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WY Stat § 14-2-811 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 8 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 14-2-811 - Proceeding Before Birth.

14-2-811. Proceeding before birth.| (a) A proceeding to determine parentage may be commenced before the birth of the child, but may not be concluded until after the birth of the child. The following actions may be taken before the birth of the child:  (i) Service of process;  (ii) Discovery; and  (iii) Except as prohibited by W.S. 14-2-702, collection of specimens for genetic testing.
WY Stat § 14-2-812 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 8 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 14-2-812 - Child as Party; Representation.

14-2-812. Child as party; representation.| (a) A minor child is a permissible party, but is not a necessary party to a proceeding under this article.  (b) The court shall appoint an attorney to represent the best interest of a minor or incapacitated child if the child is a party or the court finds that the interests of the child are not adequately represented.
WY Stat § 14-2-813 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 8 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 14-2-813 - Admissibility of Results of Genetic Testing; Expenses.

14-2-813. Admissibility of results of genetic testing; expenses.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a record of a genetic testing expert is admissible as evidence of the truth of the facts asserted in the report unless a party objects to its admission within fourteen (14) days after its receipt by the objecting party and cites specific grounds for exclusion. The admissibility of the report is not affected by whether the testing was performed:  (i) Voluntarily or pursuant to an order of the court or a child support enforcement agency; or  (ii) Before or after the commencement of the proceeding.  (b) A party objecting to the results of genetic testing may call one (1) or more genetic testing experts to testify in person or by telephone, videoconference, deposition or another method approved by the court. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the party offering the testimony bears the expense for the expert testifying.  (c) If a child has a presumed, acknowledged or adjudicated father, the results of genetic testing are inadmissible to adjudicate parentage unless performed:  (i) With the consent of both the mother and the presumed, acknowledged or adjudicated father; or  (ii) Pursuant to an order of the court under W.S. 14-2-702.  (d) Copies of bills for genetic testing and for prenatal and postnatal health care for the mother and child which are furnished to the adverse party not less than ten (10) days before the date of a hearing are admissible to establish:  (i) The amount of the charges billed; and  (ii) That the charges were reasonable, necessary and customary.
WY Stat § 14-2-814 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 8 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 14-2-814 - Consequences of Declining Genetic Testing.

14-2-814. Consequences of declining genetic testing.| (a) A person who declines to comply with an order for genetic testing is guilty of contempt of court.  (b) If an individual whose paternity is being determined declines to submit to genetic testing ordered by the court, the court for that reason may adjudicate parentage contrary to the position of that individual.  (c) Genetic testing of the mother of a child is not a condition precedent to testing the child and a man whose paternity is being determined. If the mother is unavailable or declines to submit to genetic testing, the court may order the testing of the child and every man whose paternity is being adjudicated.
WY Stat § 14-2-815 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 8 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 14-2-815 - Admission of Paternity Authorized.

14-2-815. Admission of paternity authorized.| (a) A respondent in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may admit to the paternity of a child by filing a pleading to that effect or by admitting paternity under penalty of perjury when making an appearance or during a hearing.  (b) If the court finds that the admission of paternity satisfies the requirements of this section and finds that there is no reason to question the admission, the court shall issue an order adjudicating the child to be the child of the man admitting paternity.
WY Stat § 14-2-816 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 8 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 14-2-816 - Temporary Order.

14-2-816. Temporary order.| (a) In a proceeding under this article, the court shall issue a temporary order for support of a child if the order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay support is:  (i) A presumed father of the child;  (ii) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;  (iii) Identified as the father through genetic testing under W.S. 14-2-705;  (iv) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;  (v) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child; or  (vi) The mother of the child.  (b) A temporary order may include provisions for custody and visitation as provided by other law of this state.
WY Stat § 14-2-817 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 8 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 14-2-817 - Rules for Adjudication of Paternity.

14-2-817. Rules for adjudication of paternity.| (a) The court shall apply the following rules to adjudicate the paternity of a child:  (i) The paternity of a child having a presumed, acknowledged or adjudicated father may be disproved only by admissible results of genetic testing excluding that man as the father of the child or identifying another man as the father of the child;  (ii) Unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to rebut other results of genetic testing, a man identified as the father of a child under W.S. 14-2-705 shall be adjudicated the father of the child;  (iii) If the court finds that genetic testing under W.S. 14-2-705 neither identifies nor excludes a man as the father of a child, the court may not dismiss the proceeding. In that event, the results of genetic testing, and other evidence, are admissible to adjudicate the issue of paternity;  (iv) Unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to rebut other results of genetic testing, a man excluded as the father of a child by genetic testing shall be adjudicated not to be the father of the child.
WY Stat § 14-2-818 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 8 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 14-2-818 - Jury Prohibited.

14-2-818. Jury prohibited.| The court, without a jury, shall adjudicate paternity of a child.
WY Stat § 14-2-819 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 8 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 14-2-819 - Hearings; Inspection of Records.

14-2-819. Hearings; inspection of records.| Notwithstanding any other law concerning public hearings and records, any hearing or trial held under this act shall be held in closed court without admittance of any person other than those necessary to the action or proceeding. All papers and records other than the final judgment pertaining to the action or proceeding, whether part of the permanent record of the court or of a file in the state office of vital records services or elsewhere, are subject to inspection only by court order.
WY Stat § 14-2-820 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 8 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 14-2-820 - Order on Default.

14-2-820. Order on default.| (a) The court shall issue an order adjudicating the paternity of a man who:  (i) After service of process, is in default; and  (ii) Is found by the court to be the father of a child.
WY Stat § 14-2-821 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 8 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 14-2-821 - Dismissal for Want of Prosecution.

14-2-821. Dismissal for want of prosecution.| The court may issue an order dismissing a proceeding commenced under this act for want of prosecution only without prejudice. An order of dismissal for want of prosecution purportedly with prejudice is void and has only the effect of a dismissal without prejudice.
WY Stat § 14-2-822 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 8 - Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage|Section 14-2-822 - Order Adjudicating Parentage.

14-2-822. Order adjudicating parentage.| (a) The court shall issue an order adjudicating whether a man alleged or claiming to be the father is the parent of the child.  (b) An order adjudicating parentage shall identify the child by name and date of birth.  (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the court may assess filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, fees for genetic testing, necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred in a proceeding under this article. The court may award attorney's fees, which may be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name.  (d) The court may not assess fees, costs or expenses against the child support enforcement agency of this state or another state, except as provided by other law.  (e) On request of a party and for good cause shown, the court may order that the name of the child be changed.  (f) If the order of the court is at variance with the child's birth certificate, the court shall order the state office of vital records to issue an amended birth certificate.  (g) Upon a sufficient showing by the department of family services that birth costs were paid by medical assistance within the preceding five (5) years, the court shall include a requirement in an order adjudicating parentage that the father pay birth costs to the department in the manner set forth in W.S. 14-2-1004. Failure of the department to make a sufficient showing under this subsection shall not preclude the department from subsequently seeking recovery in any other manner authorized by law.
WY Stat § 14-2-901 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 9 - Child of Assisted Reproduction|Section 14-2-901 - Scope of Article.

14-2-901. Scope of article.| This article does not apply to the birth of a child conceived by means of sexual intercourse or to the birth of a child under a gestational agreement as defined by W.S. 35-1-401(a)(xiv).
WY Stat § 14-2-902 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 9 - Child of Assisted Reproduction|Section 14-2-902 - Parental Status of Donor.

14-2-902. Parental status of donor.| A donor is not a parent of a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction.
WY Stat § 14-2-903 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 9 - Child of Assisted Reproduction|Section 14-2-903 - Paternity of Child of Assisted Reproduction.

14-2-903. Paternity of child of assisted reproduction.| A man who provides sperm for, or consents to, assisted reproduction by a woman as provided in W.S. 14-2-904, with the intent to be the parent of her child, is the parent of the resulting child.
WY Stat § 14-2-904 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 9 - Child of Assisted Reproduction|Section 14-2-904 - Consent to Assisted Reproduction.

14-2-904. Consent to assisted reproduction.| (a) Consent by a woman and a man who intends to be the parent of a child born to the woman by assisted reproduction shall be in a record signed by the woman and the man. This requirement shall not apply to a donor.  (b) Failure to sign a consent required by subsection (a) of this section, before or after birth of the child, does not preclude a finding of paternity if the woman and the man, during the first two (2) years of the child's life resided together in the same household with the child and openly held out the child as their own.
WY Stat § 14-2-905 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 9 - Child of Assisted Reproduction|Section 14-2-905 - Limitation on Husband's Dispute of Paternity.

14-2-905. Limitation on husband's dispute of paternity.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the husband of a wife who gives birth to a child by means of assisted reproduction may not challenge his paternity of the child unless:  (i) Within two (2) years after learning of the birth of the child he commences a proceeding to adjudicate his paternity; and  (ii) The court finds that he did not consent to the assisted reproduction, before or after birth of the child.  (b) A proceeding to adjudicate paternity may be maintained at any time if the court determines that:  (i) The husband did not provide sperm for, or before or after the birth of the child consent to, assisted reproduction by his wife;  (ii) The husband and the mother of the child have not cohabited since the probable time of assisted reproduction; and  (iii) The husband never openly held out the child as his own.  (c) The limitation provided in this section applies to a marriage declared invalid after assisted reproduction.
WY Stat § 14-2-906 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 9 - Child of Assisted Reproduction|Section 14-2-906 - Effect of Dissolution of Marriage or Withdrawal of Consent.

14-2-906. Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent.| (a) If a marriage is dissolved before placement of eggs, sperm or embryos, the former spouse is not a parent of the resulting child unless the former spouse consented in a record that if assisted reproduction were to occur after a divorce, the former spouse would be a parent of the child.  (b) The consent of a woman or a man to assisted reproduction may be withdrawn by that individual in a record at any time before placement of eggs, sperm or embryos. An individual who withdraws consent under this section is not a parent of the resulting child.
WY Stat § 14-2-907 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 9 - Child of Assisted Reproduction|Section 14-2-907 - Parental Status of Deceased Individual.

14-2-907. Parental status of deceased individual.| If an individual who consented in a record to be a parent by assisted reproduction dies before placement of eggs, sperm or embryos, the deceased individual is not a parent of the resulting child unless the deceased individual consented in a record that if assisted reproduction were to occur after death, the deceased individual would be a parent of the child.
WY Stat § 14-2-1001 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 10 - Medicaid Fairness Act|Section 14-2-1001 - Short Title.

14-2-1001. Short title.| This article may be cited as the "Medicaid Fairness Act."
WY Stat § 14-2-1002 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 10 - Medicaid Fairness Act|Section 14-2-1002 - Definitions.

14-2-1002. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Birth cost" means all expenses relating to prenatal care, delivery of a child and any other costs which are directly connected to a pregnancy and paid by medical assistance;  (ii) "Department" means the department of family services created pursuant to W.S. 9-2-2101;  (iii) "Federal poverty level" means the federal poverty guideline updated annually in the federal register by the United States department of health and human services;  (iv) "Medical assistance" means as defined in W.S. 42-4-102(a)(ii).
WY Stat § 14-2-1003 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 10 - Medicaid Fairness Act|Section 14-2-1003 - Birth Cost Recovery-Medical Assistance.

14-2-1003. Birth cost recovery-medical assistance.| (a) Not more than sixty (60) days after an unmarried recipient of medical assistance gives birth to a child, the department of health shall notify the department of family services of the actual amount of birth costs paid by medical assistance.  (b) Upon receiving notice pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the department shall determine whether the paternity of the child has been established.  (c) Consistent with W.S. 42-4-106(b), if paternity has been established based on an acknowledgment made pursuant to W.S. 14-2-601, the department shall, in writing, request the father to pay the amount of birth costs established pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1004.  (d) Within ninety (90) days of a request made pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, if the father has not made full payment or has not made arrangements for full payment to the satisfaction of the department, the department shall commence a civil action in accordance with W.S. 14-2-204 to recover the amount of birth costs established pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1004.  (e) If paternity has not been established, the department, in cooperation with the mother of the child, shall use any means authorized by law to determine the paternity of the child, subject to W.S. 42-4-122(b)(ii).  (f) Consistent with W.S. 42-4-106(b), if the father of the child is identified by the department pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, the department shall bring a civil action to adjudicate paternity and recover the amount of birth costs established pursuant to W.S. 42-4-1004 from the father, in the manner set forth in W.S. 14-2-822.  (g) The department shall not take any of the actions set forth in this section on or after the fifth birthday of the child.
WY Stat § 14-2-1004 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 10 - Medicaid Fairness Act|Section 14-2-1004 - Birth Cost Recovery Calculation-Medical Assistance.

14-2-1004. Birth cost recovery calculation-medical assistance.| (a) Before requiring the payment of any amount of birth costs under W.S. 14-2-1003, the department shall require the father to provide satisfactory proof of income. If the father does not provide satisfactory proof of income, or if the department is unable to determine the father's income using any means authorized by law, a rebuttable presumption shall exist that the father's income is greater than four hundred percent (400%) of the federal poverty level.  (b) After notification of birth costs pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1003(a), the department shall calculate the amount of birth costs that are recoverable from the father in the following manner, subject to subsection (d) of this section:  (i) For a father earning less than two hundred percent (200%) of the federal poverty level, zero percent (0%) of the birth costs;  (ii) For a father earning two hundred percent (200%) or greater, but less than two hundred fifty percent (250%) of the federal poverty level, ten percent (10%) of the birth costs;  (iii) For a father earning two hundred fifty percent (250%) or greater, but less than three hundred percent (300%) of the federal poverty level, twenty percent (20%) of the birth costs;  (iv) For a father earning three hundred percent (300%) or greater, but less than three hundred fifty percent (350%) of the federal poverty level, thirty percent (30%) of the birth costs;  (v) For a father earning three hundred fifty percent (350%) or greater, but less than four hundred percent (400%) of the federal poverty level, forty percent (40%) of the birth costs;  (vi) For a father earning four hundred percent (400%) of the federal poverty level or greater, fifty percent (50%) of the birth costs.  (c) The department may assess a fee, in addition to any recoverable birth costs under subsection (b) of this section, which equals the average expenses incurred by the department on a per case basis for the administration of this article and W.S. 42-4-122, plus any attorney's fees, if applicable. No fee or attorney's fees shall be assessed against a father who meets the criteria of paragraph (b)(i) of this section.  (d) The total amount recoverable by the department under this section, including any fee or attorney's fees assessed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, shall not exceed the average birth cost paid by medical assistance in this state, as established by rule promulgated pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1008.
WY Stat § 14-2-1005 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 10 - Medicaid Fairness Act|Section 14-2-1005 - Birth Cost Recovery Allocation-Medical Assistance.

14-2-1005. Birth cost recovery allocation-medical assistance.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, any amount recovered by the department pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1003(c), (d) or (f) shall be remitted to the department of health.  (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, any amount recovered by the department pursuant to W.S. 20-2-401(f) shall be:  (i) Recovered in the manner set forth in W.S. 20-6-101 through 20-6-222; and  (ii) Remitted by the department to the department of health.  (c) The department of health shall remit to the federal government any amount collected under this article and required to be reimbursed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396k(b).  (d) The department may, on a quarterly basis, remit:  (i) Forty percent (40%) of the total amount of birth costs recovered pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1003(c), (d) and (f) and 20-2-401(f), less any reimbursements made to the federal government pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, to the birth cost recovery incentive account created pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1006(a).  (ii) Any fee or attorney's fee assessed by the department pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1004(c) to the birth cost recovery administration account created pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1006(b).
WY Stat § 14-2-1006 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 10 - Medicaid Fairness Act|Section 14-2-1006 - Birth Cost Recovery Accounts.

14-2-1006. Birth cost recovery accounts.| (a) There is created the birth cost recovery incentive account. Funds remitted to the account pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1005(d)(i) shall be used by the department for any services or programs relating to infants or mothers. The account may be divided into subaccounts for purposes of administrative management. Funds in the account are continuously appropriated and shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal period.  (b) There is created the birth cost recovery administration account. Funds remitted to the account pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1005(d)(ii) shall be used by the department to offset the costs of the administration of this article and W.S. 42-4-122. The account may be divided into subaccounts for purposes of administrative management. Funds in the account are continuously appropriated and shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal period.
WY Stat § 14-2-1007 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 10 - Medicaid Fairness Act|Section 14-2-1007 - Best Interests of a Child.

14-2-1007. Best interests of a child.| The department shall not take any action authorized by this article and W.S. 42-4-122 if the department determines that the action would not be in the best interests of a child.
WY Stat § 14-2-1008 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 2 - Parents|Article 10 - Medicaid Fairness Act|Section 14-2-1008 - Adoption of Rules.

14-2-1008. Adoption of rules.| The department of family services and the department of health, in consultation with each other, shall each promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this article and W.S. 42-4-122.