Wisconsin statute: 767.293
767.293 Affidavit for certain arrearages. (1) If an order for child support under this chapter or s. 94822 (7), an order for family support under this chapter or a stipulation approved by the court or the family court commissioner for child support under this chapter requires a payer to pay child or family support in an amount that is expressed as a percentage of parental income, the payee, including the state or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) if the state is a real party in interest under s. 767.075 (1), may establish an arrearage by filing an affidavit in the action in which the order for the payment of support was entered or the stipulation for support was approved. The affidavit shall state the amount of the arrearage and the facts supporting a reasonable basis on which the arrearage was determined and may state the payer's current income and the facts supporting a reasonable basis on which the payer's current income was determined. Not later than 60 days after filing the affidavit, the payee shall serve the affidavit on the payer in the manner provided in s. 801.11 (1) (a) or (b) or by sending the affidavit by registered or certified mail to the last-known address of the payer. After the payee files a proof of service on the payer, the court shall send a notice to the payer by regular, registered or certified mail to the payer's last-known address. The notice shall provide that, unless the payer requests a hearing to dispute the arrearage or the amount of the arrearage not later than 20 days after the date of the notice, the court or family court commissioner may enter an order against the payer in the amount stated in the affidavit and may provide notice of assignment under s. 767.265. The notice shall include the mailing address to which the request for hearing must be mailed or delivered in order to schedule a hearing under sub. (2).
(2) If the payer makes a timely request for a hearing, the court or family court commissioner shall hold a hearing on the issue of the amount of the arrearage, if any. If the court or family court commissioner determines after hearing that an arrearage exists, the court or family court commissioner shall enter an order establishing an arrearage in the amount determined by the court or family court commissioner and may send notice of assignment under s.767.265.
(3) If the court or family court commissioner sends the notice under sub. (1) and the payer fails to make a timely request for a hearing, the court or family court commissioner, if the affidavit
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the court or family court commissioner that an arrearage exists, shall enter an order establishing an arrearage in the amount determined by the court or family court commissioner and may send notice of assignment under s. 767.265. The court or family court commissioner shall send the
order to the payer's last-known address and shall inform the payer whether an assignment is in effect and that the payer may, within a 10-day period, by motion request a hearing on the issue of whether the order should be vacated or the assignment should be withdrawn.
(4) An assignment under sub. (2) or (3) shall replace any assignment in effect for the order or stipulation on which the arrearage is based. An assignment under sub. (2) or (3) shall be for an amount sufficient to ensure payment under the order or stipulation on which the arrearage is based and to pay the arrearage determined under sub. (2) or (3), together with any arrearages due before the proceeding under this section, at a periodic rate not to exceed 50% of the amount of support due under the order or stipulation on which the arrearage determined under sub. (2) or (3) is based., except that the total amount withheld under the assignment may not leave the payer at an income below the poverty line established under 42 USC 9902 (2).
Judge Mary K. Wagner has always enforced me to live in poverty, but when she threw me in jail she put me beyond poverty. She gave me a greater totoal of Child Support Arrears for 2004 than I even made. My total before taxes is less than my arrears she instigated.
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