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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship › Section 3-6-105 - Petition for Appointment of Guardian; Contents Thereof.

3-6-105. Petition for appointment of guardian; contents thereof.
(a) A petition for the appointment of a guardian may be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction by or on behalf of any person who under existing law is entitled to priority of appointment. If there be no person so entitled or if the person so entitled shall neglect or refuse to file such a petition within thirty (30) days after mailing of notice by the bureau to the last known address of such person indicating the necessity for the same a petition for such appointment may be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction by or on behalf of any responsible person residing in this state.
(b) The petition for appointment shall set forth the name, age, place of residence of the ward, the names and places of residence of the nearest relatives, if known, and the fact that such ward is entitled to receive moneys payable by or through the bureau and shall set forth the amount of moneys then due and the amount of probable future payments.
(c) The petition shall also set forth the name and address of the person or institution, if any, having actual custody of the ward.
(d) In the case of a mentally incompetent ward the petition shall show that such ward has been rated incompetent on examination by the bureau in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the bureau.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship › Section 3-6-106 - Prima Facie Evidence of Necessity for Appointment; Certificate of Minor's Age and That Appointment Condition Precedent to Payments.

3-6-106. Prima facie evidence of necessity for appointment; certificate of minor's age and that appointment condition precedent to payments.
Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian of a minor ward a certificate of the director, or his representative, setting forth the age of such minor as shown by the records of the bureau and the fact that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due the minor by the bureau, shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship › Section 3-6-107 - Prima Facie Evidence of Necessity for Appointment; Certificate of Incompetency and That Appointment Condition Precedent to Payments.

3-6-107. Prima facie evidence of necessity for appointment; certificate of incompetency and that appointment condition precedent to payments.
Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian of a mentally incompetent ward a certificate of the director, or his representative, setting forth the fact that such person has been rated incompetent by the bureau on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such bureau, and that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due such person by the bureau, shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship › Section 3-6-109 - Guardian to Be Fit and Proper Person; Bond Required.

3-6-109. Guardian to be fit and proper person; bond required.
Before making appointment under the provisions of this act the court shall be satisfied that the guardian whose appointment is sought is a fit and proper person to be appointed. Upon the appointment being made the guardian shall execute and file a bond to be approved by the court in an amount not less than the sum then due and estimated to become payable during the ensuing year. The said bond shall be in the form and be conditioned as required of guardians appointed under the guardianship laws of this state. The court shall have power from time to time to require the guardian to file an additional bond. Where a bond is tendered by a guardian with personal sureties, such sureties shall file with the court a certificate under oath which shall describe the property owned, both real and personal, and that they are each worth the sum named in the bond as the penalty thereof over and above all their debts and liabilities and exclusive of property exempt from execution.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship › Section 3-6-110 - Annual Accounting; Copy of Accounts and Pleadings to Be Filed With Bureau; Notice of Hearing; Administration of Property From Other Sources.

3-6-110. Annual accounting; copy of accounts and pleadings to be filed with bureau; notice of hearing; administration of property from other sources.
(a) Every guardian, who has received or shall receive on account of his ward, any moneys from the veterans' administration, its predecessors or successor, shall file with the court annually, on the anniversary date of the appointment, in addition to such other accounts as may be required by the court, a full, true, and accurate account under oath, of all moneys so received by him, of all disbursements thereof, and showing the balance thereof in his hands at the date of such account and how invested. A certified copy of each of such accounts filed with the court shall be sent by the guardian to the office of the veterans' administration having jurisdiction over the area in which such court is located. A duplicate signed copy or certified copy of any petition, motion, or other pleading which is filed in the guardianship proceedings, or in any proceeding for the purpose of removing the disability of minority or of mental incompetency, shall be furnished by the person filing the same, to the office of the veterans' administration concerned. The court shall fix a time and place for the hearing on such account, petition, or other pleading, not less than fifteen (15) days nor more than thirty (30) days from the date of filing same, and notice thereof shall be given by the court to the aforesaid veterans' administration office not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. Notice of such hearing shall in like manner be given to the guardian.
(b) Any guardian appointed under this act shall be accountable for property derived from sources other than the veterans' administration and shall be accountable as is or may be required under the applicable law of this state pertaining to the property of minors or persons of unsound mind who are not beneficiaries of the veterans' administration; provided, however, that he may at his option administer the same as provided in this act and include an accounting for such assets and income in the same account required with respect to assets derived from the veterans' administration, and if so included, the procedure with respect thereto shall be that hereinabove prescribed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship › Section 3-6-111 - Removal for Failure to File Accounts.

