AB898-ASA1,23,2317 5. The state registrar may deny a request for a birth certificate record under
18this paragraph. If the state registrar approves a request for a birth certificate record
19under this paragraph, he or she shall indicate plainly on the face of the certificate
20record that the certificate record has been registered under this paragraph and the
21date the certificate record is registered and shall send a copy of the certificate make
22available the record
to the local registrar under s. 69.03 (11). The local registrar shall
23file the certificate.
AB898-ASA1,24,824 6. If the state registrar denies a request for registration of a birth certificate
25record under this subsection, the person making the request may file a petition with

1the circuit court of the alleged county of birth for an order establishing a record of the
2date and place of the birth and the parentage of the person who would be the
3registrant. If the court finds that such person was born in this state, the court shall
4make findings as to the place and date of birth, parentage, and any other required
5finding and shall, in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, issue an order, on
6a form
prescribed and furnished by the state registrar, to register a birth certificate
7record for the person. The order which shall include the birth date to be registered,
8a description of the evidence presented, and the date of the court's action.
AB898-ASA1,24,119 7. (intro.) On any birth certificate record registered under this paragraph, the
10state registrar or his or her designated representative shall describe each document
11submitted under subd. 3. The abstract for each document shall include:
AB898-ASA1,24,1412 8. (intro.) On any birth certificate record registered under this paragraph, the
13state registrar or his or her designated representative shall certify by his or her
14signature that:
AB898-ASA1,24,1515 a. No other birth certificate record is on file for the registrant.
AB898-ASA1,74 16Section 74. 69.14 (3) (a) (intro.) and 6. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,24,2017 69.14 (3) (a) (intro.) Any person who assumes custody of a live born infant of
18unknown parentage shall file a birth certificate record for the infant within 5 days
19after assuming custody and shall file the birth certificate record with the following
20information:
AB898-ASA1,24,2421 6. The name, address and signature of the person with whom the registrant has
22been placed for care. The information under this subdivision shall be entered in the
23item on the birth certificate record where information on the attendant at birth is
24required.
AB898-ASA1,75 25Section 75. 69.14 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,76
1Section 76. 69.14 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,25,72 69.14 (3) (c) If at any time after a birth certificate record is filed for a registrant
3under this subsection a birth certificate record filed for the registrant at the time of
4birth of the registrant is found or the registrant is adopted and the adoptive parents
5sign a birth record giving their names as the adoptive parents, the state registrar
6shall impound the birth certificate record filed under this subsection and prohibit
7access except by court order or except by the state registrar for processing purposes.
AB898-ASA1,77 8Section 77. 69.15 (title), (1) (intro.) and (b), (2) (a) (intro.), 2., 5. and 6., (c) and
9(d) 1. (intro.), a., c., d. and e., 2. and 3., (3) (a) (intro.), 1., 2., 3. and 4., (b) 1., 3. and
104. (intro.), (c) and (d), (3m) (a) 2. and 3. and (b), (4) (a) and (b), (4m) (a) 1. and (b), (5)
11and (6) (title), (a), (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,25,17 1269.15 (title) Changes of fact on birth certificates records. (1) Birth
13certificate record information changes. (intro.) The state registrar may change
14information on a birth certificate record registered in this state which was correct at
15the time the birth certificate record was filed under a court or administrative order
16issued in this state, in another state or in Canada or under the valid order of a court
17of any federally recognized Indian tribe, band or nation if:
AB898-ASA1,25,2218 (b) A clerk of court or, for a paternity action, a clerk of court or county child
19support agency under s. 59.53 (5), sends the state registrar a certified report of an
20order of a court in this state on a form supplied in the method prescribed by the state
21registrar or, in the case of any other order, the state registrar receives a certified copy
22of the order and the proper fee under s. 69.22.
AB898-ASA1,26,4 23(2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided under par. (b), if the state registrar receives
24an order under sub. (1) which provides for an adoption, the state registrar shall
25prepare, under sub. (6), a new certificate record for the subject of the adoption unless

1the adoptive parents or the subject of the adoption requests, under s. 48.94 (1), that
2no new certificate record be prepared. If the order is from a court in this state, the
3order shall include a certified copy of the original birth certificate record registered
4for the subject of the adoption. The new certificate record shall show:
AB898-ASA1,26,65 2. The date and place of birth as transcribed from the original certificate record.
6The date and place on the original certificate record may not be changed by the court.
AB898-ASA1,26,77 5. The filing date on the original certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,26,88 6. Any other information necessary to complete the new certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,26,139 (c) If the state registrar determines that the registrant of a birth certificate
10record was adopted without a change in the registrant's birth certificate record under
11par. (a) or (b), the state registrar shall obtain a copy of the court order which provided
12for the adoption, if available, and shall prepare, under sub. (6), a new certificate
13record for the registrant.
AB898-ASA1,26,1714 (d) 1. (intro.) A court shall order the state registrar to prepare for the subject
15of a birth certificate record a new birth certificate record based on the information
16on the subject's original birth certificate record if all of the following circumstances
17apply:
AB898-ASA1,26,1918 a. The subject of the birth certificate record petitions the court for a new birth
19certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,26,2120 c. The subject did not have the opportunity under par. (a), at the time of the
21adoption, to request that no new birth certificate record be prepared.
AB898-ASA1,26,2322 d. The subject knows the identity of each birth parent who is named on his or
23her original birth certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,27,3
1e. Each birth parent who is alive and who is named on the subject's original
2birth certificate record does not object to the restoration of the information on the
3subject's original birth certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,27,74 2. If the court grants an order under subd. 1., the state registrar shall prepare
5under sub. (6) a new birth certificate record using all of the information contained
6on the original birth certificate record, except for the adoptee's given name at birth,
7if different.
AB898-ASA1,27,108 3. After preparing a new birth certificate record under subd. 2., the state
9registrar shall follow the procedure under sub. (6) (b) to impound all other birth
10certificates records of the subject except the subject's new birth certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,27,14 11(3) (a) (intro.) If the state registrar receives an order under sub. (1) which
12establishes paternity or determines that the man whose name appears on a
13registrant's birth certificate record is not the father of the registrant, the state
14registrar shall do the following, as appropriate:
AB898-ASA1,27,1815 1. Prepare under sub. (6) a new certificate record omitting the father's name
16if the order determines that the man whose name appears on a registrant's birth
17certificate record is not the father of the registrant and if there is no adjudicated
18father.
AB898-ASA1,27,2119 2. Prepare under sub. (6) a new certificate record for the subject of a paternity
20action changing the name of the father if the name of the adjudicated father is
21different than the name of the man on the birth certificate record.