SB327,10,247 48.422 (7) (bm) Establish whether a proposed adoptive parent of the child has
8been identified. If a proposed adoptive parent of the child has been identified and
9the proposed adoptive parent is not a relative of the child, the court shall order the
10petitioner to submit a report to the court containing the information specified in s.
1148.913 (7). The court shall review the report to determine whether any payments or
12agreement to make payments set forth in the report are coercive to the birth parent
13of the child or to an alleged to or presumed father of the child or are impermissible
14under s. 48.913 (4). Making any payment to or on behalf of the any birth parent of
15the child, an
, alleged father, or presumed father parent of the child or the child
16conditional in any part upon transfer or surrender of the child or the termination of
17parental rights or the finalization of the adoption creates a rebuttable presumption
18of coercion. Upon a finding of coercion, the court shall dismiss the petition or amend
19the agreement to delete any coercive conditions, if the parties agree to the
20amendment. Upon a finding that payments which that are impermissible under s.
2148.913 (4) have been made, the court may dismiss the petition and may refer the
22matter to the district attorney for prosecution under s. 948.24 (1). This paragraph
23does not apply if the petition was filed with a petition for adoptive placement under
24s. 48.837 (2).
SB327,17 25Section 17. 48.422 (7) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,11,3
148.422 (7) (br) Establish whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any,
2alleged father, or presumed father parent of the child in violation of s. 48.63 (3) (b)
35. Upon a finding of coercion, the court shall dismiss the petition.
SB327,18 4Section 18. 48.432 (1) (am) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,11,75 48.432 (1) (am) 2. b. If there is no adjudicated father, the husband spouse of the
6mother at the time the individual or adoptee is conceived or born, or when the parents
7intermarry under s. 767.803.
SB327,19 8Section 19. 48.63 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,11,179 48.63 (3) (b) 4. Before a child may be placed under subd. 1., the department,
10county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed
11adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who
12is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the
13finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who
14has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the
15department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive
16parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any, alleged father, or
17presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.
SB327,20 18Section 20. 48.63 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,11,2419 48.63 (3) (b) 5. Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
20may coerce a birth parent of the child or any, alleged father, or presumed father
21parent of the child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw
22consent to the transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her
23parental rights to the child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child,
24or to otherwise exercise his or her parental rights to the child.
SB327,21 25Section 21. 48.82 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,12,2
148.82 (1) (a) A husband and wife Spouses jointly, or either the husband or wife
2if
the other spouse is of a parent of the minor.
SB327,22 3Section 22. 48.837 (1r) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,12,124 48.837 (1r) (d) Before a child may be placed under par. (a), the department,
5county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed
6adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who
7is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the
8finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who
9has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the
10department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive
11parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any, alleged father, or
12presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs.
SB327,23 13Section 23. 48.837 (1r) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,12,1914 48.837 (1r) (e) Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person
15may coerce a birth parent of the child or any, alleged father, or presumed father
16parent of the child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw
17consent to the transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her
18parental rights to the child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child,
19or to otherwise exercise his or her parental rights to the child.
SB327,24 20Section 24. 48.837 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,13,921 48.837 (6) (b) At the beginning of the hearing held under sub. (2), the court shall
22review the report that is submitted under s. 48.913 (6). The court shall determine
23whether any payments or the conditions specified in any agreement to make
24payments are coercive to the any birth parent of the child or to an, alleged father, or
25presumed father parent of the child or are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4). Making

