More Categories

Section 767.895 – Motion to reopen judgment based on statement acknowledging paternity

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Wisconsin

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.

Wis. Stat. ยง 767.895

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