(1) DEFINITIONS. In
this section:
(a) "Adult" means a person who
is 18 years of age or older.
(b)
"Foster parent" means a person licensed to operate a foster home or treatment
foster home under s.
48.62,
Stats.
(c) "Guardian" means the
person named by the court having the duty and authority of
guardianship.
(d) "Minor" means a
person less than 18 years of age.
(e) "Parent" means either a biological
parent, a husband who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife
under s.
891.40,
Stats., or a parent by adoption. If the child is a nonmarital child who is not
adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s.
767.803,
Stats., "parent" includes a person adjudged in a judicial proceeding to be the
biological father. "Parent" does not include any person whose parental rights
have been terminated.
(f)
"Stepparent" means a person who is married to the minor's biological or
adoptive parent and is not a biological or adoptive parent of the minor.
Note: The definitions used in pars. (c) and (e) are intended to
parallel those in s.
48.02, Stats.
(2) ADULT SPONSORS. The
following adults may sponsor a minor's application for Wisconsin operator's
license:
(a) The minor's parent, stepparent
or guardian.
(b) The minor's
spouse.
(c) The minor's
grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle or foster parent if the minor does
not reside with any of the persons identified in par. (a).
(d) The person with whom a foreign exchange
student resides if the foreign exchange student is from outside the United
States and is not residing with any of the persons identified in par. (a).
(3) POWERS OF ATTORNEY.
An adult holding a valid power of attorney may execute the sponsorship form for
a minor on behalf of a sponsor.
Note: The department has a form Durable Power of Attorney,
Driver License Sponsorship for Minor that is designed to be used for this
purpose, form MV 3627. The form can be obtained from the Division of Motor
Vehicles, Bureau of Driver Services, P.O. Box 7920, Madison, WI 53707-7920,
telephone (608) 266-2237 or at any motor vehicle services station.
(4) PROOF OF IDENTITY. A sponsor
or attorney-in-fact of a sponsor shall provide proof of identity satisfying the
requirements of s.
Trans
102.15(4) when a department
representative acts as the witness to a sponsor's or attorney-in-fact's
signature.
