Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session
Relating to: inheritance by a parent who abandons a child.
Children — Abuse and neglect Estate of deceased person
- Introduced, completed
- Passes Assembly, completed
- Passes Senate, completed
- Governor signs, completed
- Law, completed
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, if a child dies intestate, the parents of the deceased child
inherit the child's estate if the child was not married and did not have any children
of his or her own. This bill prohibits a parent who abandoned a deceased child, as
determined by a court, from inheriting the child's estate by intestate succession.
Under the bill, a parent abandoned a deceased child if, for at least one year before
the child's death and without cause, the parent failed to communicate with the child,
care for the child, and provide for the child's maintenance and support. A parent who
is prohibited from inheriting from a deceased child due to abandonment is not
considered an heir of the child.
Sponsors
Votes
Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 11, Noes 1
Passed 11–1 Nov 10, 2015 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 1
Passed 4–1 Feb 11, 2016 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- May 14, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Kitchens, A. Ott, Knodl, Edming and Tittl; cosponsored by Senator Harris Dodd
- May 14, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families
- Jun 3, 2015 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Oct 15, 2015 · Assembly
Representative Johnson added as a coauthor
- Oct 28, 2015 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Nov 10, 2015 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 11, Noes 1
- Nov 10, 2015 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 14, 2016 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-19-2016 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 19, 2016 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 20, 2016 · Senate
Senator Kapenga added as a cosponsor
- Jan 22, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Feb 4, 2016 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 11, 2016 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 11, 2016 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- Feb 11, 2016 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 15, 2016 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Feb 16, 2016 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 17, 2016 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Feb 25, 2016 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2016
- Feb 29, 2016 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 2-29-2016
- Mar 2, 2016 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 3-1-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 224
- Mar 2, 2016 · Assembly
Published 3-2-2016