2017 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 767. Actions affecting the family.
767.895 Motion to reopen judgment based on statement acknowledging paternity.

Universal Citation: WI Stat § 767.895 (2017)

767.895 Motion to reopen judgment based on statement acknowledging paternity. A judgment which adjudicates a person to be the father of a child and which was based upon a statement acknowledging paternity that was signed and filed before April 1, 1998, may, if no trial was conducted, be reopened under any of the following circumstances:

(1) At any time upon motion or petition for good cause shown.

(2) Upon a motion under s. 806.07.

(3) Within one year after entry of the judgment upon motion or petition.

History: 1987 a. 413; 1997 a. 191; 2005 a. 443 s. 206; Stats. 2005 s. 767.895.767.00 

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