SB70-AA10,503 20Section 503. 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,245,2421 49.19 (4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a husband spouse or legally
22separated from his or her husband spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
23of law to compel his or her former husband spouse to adequately support the child
24for whom aid is sought; or
SB70-AA10,504 25Section 504 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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149.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
2person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
3938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
4services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
5chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
6and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
7person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
8case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
9including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
10(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
11order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
12the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
13adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
14be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
15with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
16widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully
17dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such
18part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for
19the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable
20persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or
21the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
SB70-AA10,505 22Section 505. 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,246,2523 49.43 (12) “Spouse" means the legal husband or wife of person to whom the
24beneficiary is legally married, whether or not the person is eligible for medical
25assistance.
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1Section 506. 49.471 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,247,22 49.471 (1) (b) 2. A stepfather, stepmother stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister.
SB70-AA10,507 3Section 507. 49.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,248,54 49.90 (4) The circuit court shall in a summary way hear the allegations and
5proofs of the parties and by order require maintenance from these relatives, if they
6have sufficient ability, considering their own future maintenance and making
7reasonable allowance for the protection of the property and investments from which
8they derive their living and their care and protection in old age, in the following
9order: First the husband or wife spouse; then the father and the mother parents; and
10then the grandparents in the instances in which sub. (1) (a) 2. applies. The order
11shall specify a sum which that will be sufficient for the support of the dependent
12person under sub. (1) (a) 1. or the maintenance of a child of a dependent person under
13sub. (1) (a) 2., to be paid weekly or monthly, during a period fixed by the order or until
14the further order of the court. If the court is satisfied that any such relative is unable
15wholly to maintain the dependent person or the child, but is able to contribute to the
16person's support or the child's maintenance, the court may direct 2 or more of the
17relatives to maintain the person or the child and prescribe the proportion each shall
18contribute. If the court is satisfied that these relatives are unable together wholly
19to maintain the dependent person or the child, but are able to contribute to the
20person's support or the child's maintenance, the court shall direct a sum to be paid
21weekly or monthly by each relative in proportion to ability. Contributions directed
22by court order, if for less than full support, shall be paid to the department of health
23services or the department of children and families, whichever is appropriate, and
24distributed as required by state and federal law. An order under this subsection that
25relates to maintenance required under sub. (1) (a) 2. shall specifically assign

1responsibility for and direct the manner of payment of the child's health care
2expenses, subject to the limitations under subs. (1) (a) 2. and (11). Upon application
3of any party affected by the order and upon like notice and procedure, the court may
4modify such an order. Obedience to such an order may be enforced by proceedings
5for contempt.
SB70-AA10,508 6Section 508. 54.01 (36) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,248,117 54.01 (36) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
8judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
9decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless the 2 subsequently
10participated in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
11subsequently held themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
SB70-AA10,509 12Section 509. 54.960 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,248,1913 54.960 (1) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple
14beneficiaries are deemed to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests
15for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of
16husband and wife 2 individuals who are married to each other, for whom
17survivorship is presumed, a right of survivorship does not exist unless the
18instrument creating the custodial trust specifically provides for survivorship or
19survivorship is required as to marital property.
SB70-AA10,510 20Section 510. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,248,2421 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
2259.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
23who reside in that county for whom no father's only one parent's name has been
24inserted on the registrant's birth record within 6 months of birth.
SB70-AA10,511 25Section 511. 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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169.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth record that
2affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's name,
3or parent's marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence
4of the event that is the subject of the birth record, if the amendment is at the request
5of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is in the manner
6prescribed by the state registrar, and if the amendment is accompanied by 2 items
7of documentary evidence from early childhood that are sufficient to prove that the
8item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit of the person requesting the
9amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth record may be made under
10this paragraph only if the marital status is inconsistent with information concerning
11the father or husband
that appears on the birth record. This paragraph may not be
12used to add to or delete from a birth record the name of a parent, to change the
13identity of a parent named on the birth record, or to effect a name change prohibited
14under s. 301.47.
SB70-AA10,512 15Section 512. 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,249,2016 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the record of birth may be requested
17under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father or husband
18information appearing on the birth record. This section may not be used to add or
19delete the name of a parent on the record of birth or change the identity of either
20parent named on the birth record.
SB70-AA10,513 21Section 513. 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,250,222 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
23document, divorce or annulment record, or a final divorce decree that indicates that
24the mother was not married to the person listed as her husband spouse at any time

1during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any other legal document that
2clarifies the disputed information.
SB70-AA10,514 3Section 514. 69.14 (1) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,250,74 69.14 (1) (c) 4. In the absence of a person under subds. 1. to 3., the father or
5mother, father, or mother's spouse, or in the absence of the father or the mother's
6spouse
and the inability of the mother, the person responsible for the premises where
7the birth occurs.
SB70-AA10,515 8Section 515. 69.14 (1) (e) (title) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-AA10,250,149 69.14 (1) (e) (title) Father's Spouse's or father's name. 1. If Except as provided
10in par. (h), if
the mother of a registrant under this section was married at any time
11from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the name of the husband spouse
12of the mother shall be entered on the birth record as the a legal father parent of the
13registrant. The name of the father parent entered under this subdivision may not
14be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.
SB70-AA10,516 15Section 516. 69.14 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,250,2116 69.14 (1) (f) 1. a. Except as provided under subd. 1. b., if the mother of a
17registrant of a birth record under this section is married to the father of the
18registrant
at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the given
19name and surname which that the mother and father of the registrant and her
20spouse
enter for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and
21surname filed and registered on the birth record.
SB70-AA10,251,522 b. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is married
23to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
24registrant and the mother is separated or divorced from the father of the registrant
25at the time of birth, the given name and surname which that the parent of the

1registrant with actual custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be
2the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record, except that if
3a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname
4which that the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record
5shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record.