1any payment to or on behalf of the a birth parent of the child, an, alleged father, or
2presumed father parent of the child or the child conditional in any part upon transfer
3or surrender of the child or the termination of parental rights or the finalization of
4the adoption creates a rebuttable presumption of coercion. Upon a finding of
5coercion, the court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3) or amend the
6agreement to delete any coercive conditions, if the parties agree to the amendment.
7Upon a finding that payments which that are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4) have
8been made, the court may dismiss the petition and may refer the matter to the
9district attorney for prosecution under s. 948.24 (1).
SB327,25 10Section 25. 48.837 (6) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,13,1411 48.837 (6) (br) At the hearing on the petition under sub. (2), the court shall
12determine whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any, alleged father, or
13presumed father parent of the child in violation of sub. (1r) (e). Upon a finding of
14coercion, the court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3).
SB327,26 15Section 26. 48.913 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,13,1716 48.913 (1) (a) Preadoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an,
17alleged father, or presumed father parent of the child.
SB327,27 18Section 27. 48.913 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,13,2019 48.913 (1) (b) Post-adoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an,
20alleged father, or presumed father parent of the child.
SB327,28 21Section 28. 48.913 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,13,2422 48.913 (1) (h) Legal and other services received by a birth parent of the child,
23an
, alleged father, or presumed father parent of the child or the child in connection
24with the adoption.
SB327,29 25Section 29. 48.913 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,14,7
148.913 (2) Payment of expenses when birth parent is residing in another
2state.
(intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the proposed adoptive parents of a child or
3a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents of a child may pay for an
4expense of a birth parent of the child or an, alleged father, or presumed father parent
5of the child if the birth parent or the, alleged father, or presumed father parent was
6residing in another state when the payment was made and when the expense was
7incurred and if all of the following apply:
SB327,30 8Section 30. 48.913 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,14,119 48.913 (2) (b) The state in which the birth parent or the, alleged father, or
10presumed father parent was residing when the payment was made permits the
11payment of that expense by the proposed adoptive parents of the child.
SB327,31 12Section 31. 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,14,2113 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) A listing of all payments made under this subsection, a
14copy of the statutory provisions of the state in which the birth parent or the, alleged
15father, or presumed father parent was residing when the payments were made that
16permit those payments to be made by the proposed adoptive parents of the child, and
17a copy of all orders entered in the state in which the birth parent or the, alleged
18father, or presumed father parent was residing when the payments were made that
19relate to the payment of expenses of the birth parent or the, alleged father, or
20presumed father parent by the proposed adoptive parents of the child is submitted
21to the court as follows:
SB327,32 22Section 32. 48.913 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,15,423 48.913 (3) Method of payment. Any payment under sub. (1) or (2) shall be made
24directly to the provider of a good or service except that a payment under sub. (1) or
25(2) may be made to a birth parent of the child or to an, alleged father, or presumed

1father parent of the child as reimbursement of an amount previously paid by the
2birth parent or by the, alleged father, or presumed father parent if documentation
3is provided showing that the birth parent or, alleged father, or presumed father
4parent has made the previous payment.
SB327,33 5Section 33. 48.913 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,15,96 48.913 (4) Other payments prohibited. The proposed adoptive parents of a
7child or a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents may not make any
8payments to or on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an, alleged father, or presumed
9father parent of the child or the child except as provided in subs. (1) and (2).
SB327,34 10Section 34. 48.913 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,15,2511 48.913 (7) Report to the court; contents required. The report required under
12sub. (6) shall include a list of all transfers of anything of value made or agreed to be
13made by the proposed adoptive parents or by a person acting on their behalf to a birth
14parent of the child, an, alleged father, or presumed father parent of the child or the
15child, on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an , alleged father, or presumed father
16parent of the child or the child, or to any other person in connection with the
17pregnancy, the birth of the child, the placement of the child with the proposed
18adoptive parents, or the adoption of the child by the proposed adoptive parents. The
19report shall be itemized and shall show the goods or services for which payment was
20made or agreed to be made. The report shall include the dates of each payment, the
21names and addresses of each attorney, doctor, hospital, agency, or other person or
22organization receiving any payment from the proposed adoptive parents or a person
23acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents in connection with the pregnancy,
24the birth of the child, the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents,
25or the adoption of the child by the proposed adoptive parents.
SB327,35
1Section 35. 49.141 (1) (j) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,16,22 49.141 (1) (j) 1. A biological natural parent.
SB327,36 3Section 36. 49.141 (1) (j) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB327,37 4Section 37. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,16,125 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. If the individual is a foster parent of the child or a subsidized
6guardian or interim caretaker of the child under s. 48.623, the child's biological
7natural or adoptive family has a gross income that is at or below 200 percent of the
8poverty line. In calculating the gross income of the child's biological natural or
9adoptive family, the department or county department or agency determining
10eligibility shall include court-ordered child or family support payments received by
11the individual, if those support payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income
12described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
SB327,38 13Section 38. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,16,2114 49.155 (1m) (c) 1h. If the individual is a relative of the child, is providing care
15for the child under a court order, and is receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or
16(3n) on behalf of the child, the child's biological natural or adoptive family has a gross
17income that is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line. In calculating the gross
18income of the child's biological natural or adoptive family, the department or county
19department or agency determining eligibility shall include court-ordered child or
20family support payments received by the individual, if those support payments
21exceed $1,250 per month, and income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3.
SB327,39 22Section 39. 49.163 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,17,223 49.163 (2) (am) 2. If over 24 years of age, be a biological natural or adoptive
24parent of a child under 18 years of age whose parental rights to the child have not

1been terminated or be a relative and primary caregiver of a child under 18 years of
2age.
SB327,40 3Section 40. 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,17,144 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. Is living with a parent; a blood relative, including those of
5half-blood, and including first cousins, nephews or nieces and persons of preceding
6generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great or great-great; a stepfather,
7stepmother
stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister; a person who legally adopts the
8child or is the adoptive parent of the child's parent, a natural or legally adopted child
9of such person or a relative of an adoptive parent; or a spouse of any person named
10in this subparagraph subd. 2. a. even if the marriage is terminated by death or
11divorce; and is living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as
12the child's or their own home, or living in a residence maintained by one or more of
13these relatives as the child's or their own home because the parents of the child have
14been found unfit to have care and custody of the child; or
SB327,41 15Section 41. 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,17,1816 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) Aid may be granted to the mother or stepmother parent
17or stepparent
of a dependent child if he or she is without a husband spouse or if he
18or
she:
SB327,42 19Section 42. 49.19 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,17,2120 49.19 (4) (d) 1. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incapacitated for
21gainful work by mental or physical disability; or
SB327,43 22Section 43. 49.19 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,18,223 49.19 (4) (d) 2. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incarcerated or
24who is a convicted offender permitted to live at home but precluded from earning a

1wage because the husband person is required by a court imposed sentence to perform
2unpaid public work or unpaid community service; or
SB327,44 3Section 44. 49.19 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,18,64 49.19 (4) (d) 3. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has been committed
5to the department pursuant to ch. 975, irrespective of the probable period of such
6commitment; or
SB327,45 7Section 45. 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,18,108 49.19 (4) (d) 4. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has continuously
9abandoned or failed to support him or her, if proceedings have been commenced
10against the husband person under ch. 769; or
SB327,46 11Section 46. 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,18,1512 49.19 (4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a husband spouse or legally
13separated from his or her husband spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
14of law to compel his or her former husband spouse to adequately support the child
15for whom aid is sought; or
SB327,47 16Section 47 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,19,1217 49.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
18person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
19938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
20services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
21chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
22and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
23person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
24case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
25including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839

1(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
2order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
3the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
4adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
5be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
6with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
7widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully
8dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such
9part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for
10the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable
11persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or
12the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
SB327,48 13Section 48. 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,19,1614 49.43 (12) “Spouse" means the legal husband or wife of person to whom the
15beneficiary is legally married, whether or not the person is eligible for medical
16assistance.
SB327,49 17Section 49. 49.471 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,19,1818 49.471 (1) (b) 2. A stepfather, stepmother stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister.
SB327,50 19Section 50. 49.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,20,2120 49.90 (4) The circuit court shall in a summary way hear the allegations and
21proofs of the parties and by order require maintenance from these relatives, if they
22have sufficient ability, considering their own future maintenance and making
23reasonable allowance for the protection of the property and investments from which
24they derive their living and their care and protection in old age, in the following
25order: First the husband or wife spouse; then the father and the mother parents; and

