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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 13 - Wyoming Office of Homeland Security › Article 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact › Section 19-13-413 - Validity.

19-13-413. Validity.
This act shall be construed to effectuate the purposes stated in W.S. 19-13-402 hereof. If any provision of this compact is declared unconstitutional, or its applicability to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this act and its applicability to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 13 - Wyoming Office of Homeland Security › Article 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact › Section 19-13-414 - Additional Provisions.

19-13-414. Additional provisions.
Nothing in this compact shall authorize or permit the use of military force by the national guard of a state at any place outside that state in any emergency for which the president is authorized by law to call into federal service the militia, or for any purpose for which the use of the Army or the Air Force would in the absence of express statutory authorization be prohibited under Section 1385 of Title 18, United States Code.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 14 - Veterans › Section 19-14-101 - Burial of Indigents.

19-14-101. Burial of indigents.
(a) The board of county commissioners of each county shall provide for the preparation of the body and transmittal to and burial in the veteran's cemetery of any other than a dishonorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States who served on behalf of the United States in any war or conflict as defined in section 101, title 38, United States Code and who dies leaving insufficient funds to defray the necessary funeral expenses. The amount expended for transporting the body shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00). The amount paid under this section for burial shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). Each board shall account for the county expenses incurred under this subsection during a fiscal year. By August 1 of each year, a county may request reimbursement by the department of family services for the expenses incurred under this subsection for the preceding fiscal year. The department of family services shall reimburse the expenses in accordance with W.S. 35-1-428(c).
(b) Before assuming charge and expense for preparation and transmittal of the body and burial, each board of county commissioners shall first determine according to procedures they establish that the deceased veteran of the armed forces of the United States whose body they are called upon to bury served in the armed forces of the United States during World War II or any preceding war in which the United States was a party or during the Korean or Vietnam conflicts, was other than dishonorably discharged and died in the county leaving insufficient means to defray the necessary funeral expenses.
(c) The county commissioners of each county, shall:
(i) Keep a complete record of all the facts relating to any veteran of the armed forces of the United States who is buried in accordance with this section; and
(ii) Draw a warrant on the treasurer of their county for the payment of the expenses out of the general funds of the county.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 14 - Veterans › Section 19-14-102 - Interview Preference in Public Departments; Qualifications.

19-14-102. Interview preference in public departments; qualifications.
(a) In every public department veterans or surviving spouses shall have a preference prior to the interview process. Age or other impairment which does not in fact materially incapacitate shall not disqualify them from receiving preference if they possess the business capacity, competency, education or other qualifications for discharge of the duties required. If the disabilities do not materially interfere with performance of the duties, the disabled veterans shall be given preference over able-bodied veterans.
(b) Each official or person having power of appointment in the public service is charged with the faithful compliance with the duties herein prescribed.
(c) Whenever a veteran or surviving spouse applies for initial employment with a public department that uses a numerical scoring system prior to its interview process, the veteran or surviving spouse shall be allowed a five percent (5%) advantage over any nonveteran. A veteran that has a service connected disability of ten percent (10%) or more shall be given a ten percent (10%) advantage. Whenever a veteran or surviving spouse applies for initial employment with a public department and no numerical scoring system is used prior to the interview process, the veteran or surviving spouse shall be given an advantage over nonveteran candidates that reasonably approximates the advantage given to veterans or surviving spouses applying for initial employment with a public department that uses a numerical scoring system in the interview process pursuant to this subsection. No preference under this section shall be given to a veteran currently employed by a public department.
(d) As used in this section:
(i) "Public department" includes the state of Wyoming or any of its branches, agencies, municipalities, counties, school districts, political subdivisions, special districts, community college districts and the University of Wyoming;
(ii) "Veteran" means a member of the United States military establishment honorably discharged from service who has been a resident of the state of Wyoming for one (1) year or more at any time prior to the date when the veteran applies for employment;
(iii) "Surviving spouse" means a person who was married to a veteran at the time of the veteran's death and who receives survivor benefits from the federal government based on the veteran's military service.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 14 - Veterans › Section 19-14-103 - Honorably Discharged Considered to Be Sui Juris as to g.i. Bill of Rights.

