767.73 Delinquent child or family support; suspension of operating privilege.
(1) Authority to suspend.
(a) In this subsection, “support payment" means a payment ordered for support under s. 767.521, support under s. 767.501, child support or family support under s. 767.225, family support under s. 767.531, 2019 stats., revised child or family support under s. 767.59, or child support under s. 767.511, 767.804 (3), 767.805 (4), 767.85, 767.863 (3), 767.89, or 948.22 (7) or ch. 769.
(b) If a person fails to pay a support payment that is 90 or more days past due and the court finds that the person has the ability to pay the amount ordered, the court may suspend the person's operating privilege, as defined in s. 340.01 (40), until the person pays all arrearages in full or makes payment arrangements that are satisfactory to the court, except that the suspension period may not exceed 2 years. If otherwise eligible, the person is eligible for an occupational license under s. 343.10 at any time.
(2) Notice of suspension to department of transportation. If a court orders suspension of a person's operating privilege under sub. (1) (b), the court shall notify the department of transportation, in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The notice to the department shall include the name and last-known address of the person against whom the support order was entered, certification by the court that the person has been notified of the entry of the support order and that there are arrearages in support payments that are 90 or more days past due, and the place where the arrearages may be paid. The notice shall also state that the person's operating privilege remains suspended until the person pays all arrearages in full or makes payment arrangements that are satisfactory to the court, except that the suspension period may not exceed 2 years.
(3) Notice of payment to department. If the person subsequently pays the full amount of the arrearages or makes payment arrangements that are satisfactory to the court, the court shall immediately notify the department of transportation of the payment in the form and manner prescribed by the department.
(4) Application to past arrearages. This section applies to support arrearages existing on or after October 1, 1996, regardless of when the arrearages accrued or when the order or judgment requiring the payment of support was entered.
(5) Relationship to other remedies. The remedy permitted under this section is in addition to any other remedies authorized by law.
History: 1995 a. 401; 1997 a. 84, 191; 1999 a. 9, 32; 2005 a. 443 ss. 139, 140, 141, 236; Stats. 2005 s. 767.73; 2019 a. 95; 2021 a. 35.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 767 - Actions affecting the family.
767.041 - Full faith and credit; comity.
767.055 - Uniform Divorce Recognition Act.
767.105 - Information from the office of family court commissioner.
767.117 - Prohibited acts during pendency of action.
767.127 - Financial disclosure.
767.13 - Impoundment of record.
767.16 - Circuit court commissioner or law partner; when interested; procedure.
767.18 - Actions to affirm marriage.
767.201 - Civil procedure generally governs.
767.205 - Parties; title of actions.
767.215 - Initiating action; petition and response.
767.217 - Notice to Child Support Program.
767.225 - Orders during pendency of action.
767.235 - Trial or hearing on judgment.
767.241 - Award of attorney fees and other fees and costs.
767.251 - Content, preparation, and approval of judgment.
767.264 - Dismissal; vacation; substitution or withdrawal of attorney.
767.273 - Allowances pending appeal.
767.281 - Filing procedures and orders for enforcement or modification of judgments or orders.
767.301 - Residence requirements.
767.315 - Grounds for divorce and legal separation.
767.323 - Suspension of proceedings to effect reconciliation.
767.331 - Actions for certain interspousal remedies.
767.333 - Initial orders based on stipulation prior to judgment.
767.335 - Waiting period for final hearing or trial.
767.34 - Court-approved stipulation.
767.35 - Judgment of divorce or legal separation.
767.36 - Copies of judgment to parties.
767.375 - Effect on transfers at death.
767.385 - Maintenance, legal custody, and support when divorce or separation denied.
767.401 - Educational programs and classes.
767.405 - Family court services.
767.407 - Guardian ad litem for minor children.
767.41 - Custody and physical placement.
767.43 - Visitation rights of certain persons.
767.44 - Prohibiting visitation or physical placement if a parent kills other parent.
767.451 - Revision of legal custody and physical placement orders.
767.461 - Revisions agreed to by stipulation.
767.471 - Enforcement of physical placement orders.
767.481 - Relocating a child's residence.
767.501 - Actions to compel support.
767.513 - Child health care expenses.
767.521 - Action by state for child support.
767.54 - Required exchange of financial information.
767.55 - Child support: employment-related orders.
767.553 - Annual adjustments in support orders.
767.57 - Maintenance, child support, and family support payments; fees.
767.58 - Notice of change of employer, address, and ability to pay; other information.
767.59 - Revision of support and maintenance orders.
767.63 - Disposed assets may be subject to division.
767.70 - Child support enforcement: notice and service of process.
767.71 - Reconciling percentage-expressed support orders.
767.73 - Delinquent child or family support; suspension of operating privilege.
767.75 - Assignment of income for payment obligations.
767.77 - Enforcement of payment obligations.
767.78 - Enforcement; contempt proceedings.
767.80 - Determination of paternity.
767.803 - Determination of marital children.
767.804 - Genetic test results.
767.805 - Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity.
767.814 - Names on pleadings after paternity determined.
767.815 - Enlargement of time in a paternity proceeding.
767.82 - Paternity procedures.
767.84 - Genetic tests in paternity actions.
767.853 - Paternity hearings and records; confidentiality.
767.855 - Dismissal if adjudication not in child's best interest.
767.86 - Time of first appearance.
767.865 - Deceased respondent.
767.87 - Testimony and evidence relating to paternity.
767.88 - Pretrial paternity proceedings.
767.893 - Default and stipulated judgments.
767.895 - Motion to reopen judgment based on statement acknowledging paternity.