Jenny Boese
Vol. 75, No. 9, September 2002
Statute Affected
814.634(1)(a)
Increase fee from $40 to $52
814.634(1)(b)
Increases fees for large claims, third-party complaints, and garnishment actions or wage earner actions if the amount claimed exceeds $5,000
814.634(1)(c)
Increases fees for small claim actions (including counterclaims or cross-complaints filed under 799.02), large claims, third-party complaints, and garnishment actions or wage earner actions if the amount claimed is equal to or less than $5,000
Provision
Court Funding
Original cuts to the court budgets were about $3.5 million. A compromise restored about $1.37 million, leaving it as a $2.2 million cut.
Adoption & Safe Families Compliance
Language similar to Assembly Bill 809 to bring Wisconsin into compliance with federal Adoption & Safe Families Act. In general, provisions apply to CHIPS (children in need under ch. 48) and JIPS (juveniles in need under ch. 938), affecting dispositional orders, permanency plans, and TPR actions, among many others provisions.
State Bar's Children & the Law Section supported.
Internal Revenue Code Updates
Adopt a variety of changes to conform Wisconsin law to federal Internal Revenue Code updates, including EGTRRA (changes to conform to IRC updates were not made to Wisconsin's estate tax law, as affected by 2001 Act 16).
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