19-14-103. Honorably discharged considered to be sui juris as to G.I. bill of rights.
Each person eighteen (18) years of age who receives an honorable discharge from the armed service of the United States after having served at least three (3) months in the armed services, shall be considered as having attained the age of majority in connection with all property and contractual rights and liabilities upon his obtaining the discharge. This section is applicable only to provisions of Public Law 346, statutes-at-large Seventy-Eighth Congress, 1944, second session.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 14 - Veterans › Section 19-14-104 - Recordation of Discharges.

19-14-104. Recordation of discharges.
(a) Each Wyoming county clerk shall record in his office without charge of any fee a certificate of discharge or other separation from service documents from any person who has served in the United States armed forces at any time, and who has been honorably discharged or relieved from active service.
(b) All documents filed under this section on and after July 1, 2003, shall be kept confidential and shall be available only to the discharged person, that person's authorized agent, that person's dependents, the veterans' service officer, the Wyoming veteran's commission, a peace officer or by court order.
(c) Any person who has recorded a certificate of discharge or other separation from service documents prior to July 1, 2003 may request that all filed documents which have not been commingled be transferred or rerecorded without charge of any fee and kept as a confidential file pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(d) A county clerk shall, to the greatest extent practical, take appropriate protective actions in accordance with any limitations determined necessary by him with regard to records that were filed with or placed in storage by a county clerk prior to July 1, 2003.
(e) Ten (10) years after the death of the veteran, or, if the date of death of the veteran is unknown, one hundred (100) years from the time of discharge or release from active service, the county clerk may transfer the documents filed under this section to a public archive.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 14 - Veterans › Section 19-14-105 - Use of Pensions for Support in State Institutions Prohibited; Exception; Penalty.

19-14-105. Use of pensions for support in state institutions prohibited; exception; penalty.
No state institution shall take any part of the pension of any war veteran for his support or maintenance except, in the case of a veteran who is or who may be confined in any charitable institution of Wyoming. The pension of the veteran in excess of four hundred twenty dollars ($420.00) per month may be used for support and maintenance if the veteran has no dependents. Any officer of a state institution or other person violating the provisions of this section upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each offense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 14 - Veterans › Section 19-14-109 - Veteran Burial Teams.

19-14-109. Veteran burial teams.
(a) The veteran burial team account is created. Subject to policies and procedures adopted by the veterans' commission, Wyoming veteran burial teams who have contracted with the commission may apply for payment for the performance of military funeral duties not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) per funeral. The commission shall also maintain a list of registered veteran burial teams and provide that list upon request.
(b) Any claim made pursuant to this section shall be made to the veterans' commission. The commission shall review and act upon all claims submitted under subsection (a) of this section no later than June 30 following the calendar year in which expenses were incurred for the claim submitted. If after deducting and paying the commission's administrative expenses in processing claims there are insufficient funds within the veteran burial team account to pay all approved claims, the commission shall prorate reimbursement among all approved claims. Payments authorized through the commission pursuant to this section shall be paid by the state treasurer by warrant issued by the state auditor upon vouchers signed by the state veterans' service officer or his designee.
(c) As used in this section, "veteran burial team" means any group of veterans that the commission has contracted with, pursuant to policies and procedures, to perform military services within the state of Wyoming authorized by the commission during the burial of any decedent who has received any military discharge, other than a dishonorable discharge, from the armed forces of the United States.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 14 - Veterans › Section 19-14-110 - Description and Declaration of Wyoming Veterans' Memorial Museum.

19-14-110. Description and declaration of Wyoming veterans' memorial museum.
The lands in Natrona county described as follows are hereby declared to be the Wyoming veterans' memorial museum to be managed by the military department: a parcel of land situate in the NE of the SE and the SE of the NE of Section 20, Township 34 North, Range 80 West, 6th P.M., Natrona County, Wyoming, said parcel being more particularly described as follows: commencing at the southeast corner of said Section 20, monumented by a brass cap; thence N01d27'16"W, a distance of 2597.39 feet to the southeast corner of the parcel monumented by a nail and being the point of beginning; thence S43217'47"W, a distance of 163.93 feet to the southwest corner of the parcel, monumented by a nail; thence N46 42'21"W, a distance of 359.92 feet to the northwest corner of the parcel, monumented by a nail; thence N43417'47"E, a distance of 163.93 feet to the northeast corner of the parcel, monumented by a nail; thence S46142'21"E, a distance of 359.92 feet to the point of beginning, containing 1.35 acres, more or less.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 14 - Veterans › Section 19-14-111 - Employment; Permissive Preference in Private Employment.

