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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 218

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Relating to: inheritance by a parent who abandons a child.

Children — Abuse and neglect Estate of deceased person

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. 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

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Edming (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Tittl (R)

3 cosponsors

Harris Dodd (D) , Johnson (D) , Kapenga (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 11, Noes 1

Passed 11–1 Nov 10, 2015 official source full page

No 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 page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. May 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Kitchens, A. Ott, Knodl, Edming and Tittl; cosponsored by Senator Harris Dodd

  2. May 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Jun 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 15, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Johnson added as a coauthor

  5. Oct 28, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Nov 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 11, Noes 1

  7. Nov 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Jan 14, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-19-2016 by Committee on Rules

  9. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Jan 19, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  13. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Senator Kapenga added as a cosponsor

  16. Jan 22, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  17. Feb 4, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  18. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  19. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  20. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  21. Feb 15, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  22. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  23. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  25. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Feb 17, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  28. Feb 25, 2016 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2016

  29. Feb 29, 2016 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 2-29-2016

  30. Mar 2, 2016 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-1-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 224

  31. Mar 2, 2016 · Assembly

    Published 3-2-2016