1then the grandparents in the instances in which sub. (1) (a) 2. applies. The order
2shall specify a sum which that will be sufficient for the support of the dependent
3person under sub. (1) (a) 1. or the maintenance of a child of a dependent person under
4sub. (1) (a) 2., to be paid weekly or monthly, during a period fixed by the order or until
5the further order of the court. If the court is satisfied that any such relative is unable
6wholly to maintain the dependent person or the child, but is able to contribute to the
7person's support or the child's maintenance, the court may direct 2 or more of the
8relatives to maintain the person or the child and prescribe the proportion each shall
9contribute. If the court is satisfied that these relatives are unable together wholly
10to maintain the dependent person or the child, but are able to contribute to the
11person's support or the child's maintenance, the court shall direct a sum to be paid
12weekly or monthly by each relative in proportion to ability. Contributions directed
13by court order, if for less than full support, shall be paid to the department of health
14services or the department of children and families, whichever is appropriate, and
15distributed as required by state and federal law. An order under this subsection that
16relates to maintenance required under sub. (1) (a) 2. shall specifically assign
17responsibility for and direct the manner of payment of the child's health care
18expenses, subject to the limitations under subs. (1) (a) 2. and (11). Upon application
19of any party affected by the order and upon like notice and procedure, the court may
20modify such an order. Obedience to such an order may be enforced by proceedings
21for contempt.
SB327,51 22Section 51. 54.01 (36) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,21,223 54.01 (36) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
24judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
25decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless the 2 subsequently

1participated in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
2subsequently held themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
SB327,52 3Section 52. 54.960 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,21,104 54.960 (1) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple
5beneficiaries are deemed to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests
6for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of
7husband and wife 2 individuals who are married to each other, for whom
8survivorship is presumed, a right of survivorship does not exist unless the
9instrument creating the custodial trust specifically provides for survivorship or
10survivorship is required as to marital property.
SB327,53 11Section 53. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,21,1512 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
1359.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
14who reside in that county for whom no father's name only one parent's name has been
15inserted on the registrant's birth certificate within 6 months of birth.
SB327,54 16Section 54. 69.05 (3m) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB327,21,2017 69.05 (3m) (intro.) If the mother a parent of a registrant of a birth certificate
18resides in a city and the birth certificate is not filed in such city, send a copy of the
19birth certificate to the local health department with jurisdiction for the city if all of
20the following are true
:
SB327,21,2221 (a) The local health department has a maternal-child visitation or information
22program;.
SB327,21,2423 (b) The local health department has requested the copy and notified the state
24registrar of its request; and.
SB327,55 25Section 55. 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,22,14
169.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth certificate that
2affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's name,
3or marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence of the
4event that is the subject of the birth certificate, if the amendment is at the request
5of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is on a request form
6supplied by the state registrar, and if the amendment is accompanied by 2 items of
7documentary evidence from early childhood that are sufficient to prove that the item
8to be changed is in error and by the affidavit of the person requesting the
9amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth certificate may be made
10under this paragraph only if the marital status is inconsistent with information
11concerning the father or husband spouse that appears on the birth certificate. This
12paragraph may not be used to add to or delete from a birth certificate the name of a
13parent, to change the identity of a parent named on the birth certificate, or to effect
14a name change prohibited under s. 301.47.
SB327,56 15Section 56. 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,22,2016 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the certificate of birth may be
17requested under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father or
18husband spouse information appearing on the certificate of birth. This section may
19not be used to add or delete the name of a parent on the certificate of birth or change
20the identity of either parent named on the certificate of birth.
SB327,57 21Section 57. 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,23,222 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
23document, a certified copy of a certificate of divorce or annulment or a final divorce
24decree that indicates that the mother was not married to the person listed as her

1husband spouse at any time during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any
2other legal document that clarifies the disputed information.
SB327,58 3Section 58. 69.14 (1) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB327,23,74 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.
SB327,59 8Section 59. 69.14 (1) (e) (title) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB327,23,149 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 certificate as the a legal father parent of
13the registrant. The name of the father parent entered under this subdivision may
14not be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.
SB327,60 15Section 60. 69.14 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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