19-14-111. Employment; permissive preference in private employment.
(a) A private employer may grant preference to a veteran in hiring and promotion.
(b) A private employer may grant preference in hiring and promotion to a spouse of a disabled veteran and to a surviving spouse of a deceased veteran.
(c) The granting of a preference based on a person's status under subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall not be considered a discriminatory or unfair employment practice under local or state equal employment opportunity law, provided the granting of the preference is not based in any manner on consideration of a characteristic, attribute or category enumerated in state law as constituting a discriminatory or unfair employment practice.
(d) As used in this section:
(i) "Disabled veteran" means a veteran who has a compensable service connected permanent and total disability certified by the United States veterans administration or by the retirement board of one (1) of the several branches of the armed forces;
(ii) "Veteran" means a member of the armed forces of the United States whose written evidence of separation from the armed forces shows an honorable discharge or the rendition of honorable military service.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 14 - Veterans › Section 19-14-112 - Description and Declaration of Wyoming National Guard Museum.

19-14-112. Description and declaration of Wyoming national guard museum.
The lands in Laramie county, Wyoming, described as follows are hereby declared to be the Wyoming national guard museum to be managed by the military department: All of Block 8, Replat of Airport Addition to the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, as shown by the Replat of said Airport Addition on file and of record in the office of the County Clerk and Ex-Officio Register of Deeds, in and for said Laramie County, said replat being filed on October 1, 1935, as No. 287212; LESS the Southerly ten (10) feet of said Block 8, Replat of Airport Addition quitclaimed to the City of Cheyenne by the Wyoming Army National Guard, as filed June 15, 1995, in Book 1400, Page 461, in the records of said Clerk of Laramie County, Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 14 - Veterans › Section 19-14-113 - Veteran Designation on Driver's License.

19-14-113. Veteran designation on driver's license.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, if a person has a veteran designation on their Wyoming driver's license or identification card pursuant to W.S. 31-7-141, any local government entity as defined by W.S. 9-2-3219(a)(vi) shall allow the person to present their Wyoming driver's license or identification card instead of a military form DD 214 as proof of their status as a veteran.
(b) At the request of the military department or if information other than the person's status as a veteran is required, the military department or other local government entity may ask for further documentation including a military form DD 214.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 15 - Civil Air Patrol › Section 19-15-101 - Civil Air Patrol; Authorization of Expenditure of State Funds.

19-15-101. Civil air patrol; authorization of expenditure of state funds.
(a) The department may expend state funds for the purchase of:
(i) Civil air patrol aviation education training aids;
(ii) Books and equipment;
(iii) Maintenance and hangar rents of "on-loan" United States air force aircraft; and
(iv) Maintenance supplies and equipment for a communications network for the civil air patrol.
(b) The department may expend state funds for administrative costs of the civil air patrol.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 19 - Defense Forces and Affairs › Chapter 16 - Emergency Search and Rescue › Section 19-16-101 - Emergency Authority to Supervise Air Search and Rescue.

19-16-101. Emergency authority to supervise air search and rescue.
If requested by a county sheriff or his designee, the military department may, under the supervision of the requesting sheriff or his designee, coordinate the air search and rescue of persons and aircraft made necessary by any emergency or disaster.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 1 - Husband and Wife › Article 1 - Creation of Marriage › Section 20-1-102 - Minimum Marriageable Age; Exception; Parental Consent.

20-1-102. Minimum marriageable age; exception; parental consent.
(a) At the time of marriage the parties shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age except as otherwise provided. No person shall marry who is under the age of sixteen (16) years.
(b) All marriages involving a person sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age are prohibited and voidable, unless before contracting the marriage a judge of a court of record in Wyoming approves the marriage and authorizes the county clerk to issue a license therefor. All marriages involving a person under sixteen (16) years of age are void.
(c) When either party is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age, no license shall be granted without the verbal consent, if present, and written consent, if absent, of the father, mother, guardian or person having the care and control of the person sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age. Written consent shall be proved by the testimony of at least one (1) competent witness.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, parties may marry without the authorization of a judge of a court of record or the consent of any other person if both of the parties are not less than sixteen (16) years of age and if every party that is under eighteen (18) years of age meets the requirements for the right to contract under W.S. 14-1-102 or has received a declaration of emancipation pursuant to W.S. 14-1-203.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 1 - Husband and Wife › Article 1 - Creation of Marriage › Section 20-1-103 - License; Required.

20-1-103. License; required.
(a) Before solemnization of any marriage in this state, a marriage license shall be obtained from a Wyoming county clerk.
(b) Application for a marriage license shall be made by one (1) of the parties to the marriage before the license is issued. Upon receipt of an application, the county clerk shall ascertain by the testimony of a competent witness and the applicant, the names, the social security numbers of the parties who have valid social security numbers, residences and ages of the parties and whether there is any legal impediment to the parties entering into the marriage contract according to the laws of the state of their residence. The clerk shall enter the facts ascertained in a book kept by him for that purpose, except for the social security numbers which shall be provided to the state office of vital records and not made a part of the county public record. He may issue a license to marry and shall date the license on the date of issuance except as otherwise provided.
(c) Unless there is an order to waive the requirements of this section by a judge of a court of record in the county pursuant to W.S. 20-1-105, the clerk shall refuse to issue a license if:
(i) Either of the parties is legally incompetent to enter into a marriage contract according to the law of this state; or
(ii) There is any legal impediment; or
(iii) Either party is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age and the consent of a parent or guardian has not been given except as provided in W.S. 20-1-102(d).
(d) A marriage license obtained from a Wyoming county clerk shall expire one (1) year from the date the license was issued if the parties have not solemnized the marriage. The expiration date shall be shown on the marriage license. Upon expiration of a marriage license, the parties shall apply for and obtain a new marriage license before solemnization of their marriage in this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 1 - Husband and Wife › Article 1 - Creation of Marriage › Section 20-1-105 - Judge May Order License Issued.

20-1-105. Judge may order license issued.
(a) If any county clerk refuses to issue a license to marry, or in case of circumstances arising which would necessitate the waiver of any one (1) or more of the requirements of W.S. 20-1-102 and 20-1-103(b) and (c), either applicant for the license may apply to the district court of the county for the issuance of a license without compliance with one (1) or more of those requirements. If the judge finds that a license should be issued, or such circumstances exist that it is proper that any one (1) or more of the requirements should be waived, the judge may order in writing the issuance of the license. Upon the order of the judge being filed with the county clerk, the county clerk shall issue the license at the time specified in the order. No fee or court costs shall be charged or taxed for the order.
(b) If either party is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age, the parents or guardians may apply to any judge of a court of record in the county of residence of the person sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age for an order authorizing the marriage and directing the issuance of a marriage license. If the judge believes it advisable, he shall enter an order authorizing the marriage and directing the county clerk to issue a license. Upon filing of a certified copy of the order with the county clerk, the county clerk shall issue a license and endorse thereon the fact of the issuance of the order. No person authorized to perform marriage ceremonies in Wyoming shall perform any marriage ceremony if either party is under the age of sixteen (16) years.
(c) Before issuing the order provided by this section the judge may require affidavits or other proof of the competency of the parties or of any other facts necessitating or making the order advisable. The order may be in substantially the following form:
I ...., the undersigned ...., a judge of the .... court, a court of record in and for .... county, Wyoming, hereby order that a marriage license may issue to .... of .... (address) and .... of .... (address) on the .... day of .... (year) Date: .....
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 1 - Husband and Wife › Article 1 - Creation of Marriage › Section 20-1-106 - Who May Solemnize Marriage; Form of Ceremony.

20-1-106. Who may solemnize marriage; form of ceremony.
(a) Every district or circuit court judge, district court commissioner, supreme court justice, magistrate and every licensed or ordained minister of the gospel, bishop, priest or rabbi, or other qualified person acting in accordance with the traditions or rites for the solemnization of marriage of any religion, denomination or religious society, may perform the ceremony of marriage in this state.
(b) In the solemnization of marriage no particular form is required, except that the parties shall solemnly declare in the presence of the person performing the ceremony and at least two (2) attending witnesses that they take each other as husband and wife.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 1 - Husband and Wife › Article 1 - Creation of Marriage › Section 20-1-107 - Certificate of Marriage.

20-1-107. Certificate of marriage.
(a) When a marriage is solemnized, the person performing the ceremony shall give one (1) of the parties a certificate under his hand and signed by the witnesses to the marriage, specifying the names, ages and place of residence of the parties married, the names and residences of at least two (2) witnesses who were present at the marriage, and the time and place thereof.
(b) The county clerk of each county in the state shall record all returns of marriages in a book kept for that purpose within one (1) month after receipt.
(c) The original certificate and record of marriage made by the person performing the ceremony and the record thereof or a certified copy of the certificate or record is admissible in all courts and places as presumptive evidence of the fact of the marriage.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 1 - Husband and Wife › Article 1 - Creation of Marriage › Section 20-1-108 - Offenses Relating to Marriage Generally.

20-1-108. Offenses relating to marriage generally.
If the county clerk neglects to record a marriage certificate, or if any person performs a marriage ceremony knowing that he is not legally authorized to do so or knowing of any legal impediment to the proposed marriage, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for not exceeding one (1) year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 1 - Husband and Wife › Article 1 - Creation of Marriage › Section 20-1-109 - When Marriage Solemnized by Unauthorized Person Valid.

20-1-109. When marriage solemnized by unauthorized person valid.
No marriage solemnized in any manner authorized by W.S. 20-1-106, shall be deemed or adjudged to be void, nor is the validity of the marriage in any way affected because of a lack of jurisdiction or authority of the person performing the ceremony of marriage if the marriage is consummated with a full belief on the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that the person performing the ceremony was lawfully authorized to do so.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 1 - Husband and Wife › Article 1 - Creation of Marriage › Section 20-1-110 - Marriage Ceremony According to Rites and Customs of Religious Societies or Assemblies.

20-1-110. Marriage ceremony according to rites and customs of religious societies or assemblies.
Any religious society or religious assembly may perform the ceremony of marriage in this state according to the rites and customs of the society or assembly. The clerk or keeper of the minutes, proceedings or other book of the society or assembly wherein the marriage occurs, or if none then the moderator or person presiding in the society or assembly, shall make out and transmit to the county clerk of the county a certificate of the marriage.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 1 - Husband and Wife › Article 1 - Creation of Marriage › Section 20-1-113 - Legitimacy of Children Presumed.

20-1-113. Legitimacy of children presumed.
The legitimacy of all children conceived or born during the marriage is rebuttably presumed pursuant to W.S. 14-2-504.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 1 - Husband and Wife › Article 2 - Rights and Liabilities › Section 20-1-201 - Separate Estate of Real and Personal Property; Not Subject to Control of Spouse; Exceptions.

20-1-201. Separate estate of real and personal property; not subject to control of spouse; exceptions.
All property belonging to a married person as his separate property which he owns at the time of his marriage or which during marriage he acquires in good faith from any person by descent or otherwise, together with all rents, issues, increase and profits thereof, is during marriage his sole and separate property under his sole control and may be held, owned, possessed and enjoyed by him the same as though he were single. Such property is not subject to the disposal, control or interference of his spouse and is exempt from execution or attachment for the debts of his spouse if the property was not conveyed to him by his spouse in fraud of his creditors. The necessary expenses of the family and the education of the children are chargeable upon the property of both husband and wife, or either of them, for which they may be sued jointly or separately.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 1 - Husband and Wife › Article 2 - Rights and Liabilities › Section 20-1-202 - Rights and Limitations of Married Persons Incident to the Marriage Relationship.

20-1-202. Rights and limitations of married persons incident to the marriage relationship.
(a) Any married person may transfer his separate property in the same manner and to the same extent as if he were unmarried and he may make contracts and incur obligations and liabilities, all of which may be enforced against him to the same extent and in the same manner as if he were unmarried.
(b) Any person may, while married, sue and be sued in all matters having relation to his property, person or reputation, in the same manner as if he were single.
(c) When a married person sues or is sued alone, proceedings shall be had and judgment rendered and enforced as if he were unmarried. His separate property and estate is liable for any judgment against him but he is entitled to the benefit of all exemptions for heads of families.
(d) When any person against whom liabilities exist marries and has or acquires lands, judgment on the liability may be rendered against her, to be levied on the lands only.
(e) A person is not liable for the debts and liabilities of his spouse contracted before marriage without an assumption thereof in writing.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-101 - Void and Voidable Marriages Defined; Annulments.

20-2-101. Void and voidable marriages defined; annulments.
(a) Marriages contracted in Wyoming are void without any decree of divorce:
(i) When either party has a husband or wife living at the time of contracting the marriage;
(ii) When either party is mentally incompetent at the time of contracting the marriage;
(iii) When the parties stand in the relation to each other of parent and child, grandparent and grandchild, brother and sister of half or whole blood, uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, or first cousins, whether either party is illegitimate. This paragraph does not apply to persons not related by consanguinity.
(iv) When either party is under sixteen (16) years of age at the time of contracting the marriage.
(b) A marriage is voidable if solemnized when either party was sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age unless a judge gave consent, if they separated during nonage and did not cohabit together afterwards, or if the consent of one (1) of the parties was obtained by force or fraud and there was no subsequent voluntary cohabitation of the parties.
(c) Either party may file a petition in the district court of the county where the parties or one (1) of them reside, to annul a marriage for reasons stated in subsections (a) and (b) of this section and proceedings shall be held as in the case of a petition for divorce except as otherwise provided. Upon due proof the marriage shall be declared void by a decree of nullity.
(d) An action to annul a marriage on the ground that one of the parties was under the age of legal consent provided by W.S. 20-1-102(a) may be filed by the parent or guardian entitled to the custody of the minor. The marriage may not be annulled on the application of a party who was of the age of legal consent at the time of the marriage nor when it appears that the parties, after they had attained the age of consent, had freely cohabited as man and wife.
(e) An action to annul a marriage on the grounds of mental incompetency may be commenced on behalf of a mentally incompetent person by his guardian or next friend. A mentally incompetent person restored to competency may maintain an action of annulment, but no decree may be granted if the parties freely cohabited as husband and wife after restoration of competency.
(f) An action to annul a marriage on the grounds of physical incapacity may only be maintained by the injured party against the party whose incapacity is alleged and may only be commenced within two (2) years from the solemnization of the marriage.
(g) All decrees of annulment may include provisions for the custody and support of children pursuant to this article, W.S. 20-2-201 through 20-2-204 and 20-2-301 through 20-2-315 and for the division of property pursuant to W.S. 20-2-114.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-102 - Petition by Spouse for Support.

20-2-102. Petition by spouse for support.
When the husband and wife are living separately, or when they are living together but one (1) spouse does not support the other spouse or children within his means, and no proceeding for divorce is pending, the other spouse or the department of family services may institute a proceeding for support. No less than five (5) days after notice is personally served upon the nonsupporting spouse, the court may hear the petition and grant such order concerning the support of the spouse or children as it might grant were it based on a proceeding for divorce. If the nonsupporting spouse cannot be personally served within this state but has property within the jurisdiction of the court, or debts owing to him, the court may order such constructive service as appears sufficient and proper and may cause an attachment of the property. Upon completion of constructive service the court may grant relief as if personal service was had.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-103 - Petition to Affirm Marriage.

20-2-103. Petition to affirm marriage.
When the validity of any marriage is denied by either party, the other party may file a petition to affirm the marriage. Upon due proof of the validity thereof, it shall be declared valid by a decree of the court which is conclusive upon all persons concerned.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-104 - Causes for Divorce Generally; Venue Generally.

20-2-104. Causes for divorce generally; venue generally.
A divorce may be decreed by the district court of the county in which either party resides on the complaint of the aggrieved party on the grounds of irreconcilable differences in the marital relationship.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-105 - Divorce Action for Insanity; When Permitted; Conditions to Bringing Action; Liability for Support.

20-2-105. Divorce action for insanity; when permitted; conditions to bringing action; liability for support.
(a) A divorce may be granted when either party has become incurably insane and the insane person has been confined in a mental hospital of this state or of another state or territory for at least two (2) years immediately preceding the commencement of the action for divorce.
(b) Upon the filing of a verified complaint showing that a cause of action exists under this section, the district court shall appoint some person to act as guardian of the insane person in the action. The summons and complaint in the action shall be served upon the defendant by delivering a copy of the summons and complaint to the guardian and to the county attorney of the county in which the action is brought.
(c) The county attorney upon whom the summons and complaint is served shall appear for and defend the defendant in the action. No divorce shall be granted under this section except in the presence of the county attorney.
(d) In any action brought under this section, the district courts possess all the powers relative to the payment of alimony, the distribution of property and the care, custody and maintenance of the children of the parties as in other actions for divorce.
(e) Costs in the action, as well as the actual expenses of the county attorney and the expenses and fees of the guardian, shall be paid by the plaintiff. The expenses of the county attorney and expenses and fees of the guardian shall be fixed and allowed by the court, and the court may make such order as to the payment of fees and expenses as may seem proper.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-106 - Judicial Separation; Procedure; Powers of Court; Defenses.

20-2-106. Judicial separation; procedure; powers of court; defenses.
(a) When circumstances are such that grounds for a divorce exist, the aggrieved party may institute a proceeding by complaint in the same manner as if petitioner were seeking a decree of divorce, but praying instead to be allowed to live separate and apart from the offending party.
(b) No separation by decree entered hereunder shall be grounds for a divorce on the grounds of desertion or two (2) year separation unless those grounds existed at the time of petitioning for judicial separation. A decree of divorce may be granted after the decree of judicial separation is entered upon proper grounds arising thereafter.
(c) The court may make such orders as appear just, including custody of the children, provision for support, disposition of the properties of the parties, alimony, restraint of one (1) or both spouses during litigation and restraint of disposition of property. The court may impose a time limitation on the order or render a perpetual separation. The parties may at any time move the court to be discharged from the order.
(d) All defenses available in an action for divorce are available under this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-107 - Residential Requirements Generally for Divorce.

20-2-107. Residential requirements generally for divorce.
(a) No divorce shall be granted unless one of the parties has resided in this state for sixty (60) days immediately preceding the time of filing the complaint, or the marriage was solemnized in this state and one of the parties has resided in this state from the time of the marriage until the filing of the complaint.
(b) A married person who at the time of filing a complaint for divorce resides in this state is a resident although his spouse may reside elsewhere.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-108 - Action Conducted as Civil Action.

20-2-108. Action conducted as civil action.
Actions to annul or affirm a marriage, for a divorce or to establish any order regarding the maintenance or custody of children shall be conducted in the same manner as civil actions, and the court may decree costs and enforce its decree as in other cases, except a divorce decree shall not be entered less than twenty (20) days from the date the complaint is filed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-109 - Restraining Orders Concerning Property or Pecuniary Interests During Litigation.

20-2-109. Restraining orders concerning property or pecuniary interests during litigation.
If after filing a complaint for divorce it appears probable to the court that either party is about to do any act that would defeat or render less effective any order which the court might ultimately make concerning property or pecuniary interests, an order shall be made for the prevention thereof and such process issued as the court deems necessary or proper.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-110 - Restraint During Litigation.

20-2-110. Restraint during litigation.
After the filing of a complaint for divorce or to annul a marriage, on the petition of either party the court may prohibit the other party from imposing any restraint upon the petitioner's personal liberty during the pendency of the action.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-111 - Alimony During Pendency of Action; Allowances for Prosecution or Defense of Action; Costs.

20-2-111. Alimony during pendency of action; allowances for prosecution or defense of action; costs.
In every action brought for divorce, the court may require either party to pay any sum necessary to enable the other to carry on or defend the action and for support and the support of the children of the parties during its pendency. The court may decree costs against either party and award execution for the costs, or it may direct costs to be paid out of any property sequestered, in the power of the court, or in the hands of a receiver. The court may also direct payment to either party for such purpose of any sum due and owing from any person.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-112 - Examination Concerning Property Interests; Enforcement of Court Orders; Temporary Custody of Children.

20-2-112. Examination concerning property interests; enforcement of court orders; temporary custody of children.
(a) In a proceeding for divorce, the court may cause the attendance of either party and compel an answer under oath concerning his property, rights or interests, or money that he may have or money due or to become due to him from others, and make such order thereon as is just and equitable. To enforce its orders concerning alimony, temporary or permanent, or property or pecuniary interests, the court may require security for obedience thereto, or may enforce the orders by attachment, commitment, injunction or by other means.
(b) On the application of either party, the court may make such order concerning the care and custody of the minor children of the parties and their suitable maintenance during the pendency of the action as is proper and necessary and may enforce its order and decree in the manner provided in subsection (a) of this section. The party applying for the order shall notify the court of any known protection or custody orders issued on behalf of the parties from any other court. The court shall consider evidence of spouse abuse or child abuse as being contrary to the best interest of the children. If the court finds that family violence has occurred, the court shall make arrangements for visitation during temporary custody that best protect the children and the abused spouse from further harm.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-114 - Disposition of Property to Be Equitable; Factors; Alimony Generally.

20-2-114. Disposition of property to be equitable; factors; alimony generally.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in granting a divorce, the court shall make such disposition of the property of the parties as appears just and equitable, having regard for the respective merits of the parties and the condition in which they will be left by the divorce, the party through whom the property was acquired and the burdens imposed upon the property for the benefit of either party and children. The court may decree to either party reasonable alimony out of the estate of the other having regard for the other's ability to pay and may order so much of the other's real estate or the rents and profits thereof as is necessary be assigned and set out to either party for life, or may decree a specific sum be paid by either party.
(b) In making a disposition of property pursuant to this section, a court shall not do any of the following:
(i) Consider any federal disability benefits awarded to a veteran for service-connected disabilities pursuant to title 38, chapter 11 of the United States Code;
(ii) Indemnify a veteran's spouse or former spouse for any waiver or reduction in military retirement or retainer pay related to receipt of veteran disability benefits pursuant to title 38, chapter 11 of the United States Code;
(iii) Award any other income or property of the veteran to the veteran's spouse or former spouse as compensation for any waiver or reduction in military retirement or retainer pay related to receipt of veteran disability benefits pursuant to title 38, chapter 11 of the United States Code.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 1 - In General › Section 20-2-116 - Revision of Alimony and Other Allowances.

20-2-116. Revision of alimony and other allowances.
After a decree for alimony or other allowance for a party or children and after a decree for the appointment of trustees to receive and hold any property for the use of a party or children pursuant to W.S. 20-2-314, the court may from time to time, on the petition of either of the parties, revise and alter the decree respecting the amount of the alimony or allowance or the payment thereof and respecting the appropriation and payment of the principal and income of the property so held in trust and may make any decree respecting any of the matters which the court might have made in the original action.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 2 - Custody and Visitation › Section 20-2-202 - Visitation.

20-2-202. Visitation.
(a) The court may order visitation it deems in the best interests of each child and the court shall:
(i) Order visitation in enough detail to promote understanding and compliance;
(ii) Provide for the allocation of the costs of transporting each child for purposes of visitation;
(iii) Require either parent who plans to change their home city or state of residence, to give written notice thirty (30) days prior to the move, both to the other parent and to the clerk of district court stating the date and destination of the move. In the event a confidentiality order has been entered pursuant to W.S. 35-21-112 or any other court order allowing a party to maintain confidentiality of addresses or other information identifying the residence of the victim of domestic abuse, the address, city or state of residence or other information identifying the residence of the victim of domestic abuse shall remain confidential.