3-6-111. Removal for failure to file accounts.
If any guardian shall fail to file any account of the moneys received by him from the bureau on account of his ward within thirty (30) days after such account is required by either the court or the bureau, or shall fail to furnish the bureau a copy of his accounts as required by this act, such failure shall be grounds for removal.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship › Section 3-6-112 - Compensation of Guardian.

3-6-112. Compensation of guardian.
Compensation payable to guardian shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the income of the ward during any year. In the event of extraordinary services rendered by such guardian the court may, upon petition and after hearing thereon, authorize additional compensation therefor payable from the estate of the ward. Notice of such petition and hearing shall be given the proper office in the bureau in the manner provided in W.S. 3-6-110. No compensation shall be allowed on the corpus of an estate received from a preceding guardian. The guardian may be allowed from the estate of his ward reasonable premiums paid by him to any corporate surety upon his bond.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship › Section 3-6-114 - Support and Maintenance of Persons Other Than Ward.

3-6-114. Support and maintenance of persons other than ward.
A guardian shall not apply any portion of the estate of his ward for the support and maintenance of any person other than his ward, except upon order of the court after a hearing, notice of which has been given the proper office of the bureau in the manner provided in W.S. 3-6-110.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship › Section 3-6-115 - Certified Copies of Public Records.

3-6-115. Certified copies of public records.
Whenever a copy of any public record is required by the bureau to be used in determining the eligibility of any person to participate in benefits made available by such bureau, the official charged with the custody of such public record shall without charge provide the applicant for such benefits or any person acting on his behalf or the representative of such bureau with a certified copy of such record.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 6 - Veterans' Guardianship › Section 3-6-117 - Discharge of Guardian.

3-6-117. Discharge of guardian.
When a minor ward for whom a guardian has been appointed under the provisions of this act or other laws of this state shall have attained his or her majority, and if incompetent shall be declared competent by the bureau and the court, and when any incompetent ward, not a minor, shall be declared competent by said bureau and the court, the guardian shall upon making a satisfactory accounting be discharged upon a petition filed for that purpose.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 1 › Section 3-8-102 - Definitions.

3-8-102. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Adult" means an individual who has attained eighteen (18) years of age;
(ii) "Conservator" means a person appointed by the court to administer the property of an adult, including a person appointed under W.S. 3-3-101 through 3-3-1106;
(iii) "Guardian" means a person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the person of an adult, including a person appointed under W.S. 3-2-101 through 3-2-303;
(iv) "Guardianship order" means an order appointing a guardian;
(v) "Guardianship proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in which an order for the appointment of a guardian is sought or has been issued;
(vi) "Incompetent person" means an adult for whom a guardian has been appointed;
(vii) "Party" means the respondent, petitioner, guardian, conservator or any other person allowed by the court to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding;
(viii) "Protected person" means an adult for whom a protective order has been issued;
(ix) "Protective order" means an order appointing a conservator or other order related to management of an adult's property;
(x) "Protective proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in which a protective order is sought or has been issued;
(xi) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;
(xii) "Respondent" means an adult for whom a protective order or the appointment of a guardian is sought;
(xiii) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;
(xiv) "This act" means W.S. 3-8-101 through 3-8-502.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 1 › Section 3-8-103 - International Application of Act.

3-8-103. International application of act.
A court of this state may treat a foreign country as if it were a state for the purpose of applying this article and articles 2, 3 and 5 of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 1 › Section 3-8-104 - Communication Between Courts.

3-8-104. Communication between courts.
(a) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this act. The court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the court shall make a record of the communication. The record may be limited to the fact that the communication occurred.
(b) Courts may communicate concerning schedules, calendars, court records and other administrative matters without making a record.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 1 › Section 3-8-105 - Cooperation Between Courts.

3-8-105. Cooperation between courts.
(a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding in this state, a court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following:
(i) Hold an evidentiary hearing;
(ii) Order a person in that state to produce evidence or give testimony pursuant to procedures of that state;
(iii) Order that an evaluation or assessment be made of the respondent;
(iv) Order any appropriate investigation of a person involved in a proceeding;
(v) Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript or other record of a hearing under paragraph (i) of this subsection or any other proceeding, any evidence otherwise produced under paragraph (ii) of this subsection, and any evaluation or assessment prepared in compliance with an order under paragraph (iii) or (iv) of this subsection;
(vi) Issue any order necessary to assure the appearance in the proceeding of a person whose presence is necessary for the court to make a determination, including the respondent or the incompetent or protected person;
(vii) Issue an order authorizing the release of medical, financial, criminal or other relevant information in that state, including protected health information as defined in 45 C.F.R. 160.103, as amended.
(b) If a court of another state in which a guardianship or protective proceeding is pending requests assistance of the kind provided in subsection (a) of this section, a court of this state has jurisdiction for the limited purpose of granting the request or making reasonable efforts to comply with the request.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 1 › Section 3-8-106 - Taking Testimony in Another State.

3-8-106. Taking testimony in another state.
(a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, in addition to other procedures that may be available, testimony of a witness who is located in another state may be offered by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a witness be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is to be taken.
(b) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, a court in this state may permit a witness located in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone or audiovisual or other electronic means. A court of this state shall cooperate with the court of the other state in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.
(c) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the best evidence rule.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 2 › Section 3-8-201 - Definitions; Significant Connection Factors.

3-8-201. Definitions; significant connection factors.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Emergency" means a circumstance that likely will result in substantial harm to a respondent's health, safety or welfare and for which the appointment of a guardian is necessary because no other person has authority and is willing to act on the respondent's behalf;
(ii) "Home state" means the state in which the respondent was physically present, including any period of temporary absence, for at least six (6) consecutive months immediately before the filing of a petition for a protective order or the appointment of a guardian; or if none, the state in which the respondent was physically present, including any period of temporary absence, for at least six (6) consecutive months ending within the six (6) months prior to the filing of the petition;
(iii) "Significant-connection state" means a state, other than the home state, with which a respondent has a significant connection other than mere physical presence and in which substantial evidence concerning the respondent is available.
(b) In determining under W.S. 3-8-203 and 3-8-301(e) whether a respondent has a significant connection with a particular state, the court shall consider:
(i) The location of the respondent's family and other persons required to be notified of the guardianship or protective proceeding;
(ii) The length of time the respondent at any time was physically present in the state and the duration of any absence;
(iii) The location of the respondent's property; and
(iv) The extent to which the respondent has ties to the state such as voting registration, state or local tax return filing, vehicle registration, driver's license, social relationship and receipt of services.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 2 › Section 3-8-203 - Jurisdiction.

3-8-203. Jurisdiction.
(a) A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if:
(i) This state is the respondent's home state;
(ii) On the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state and:
(A) The respondent does not have a home state or a court of the respondent's home state has declined to exercise jurisdiction because this state is a more appropriate forum; or
(B) The respondent has a home state, a petition for an appointment or order is not pending in a court of that state or another significant-connection state, and before the court makes the appointment or issues the order:
(I) A petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent's home state;
(II) An objection to the court's jurisdiction is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and
(III) The court in this state concludes that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth in W.S. 3-8-206.
(iii) This state does not have jurisdiction under either paragraph (i) or (ii) of this subsection, the respondent's home state and all significant connection states have declined to exercise jurisdiction because this state is the more appropriate forum, and jurisdiction in this state is consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States; or
(iv) The requirements for special jurisdiction under W.S. 3-8-204 are met.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 2 › Section 3-8-204 - Special Jurisdiction.

3-8-204. Special jurisdiction.
(a) A court of this state lacking jurisdiction under W.S. 3-8-203(a)(i) through (iii) has special jurisdiction to do any of the following:
(i) Appoint a guardian in an emergency for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days for a respondent who is physically present in this state;
(ii) Issue a protective order with respect to real or tangible personal property located in this state;
(iii) Appoint a guardian or conservator for an incompetent or protected person for whom a provisional order to transfer the proceeding from another state has been issued under procedures similar to W.S. 3-8-301.
(b) If a petition for the appointment of a guardian in an emergency is brought in this state and this state was not the respondent's home state on the date the petition was filed, the court shall dismiss the proceeding at the request of the court of the home state, if any, whether dismissal is requested before or after the emergency appointment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 2 › Section 3-8-205 - Exclusive and Continuing Jurisdiction.

3-8-205. Exclusive and continuing jurisdiction.
Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 3-8-204, a court that has appointed a guardian or issued a protective order consistent with this act has exclusive and continuing jurisdiction over the proceeding until it is terminated by the court or the appointment or order expires by its own terms.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 2 › Section 3-8-206 - Appropriate Forum.

3-8-206. Appropriate forum.
(a) A court of this state having jurisdiction under W.S. 3-8-203 to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order may decline to exercise its jurisdiction if it determines at any time that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum.
(b) If a court of this state declines to exercise its jurisdiction under subsection (a) of this section, it shall either dismiss or stay the proceeding. The court may impose any condition the court considers just and proper, including the condition that a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order be filed promptly in another state.
(c) In determining whether it is an appropriate forum, the court shall consider all relevant factors, including:
(i) Any expressed preference of the respondent;
(ii) Whether abuse, neglect or exploitation of the respondent has occurred or is likely to occur and which state could best protect the respondent from the abuse, neglect or exploitation;
(iii) The length of time the respondent was physically present in or was a legal resident of this or another state;
(iv) The distance of the respondent from the court in each state;
(v) The financial circumstances of the respondent's estate;
(vi) The nature and location of the evidence;
(vii) The ability of the court in each state to decide the issue expeditiously and the procedures necessary to present evidence;
(viii) The familiarity of the court of each state with the facts and issues in the proceeding; and
(ix) If an appointment were made, the court's ability to monitor the conduct of the guardian or conservator.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 2 › Section 3-8-207 - Jurisdiction Declined by Reason of Conduct.

3-8-207. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct.
(a) If at any time a court of this state determines that it acquired jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order because of unjustifiable conduct, the court may:
(i) Decline to exercise jurisdiction;
(ii) Exercise jurisdiction for the limited purpose of fashioning an appropriate remedy to ensure the health, safety and welfare of the respondent or the protection of the respondent's property or prevent a repetition of the unjustifiable conduct, including staying the proceeding until a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order is filed in a court of another state having jurisdiction; or
(iii) Continue to exercise jurisdiction after considering:
(A) The extent to which the respondent and all persons required to be notified of the proceedings have acquiesced in the exercise of the court's jurisdiction;
(B) Whether it is a more appropriate forum than the court of any other state under the factors set forth in W.S. 3-8-206(c); and
(C) Whether the court of any other state would have jurisdiction under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of W.S. 3-8-203.
(b) If a court of this state determines that it acquired jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order because a party seeking to invoke its jurisdiction engaged in unjustifiable conduct, it may assess against that party necessary and reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, investigative fees, court costs, communication expenses, witness fees and expenses and travel expenses. The court may not assess fees, costs or expenses of any kind against this state or a governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality of this state unless authorized by law other than this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 2 › Section 3-8-208 - Notice of Proceeding.

3-8-208. Notice of proceeding.
If a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order is brought in this state and this state was not the respondent's home state on the date the petition was filed, in addition to complying with the notice requirements of this state, notice of the petition shall be given to any person who would be entitled to notice of the petition if a proceeding were brought in the respondent's home state. The notice shall be given in the same manner as notice is required to be given in this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 2 › Section 3-8-209 - Proceedings in More Than One State.

3-8-209. Proceedings in more than one state.
(a) Except for a petition for the appointment of a guardian in an emergency or issuance of a protective order limited to property located in this state under W.S. 3-8-204(a)(i) or (ii), if a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order is filed in this state and in another state and neither petition has been dismissed or withdrawn, the following rules shall apply:
(i) If the court in this state has jurisdiction under W.S. 3-8-203, it may proceed with the case unless a court in another state acquires jurisdiction under provisions similar to that section before the appointment or issuance of the order;
(ii) If the court in this state does not have jurisdiction under W.S. 3-8-203, whether at the time the petition is filed or at any time before the appointment or issuance of the order, the court shall stay the proceeding and communicate with the court in the other state. If the court in the other state has jurisdiction, the court in this state shall dismiss the petition unless the court in the other state determines that the court in this state is a more appropriate forum.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 3 › Section 3-8-301 - Transfer of Guardianship or Conservatorship to Another State.

3-8-301. Transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to another state.
(a) A guardian or conservator appointed in this state may petition the court to transfer the guardianship or conservatorship to another state.
(b) Notice of a petition under subsection (a) of this section shall be given to any person that would be entitled to notice of a petition in this state for the appointment of a guardian or conservator.
(c) On the court's own motion or on request of the guardian or conservator, the incompetent or protected person or other person required to be notified of the petition, the court shall hold a hearing on a petition filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(d) The court shall issue an order provisionally granting a petition to transfer a guardianship and shall direct the guardian to petition for guardianship in the other state if the court is satisfied that the guardianship will be accepted by the court in the other state and the court finds that:
(i) The incompetent person is physically present in or is reasonably expected to move permanently to the other state;
(ii) An objection to the transfer has not been made or, if an objection has been made, the objector has not established that the transfer would be contrary to the interests of the incompetent person; and
(iii) Plans for care and services for the incompetent person in the other state are reasonable and sufficient.
(e) The court shall issue a provisional order granting a petition to transfer a conservatorship and shall direct the conservator to petition for conservatorship in the other state if the court is satisfied that the conservatorship will be accepted by the court of the other state and the court finds that:
(i) The protected person is physically present in or is reasonably expected to move permanently to the other state, or the protected person has a significant connection to the other state considering the factors in W.S. 3-8-201(b);
(ii) An objection to the transfer has not been made or, if an objection has been made, the objector has not established that the transfer would be contrary to the interests of the protected person; and
(iii) Adequate arrangements will be made for management of the protected person's property.
(f) The court shall issue a final order confirming the transfer and terminating the guardianship or conservatorship upon its receipt of:
(i) A provisional order accepting the proceeding from the court to which the proceeding is to be transferred which is issued under provisions similar to W.S. 3-8-302; and
(ii) The documents required to terminate a guardianship or conservatorship in this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 3 › Section 3-8-302 - Accepting Guardianship or Conservatorship Transferred From Another State.

3-8-302. Accepting guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another state.
(a) To confirm transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship transferred to this state under provisions similar to W.S. 3-8-301, the guardian or conservator shall petition the court in this state to accept the guardianship or conservatorship. The petition shall include a certified copy of the other state's provisional order of transfer.
(b) Notice of a petition under subsection (a) of this section shall be given to those persons that would be entitled to notice if the petition were a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order in both the transferring state and this state. The notice shall be given in the same manner as notice is required to be given in this state.
(c) On the court's own motion or on request of the guardian or conservator, the incompetent or protected person or other person required to be notified of the proceeding, the court shall hold a hearing on a petition filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(d) The court shall issue an order provisionally granting a petition filed under subsection (a) of this section unless:
(i) An objection is made and the objector establishes that transfer of the proceeding would be contrary to the interests of the incompetent or protected person; or
(ii) The guardian or conservator is ineligible for appointment in this state.
(e) The court shall issue a final order accepting the proceeding and appointing the guardian or conservator as guardian or conservator in this state upon its receipt from the court from which the proceeding is being transferred of a final order issued under provisions similar to W.S. 3-8-301 transferring the proceeding to this state.
(f) Not later than ninety (90) days after issuance of a final order accepting transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship, the court shall determine whether the guardianship or conservatorship needs to be modified to conform to the law of this state.
(g) In granting a petition under this section, the court shall recognize a guardianship or conservatorship order from the other state, including the determination of the incompetent or protected person's incompetency and the appointment of the guardian or conservator.
(h) The denial by a court of this state of a petition to accept a guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another state shall not affect the ability of the guardian or conservator to seek appointment as guardian or conservator in this state under W.S. 3-2-101 through 3-3-1106 if the court has jurisdiction to make an appointment other than by reason of the provisional order of transfer.
(j) In granting a petition under this section, the court may require any report or impose any duty under W.S. 3-2-109, 3-2-201, 3-2-202, 3-3-601 through 3-3-611 or 3-3-901 and 3-3-902.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 4 › Section 3-8-401 - Registration of Guardianship Orders.

3-8-401. Registration of guardianship orders.
If a guardian has been appointed in another state and a petition for the appointment of a guardian is not pending in this state, the guardian appointed in the other state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to register, may register the guardianship order in this state by filing as a foreign judgment in a court, in any appropriate county of this state, certified copies of the order and letters of office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 4 › Section 3-8-402 - Registration of Protective Orders.

3-8-402. Registration of protective orders.
If a conservator has been appointed in another state and a petition for a protective order is not pending in this state, the conservator appointed in the other state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to register, may register the protective order in this state by filing as a foreign judgment in a court of this state, in any county in which property belonging to the protected person is located, certified copies of the order and letters of office and of any bond.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 4 › Section 3-8-403 - Effect of Registration.

3-8-403. Effect of registration.
(a) Upon registration of a guardianship or protective order from another state, the guardian or conservator may exercise in this state all powers authorized in the order of appointment except as prohibited under the laws of this state, including maintaining actions and proceedings in this state and, if the guardian or conservator is not a resident of this state, subject to any conditions imposed upon nonresident parties.
(b) A court of this state may grant any relief available under this act and other law of this state to enforce a registered order.
(c) Any court in this state issuing a guardianship or protective order pursuant to this act may require the guardian or conservator to file a certified copy of any report or accounting the guardian or conservator files with the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 5 › Section 3-8-501 - Application.

3-8-501. Application.
(a) This act shall apply to any guardianship and protective proceeding begun on or after the effective date of this act.
(b) Articles 1, 3 and 4 of this act shall apply to any proceeding begun before the effective date of this act, regardless of whether a guardianship or protective order has been issued.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act › Article 5 › Section 3-8-502 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

3-8-502. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
This act modifies, limits and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. section 7003(b).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 9 - Uniform Power of Attorney Act › Article 1 › Section 3-9-103 - Applicability.

3-9-103. Applicability.
(a) This act applies to all powers of attorney except:
(i) A power to the extent it is coupled with an interest in the subject of the power, including a power given to or for the benefit of a creditor in connection with a credit transaction;
(ii) A power to make health care decisions;
(iii) A proxy or other delegation to exercise voting rights or management rights with respect to an entity;
(iv) A power created on a form prescribed by a government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality for a governmental purpose.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 9 - Uniform Power of Attorney Act › Article 1 › Section 3-9-104 - Power of Attorney Is Durable.

3-9-104. Power of attorney is durable.
(a) A power of attorney created on or after the effective date of this act is durable unless it expressly provides that it is terminated by the incapacity of the principal.
(b) A power of attorney existing on the effective date of this act is durable only if on that day the power of attorney is durable in accordance with the law existing on the day of execution of the power of attorney.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 9 - Uniform Power of Attorney Act › Article 1 › Section 3-9-105 - Execution of Power of Attorney.

3-9-105. Execution of power of attorney.
A power of attorney shall be signed by the principal or in the principal's conscious presence by another person who is directed by the principal to sign the principal's name on the power of attorney. A signature on a power of attorney is presumed to be genuine if the principal acknowledges the signature before a notary public or other person authorized by law to take acknowledgments.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 9 - Uniform Power of Attorney Act › Article 1 › Section 3-9-106 - Validity of Power of Attorney.

3-9-106. Validity of power of attorney.
(a) A power of attorney executed in this state on or after the effective date of this act is valid if its execution complies with W.S. 3-9-105.
(b) A power of attorney executed in this state before the effective date of this act is valid if its execution complied with the law of this state as it existed at the time of execution.
(c) A power of attorney executed other than in this state is valid in this state if, when the power of attorney was executed, the execution complied with the:
(i) Law of the jurisdiction that determines the meaning and effect of the power of attorney pursuant to W.S. 3-9-107; or
(ii) Requirements of W.S. 19-11-202 or any requirements for a military power of attorney pursuant to 10 U.S.C. section 1044b.
(d) Except as otherwise provided by law other than this act, a photocopy or electronically transmitted copy of an original power of attorney has the same effect as the original.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 9 - Uniform Power of Attorney Act › Article 1 › Section 3-9-107 - Meaning and Effect of Power of Attorney.

3-9-107. Meaning and effect of power of attorney.
The meaning and effect of a power of attorney is determined by the law of the jurisdiction indicated in the power of attorney and, in the absence of an indication of jurisdiction, by the law of the jurisdiction in which the power of attorney was executed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 9 - Uniform Power of Attorney Act › Article 1 › Section 3-9-108 - Nomination of Conservator or Guardian; Relation of Agent to Court Appointed Fiduciary.

3-9-108. Nomination of conservator or guardian; relation of agent to court appointed fiduciary.
(a) In a power of attorney, a principal may nominate a conservator of the principal's estate or guardian of the principal's person for consideration by the court if protective proceedings for the principal's estate or person are begun after the principal executes the power of attorney. Except for good cause shown or disqualification, the court shall make its appointment in accordance with the principal's most recent nomination.
(b) If, after a principal executes a power of attorney, a court appoints a conservator of the principal's estate or other fiduciary charged with the management of some or all of the principal's property, the agent is accountable to the fiduciary as well as to the principal. The power of attorney is not terminated and the agent's authority continues unless limited, suspended or terminated by the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 9 - Uniform Power of Attorney Act › Article 1 › Section 3-9-109 - When Power of Attorney Effective.

3-9-109. When power of attorney effective.
(a) A power of attorney is effective when executed unless the principal provides in the power of attorney that it becomes effective at a future date or upon the occurrence of a future event or contingency.
(b) If a power of attorney becomes effective upon the occurrence of a future event or contingency, the principal, in the power of attorney, may authorize one (1) or more persons to determine in a writing or other record that the event or contingency has occurred.
(c) If a power of attorney becomes effective upon the principal's incapacity and the principal has not authorized a person to determine whether the principal is incapacitated, or the person authorized is unable or unwilling to make the determination, the power of attorney becomes effective upon a determination in a writing or other record by:
(i) A physician or licensed psychologist that the principal is incapacitated within the meaning of W.S. 3-9-102(a)(v)(A); or
(ii) An attorney at law, a judge or an appropriate governmental official that the principal is incapacitated within the meaning of W.S. 3-9-102(a)(v)(B).
(d) A person authorized by the principal in the power of attorney to determine that the principal is incapacitated may act as the principal's personal representative pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, sections 1171 through 1179 of the Social Security Act, and applicable regulations, to obtain access to the principal's health care information and communicate with the principal's health care provider.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 9 - Uniform Power of Attorney Act › Article 1 › Section 3-9-110 - Termination of Power of Attorney or Agent's Authority.

3-9-110. Termination of power of attorney or agent's authority.
(a) A power of attorney terminates when the:
(i) Principal dies;
(ii) Principal becomes incapacitated, if the power of attorney is not durable;
(iii) Principal revokes the power of attorney;
(iv) Power of attorney provides that it terminates;
(v) Purpose of the power of attorney is accomplished; or
(vi) Principal revokes the agent's authority or the agent dies, becomes incapacitated or resigns and the power of attorney does not provide for another agent to act under the power of attorney.
(b) An agent's authority terminates when:
(i) The principal revokes the authority;
(ii) The agent dies, becomes incapacitated or resigns;
(iii) An action is filed for the dissolution or annulment of the agent's marriage to the principal or an action is filed for legal separation, unless the power of attorney otherwise provides; or
(iv) The power of attorney terminates.
(c) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent's authority is exercisable until the authority terminates under subsection (b) of this section, notwithstanding a lapse of time since the execution of the power of attorney.
(d) Termination of an agent's authority or of a power of attorney is not effective as to the agent or another person that, without actual knowledge of the termination, acts in good faith under the power of attorney. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the principal's successors in interest.
(e) Incapacity of the principal of a power of attorney that is not durable does not revoke or terminate the power of attorney as to an agent or other person that, without actual knowledge of the incapacity, acts in good faith under the power of attorney. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the principal's successors in interest.
(f) The execution of a power of attorney does not revoke a power of attorney previously executed by the principal unless the subsequent power of attorney provides that the previous power of attorney is revoked or that all other powers of attorney are revoked.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 9 - Uniform Power of Attorney Act › Article 1 › Section 3-9-111 - Coagents and Successor Agents.

3-9-111. Coagents and successor agents.
(a) A principal may designate two (2) or more persons to act as coagents. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, each coagent may exercise its authority independently.
(b) A principal may designate one (1) or more successor agents to act if an agent resigns, dies, becomes incapacitated, is not qualified to serve or declines to serve. A principal may grant authority to designate one (1) or more successor agents to an agent or other person designated by name, office or function. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, a successor agent:
(i) Has the same authority as that granted to the original agent;
(ii) May not act until all predecessor agents have resigned, died, become incapacitated, are no longer qualified to serve or have declined to serve.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney and subsection (d) of this section, an agent that does not participate in or conceal a breach of fiduciary duty committed by another agent, including a predecessor agent, is not liable for the actions of the other agent.
(d) An agent that has actual knowledge of a breach or imminent breach of fiduciary duty by another agent shall notify the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated, take any action reasonably appropriate in the circumstances to safeguard the principal's best interest. An agent that fails to notify the principal or take action as required by this subsection is liable for the reasonably foreseeable damages that could have been avoided if the agent had notified the principal or taken such action.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 9 - Uniform Power of Attorney Act › Article 1 › Section 3-9-112 - Reimbursement and Compensation of Agent.

3-9-112. Reimbursement and compensation of agent.
Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent is entitled to reimbursement of expenses reasonably incurred on behalf of the principal and to compensation that is reasonable under the circumstances.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 3 - Guardian and Ward › Chapter 9 - Uniform Power of Attorney Act › Article 1 › Section 3-9-113 - Agent's Acceptance.

3-9-113. Agent's acceptance.
Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, a person accepts appointment as an agent under a power of attorney by exercising authority or performing duties as an agent or by any other assertion or conduct indicating acceptance.