as follows:
49.225(3)(a)
(a) The county may seek reimbursement from either the mother or male alleged, or alleging himself, to be the father, or from both, if the test results show that the male is not excluded as the father and that the statistical probability of the male's parentage is 99.0 percent or higher.
49.225(3)(b)
(b) If 2 or more identical series of genetic tests are performed upon the same person, the county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) shall require the person requesting the 2nd or subsequent series of tests to pay for the tests in advance. If the person requesting the 2nd or subsequent series of tests is indigent, the county shall pay for the tests and may seek reimbursement from the person.
49.227
49.227
Program for publication of delinquent child support obligors. The department shall establish a program to increase public awareness about the importance of the payment of child support. The program shall include publication of information, such as names and photographs, that identifies child support obligors who are significantly delinquent in the payment of child support. The department may use posters, media presentations or other means that the department determines are appropriate for publication of the information. The publications shall include information about the child support owed by each obligor identified and, if appropriate, shall solicit information from the public to assist the department in locating a delinquent obligor.
49.227 History
History: 1995 a. 12;
1997 a. 191 s.
39; Stats. 1997 s. 49.227;
1999 a. 32 s.
131.
49.24
49.24
Child support incentive payments. 49.24(1)(1)
The department shall provide child support incentive payments to counties from one of the following appropriations: