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WY Stat § 20-5-415 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Child Custody|Article 4 - Enforcement|Section 20-5-415 - Role of Prosecutor or Other Appropriate Public Official.

20-5-415. Role of prosecutor or other appropriate public official.| (a) In a case arising under this act or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the prosecutor or other appropriate public official may take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding under this article or any other available civil proceeding, to locate a child, obtain the return of a child or enforce a child custody determination if there is:  (i) An existing child custody determination;  (ii) A request to do so from a court in a pending child custody proceeding;  (iii) A reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated; or  (iv) A reasonable belief that the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.  (b) A prosecutor or other appropriate public official acting under this section acts on behalf of the court and may not represent any party.
WY Stat § 20-5-416 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Child Custody|Article 4 - Enforcement|Section 20-5-416 - Role of Law Enforcement.

20-5-416. Role of law enforcement.| At the request of a prosecutor or other appropriate public official acting under W.S. 20-5-415, a law enforcement officer may take any lawful action reasonably necessary to locate a child or a party and assist a prosecutor or other appropriate public official with responsibilities under W.S. 20-5-415.
WY Stat § 20-5-417 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Child Custody|Article 4 - Enforcement|Section 20-5-417 - Costs and Expenses.

20-5-417. Costs and expenses.| If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the prosecutor or other appropriate public official and law enforcement officers under W.S. 20-5-415 or 20-5-416.
WY Stat § 20-5-501 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Child Custody|Article 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 20-5-501 - Application and Construction.

20-5-501. Application and construction.| In applying and construing this act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
WY Stat § 20-5-502 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Child Custody|Article 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 20-5-502 - Transitional Provision.

20-5-502. Transitional provision.| A motion or other request for relief made in a child custody proceeding or to enforce a child custody determination which was commenced before the effective date of this act is governed by the law in effect at the time the motion or other request was made.
WY Stat § 20-6-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 1 - In General|Section 20-6-101 - Short Title.

20-6-101. Short title.| This act may be cited as the "Child Support Enforcement Act".
WY Stat § 20-6-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 1 - In General|Section 20-6-102 - Definitions.

20-6-102. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Noncustodial parent" means the parent who was not awarded primary physical custody of the child by the court;  (ii) "Department" means the department of family services;  (iii) "Division" means the designated body to administer Title IV-D child support services within the department of family services;  (iv) "Obligee" means a person to whom the duty of support is owed;  (v) "Obligor" means any person owing a duty of support;  (vi) "Title IV-D" means Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act as amended;  (vii) "This act" means W.S. 20-6-101 through 20-6-112;  (viii) "Support order" means any order entered by a court or a tribal court, which provides for payment for the support of a child and may include medical support, spousal support, arrearages related costs and fees, interest and penalties, income withholding, and other relief;  (ix) "IV-D agency" means the department of family services;  (x) "Clerk" means, for the purpose of receipts, distribution and disbursement of child support, the clerk of district court in this state where the obligor is ordered to make payments, or where mandated by law, the state disbursement unit;  (xi) "Licensing agency" means the state or any of its political subdivisions, any board, commission or other entity that issues licenses, certificates or permits necessary for an obligor to operate a motor vehicle, hunt, fish or practice a profession or occupation;  (xii) "Program" means child support services provided in cooperation with the federal government pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, as amended.
WY Stat § 20-6-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 1 - In General|Section 20-6-103 - Child Support Enforcement Program; Administration by Child Support Enforcement Section.

20-6-103. Child support enforcement program; administration by child support enforcement section.| (a) The department shall establish a program of child support enforcement services in cooperation with the federal government pursuant to Title IV-D and other applicable federal regulations, to aid in administering the requirements of the program.  (b) The department shall designate a division within the department to administer the program in accordance with this act.  (c) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 179, § 2.
WY Stat § 20-6-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 1 - In General|Section 20-6-104 - Child Support Enforcement Services Generally.

20-6-104. Child support enforcement services generally.| (a) The services in intrastate and interstate situations provided under the child support enforcement program subject to or by appropriate orders of the court shall include:  (i) The establishment, enforcement and modification of an obligor's obligation to support dependent children;  (ii) The establishment, enforcement and modification of an obligor's obligation to provide medical support in all cases and medical insurance coverage for dependent children when available at a reasonable cost;  (iii) The location of an obligor or putative parent, obligee or child for purposes of establishing, enforcing or modifying the child support and medical support obligations and enforcing the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act;  (iv) The monitoring and processing of an obligor's child support payments;  (v) Providing applications, information and intake services to all eligible persons pursuant to law or upon request;  (vi) The location of persons, upon request of the noncustodial parent, in cases of denial or interference with court ordered visitation or in cases in which the custodial parent has removed the child from the state and failed to give notice of change of address in violation of a court order;  (vii) When an obligor is required to provide medical insurance coverage through the employer's health plan pursuant to a court order, the notification to an employer unless the obligor contests the notification and establishes good cause why the notice should not be provided;  (viii) The establishment of paternity for out of wedlock children pursuant to W.S. 14-2-401 et seq.
WY Stat § 20-6-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 1 - In General|Section 20-6-105 - Eligibility for Services; Fees for Services.

20-6-105. Eligibility for services; fees for services.| (a) Child support enforcement services shall be provided to:  (i) Those recipients of aid under the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program who, as a condition of eligibility under federal law, are required to assign their rights to support to, and cooperate with, the department in the establishment of parentage and the establishment, enforcement and modification of support obligations; and  (ii) Any eligible obligee or obligor without regard to income or the receipt of public assistance benefits. Eligibility shall be subject to reasonable standards established by the department. These standards shall take into account Title IV-D and other applicable federal regulations and the earnings, income and other resources already available to support the person.  (b) The department may charge the obligee or obligor, a reasonable application fee under paragraph (a)(ii) of this section and W.S. 20-6-108(a) and may recover the fee and all necessary and reasonable expenses of providing services from the obligor or obligee. The department may waive or defer any fee upon a showing of:  (i) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 53, § 2.  (ii) Necessity.  (c) The department shall, to comply with federal law, collect an annual fee from the obligee for child support enforcement services provided under paragraph (a)(ii) of this section. The department shall recover the fee from the obligee. The court may assess the fee to the obligor in any child support order.
WY Stat § 20-6-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 1 - In General|Section 20-6-107 - Payment of Support Money Collected to Department.

20-6-107. Payment of support money collected to department.| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section the obligor shall make all support payments to the department upon receipt of written notice that the children for whom the support obligation exists are receiving public assistance.  (b) If an obligor is ordered by the court to make payments to the clerk of court, the clerk shall forward all payments received from the obligor to the department.
WY Stat § 20-6-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 1 - In General|Section 20-6-108 - State Parent Locator Service.

20-6-108. State parent locator service.| (a) The department shall act as a state parent locator service to assist in:  (i) The location of parents who have abandoned their children or failed to provide for their support;  (ii) The location of persons, upon the request of law enforcement agencies, in cases of parental kidnapping or child custody violations under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act; and  (iii) The location of persons, upon request of the noncustodial parent, in cases of denial or interference with court ordered visitation or in cases in which the custodial parent has removed the child from the state and failed to give notice of change of address in violation of a court order.  (b) The department may request from state, county and local agencies all information and assistance necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. All state, county and city agencies, officers and employees shall cooperate in the location of parents who have violated custody or visitation orders or abandoned, deserted or failed to support their children and shall supply the department with all information available relative to the location, income and property of the parents.  (c) Any records provided, created or established under this section are available only for purposes of this act.  (d) The department shall comply with 42 U.S.C. § 653 with respect to the establishment, purpose and implementation of the federal parent locator service.  (e) The state shall establish and maintain in the federal and state parent locator service, an automated case registry, which shall contain abstracts of support orders and other information as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 653.  (f) The state case registry shall contain the names and social security numbers of the children. The state case registry of child support orders shall include abstracts of support orders, names, social security numbers or other uniform identification numbers and state identification numbers of individuals who owe support, in addition to the names and social security numbers of children of such persons.
WY Stat § 20-6-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 1 - In General|Section 20-6-109 - Cooperation With Other States.

20-6-109. Cooperation with other states.| (a) When required to qualify for federal funds under Title IV-D, the department shall assist other states in locating parents under the terms and conditions of this act.  (b) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 53, § 2.
WY Stat § 20-6-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 2 - Income Withholding|Section 20-6-201 - Short Title.

20-6-201. Short title.| This act may be cited as the "Income Withholding Act".
WY Stat § 20-6-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 2 - Income Withholding|Section 20-6-203 - Notices; Method of Service.

20-6-203. Notices; method of service.| All notices required by this act shall be served by certified mail return receipt requested or first class mail to the last known address of the addressee or shall be personally served as provided by the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure. If mailed, notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid. Proof of mailing shall be sufficient proof of notice.
WY Stat § 20-6-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 2 - Income Withholding|Section 20-6-204 - Entry of Income Withholding Order.

20-6-204. Entry of income withholding order.| (a) Upon entry or modification of any support order, the court shall also enter an income withholding order which shall take effect immediately, unless the parties agree otherwise, or unless one (1) of the parties demonstrates, and the court finds, that there is good cause not to require immediate income withholding. When the parties agree to an alternative arrangement, the arrangement shall be in writing, signed by the parties and reviewed and entered in the record by the court. The court shall include in the record its findings of good cause, including a statement explaining why implementation of immediate income withholding would not be in the best interests of the child and, in cases involving modification of child support, proof of timely payments.  (b) If a support order was entered by a Wyoming court before the effective date of this act and an income withholding order has not previously been entered, the court which entered the support order shall enter the income withholding order on its own motion at the time the support order is subsequently modified or at any other time upon application of the obligee, the obligor or the department. An income withholding order under this subsection shall be entered without a hearing if an arrearage occurs. An income withholding order under this subsection may also be entered by the district court of any other county in this state in which the obligor, obligee or payor resides, provided:  (i) The petitioner files in the office of the clerk of that district court a certified copy of the support order and a sworn statement of the arrearages; and  (ii) No other court in this state has entered an income withholding order based upon the same support order.  (c) At the time an income withholding order is entered, the clerk shall mail a copy of the income withholding order and the support order to the last known address of the obligor and the obligee.  (d) If a support order was entered by a Wyoming court and an income withholding order has not previously been entered, the department may issue an administrative income withholding order, subject to the applicable requirements of W.S. 20-6-101 through 20-6-112.
WY Stat § 20-6-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 2 - Income Withholding|Section 20-6-205 - When Income Withholding Order Becomes Effective.

20-6-205. When income withholding order becomes effective.| (a) Except as otherwise provided by W.S. 20-6-204(a), an income withholding order which did not become effective immediately upon entry, becomes effective upon the earliest of the following:  (i) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 2, § 2.  (ii) The date the obligor requests withholding commence; or  (iii) The date the obligor becomes delinquent in payment of an amount equal to one (1) month's support obligation under the support order.
WY Stat § 20-6-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 2 - Income Withholding|Section 20-6-206 - Contents of Income Withholding Order.

20-6-206. Contents of income withholding order.| (a) The income withholding order shall:  (i) Direct the payor to withhold and remit to the clerk income due from the payor to the obligor, as specified in the notice to payor required by W.S. 20-6-210, for the payment of current support obligations and for the liquidation of arrearages, if any;  (ii) Order the payor to comply with all the terms of the notice to payor and all subsequent notices served upon the payor;  (iii) State that the income withholding order is immediately effective or that the order will become effective as provided in W.S. 20-6-205(a)(ii) or (iii); and  (iv) State the addresses, if known, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee.  (b) If there is more than one (1) income withholding order in effect, and if the various orders require payment to two (2) or more payees, then the notice to payor shall provide that income withheld shall be disbursed according to the following:  (i) Each child shall receive an amount in the proportion which the child's current support bears relative to the total of all amounts for current support under court orders; and  (ii) Any remaining withheld income shall be distributed to each child in an amount proportional to which the arrearage for that child's support bears relative to the total of all amounts ordered to be paid on arrearage.
WY Stat § 20-6-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 2 - Income Withholding|Section 20-6-207 - Voluntary Assignment by Obligor.

20-6-207. Voluntary assignment by obligor.| (a) An obligor may at any time voluntarily apply to the court to enter an income withholding order pursuant to W.S. 20-6-204(b) or file a verified written application with the clerk requesting that withholding commence pursuant to W.S. 20-6-205(a)(ii).  (b) An income withholding order which becomes effective at the voluntary request of the obligor shall remain in effect until such time as:  (i) The obligor petitions the court to suspend withholding of income upon a showing of good cause, including a showing that income withholding has not been terminated previously and subsequently reinitiated and that the parties have agreed to an alternative arrangement as specified in W.S. 20-6-204; or  (ii) There is no longer a current order for support and all arrearages as defined in W.S. 20-6-202 have been paid.
WY Stat § 20-6-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 2 - Income Withholding|Section 20-6-208 - Notice to Obligor.

20-6-208. Notice to obligor.| (a) Except where an income withholding order becomes effective immediately, the clerk shall send notice to the obligor no later than fifteen (15) days after the date when:  (i) The obligor becomes delinquent as specified in subsection (b) of this section; or  (ii) An application by the obligee for income withholding has been granted by the court.  (b) When an obligor becomes delinquent in payment in an amount equal to one (1) month's obligation under the support order, the obligee or the department, to initiate income withholding, shall file with the clerk a verified notice of delinquency, a certified copy of which shall be served upon the obligor together with the form by which the obligor may petition to stay service as provided by W.S. 20-6-209.  (c) The notice of delinquency shall state:  (i) The terms of the support order;  (ii) A computation of the period and total amount of arrearage as of the date of the notice;  (iii) That the amount of income that will be withheld shall be the full amount due for current support and an additional sum toward arrearages, the total of which shall not exceed the amount authorized by W.S. 20-6-210(b)(iii);  (iv) The effective date of the income withholding order as provided by W.S. 20-6-205;  (v) The income withholding order will be sent to any known current and subsequent payor of the obligor unless the obligor files a petition to stay service in accordance with W.S. 20-6-209;  (vi) That the income withholding order applies to any current or subsequent payor or period of employment;  (vii) The procedures available for contesting the income withholding including the grounds for contest and the period within which the petition to stay service shall be filed as provided by W.S. 20-6-209; and  (viii) That failure to contest the income withholding within the period specified in W.S. 20-6-209(a) will result in the payor being notified to begin withholding.
WY Stat § 20-6-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 20 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Support Enforcement|Article 2 - Income Withholding|Section 20-6-209 - Procedures to Stay Income Withholding.

20-6-209. Procedures to stay income withholding.| (a) Within twenty (20) days from the date of service of the notice of delinquency the obligor may file with the clerk a petition to stay service of the income withholding order. The petition to stay shall include the obligor's name, social security number, address, employer and employer's address. The obligor shall mail a copy of the petition to the obligee, or to the obligee's representative if the notice of delinquency was filed by someone other than the obligee, and to the department in all cases being enforced by the department. The obligor shall move for a hearing on the petition within five (5) days of filing the petition or the petition shall be denied. The income withholding order shall not be served on the payor until either a hearing has been deemed denied or until after a hearing has been held on the petition and the court has determined that the income withholding will become effective.  (b) The grounds for the petition to stay service shall be limited to disputes concerning:  (i) The amount of current support or arrearage; or  (ii) The identity of the alleged obligor named in the income withholding order.  (c) If a petition to stay service states the grounds required by subsection (b) of this section, and has been filed as provided by subsection (a) of this section, and the obligor has moved for a hearing, the court shall set the matter for hearing and notify the obligor, the obligee or the obligee's representative if the notice of delinquency was filed by someone other than the obligee of the time and place of the hearing. In all cases being enforced by the department, the department shall be given notice. The court shall hear and decide the dispute and notify the obligor of its determination within forty-five (45) days from the date the notice of delinquency was served on all parties entitled to notice.