2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 3 - Child Support › Section 20-2-309 - Contents of Orders; Change of Address or Employment; Income Withholding Entered; Payment.

20-2-309. Contents of orders; change of address or employment; income withholding entered; payment.
(a) All orders shall include the:
(i) Names of the parties;
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 121, 2.
(iii) Repealed By Laws 2004, Chapter 72, 2.
(iv) Right of either party or, when appropriate, the department of family services to petition to enforce an order pursuant to W.S. 20-2-201 through 20-2-204, 20-2-310 and 20-2-311(d).
(b) All child support orders shall be accompanied by a confidential statement that contains the names, addresses, dates of birth, places of birth and social security numbers of each party and each child to whom the order relates and the names and addresses of each party's employer. Except as provided in subsection (h) of this section, the confidential statement may be inspected by:
(i) The parties and their attorneys;
(ii) The department of family services to the extent necessary to enforce the Child Support Enforcement Act and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; and
(iii) Other persons or entities, if permitted by court order.
(c) The court shall order each party to notify the clerk of court in writing within fifteen (15) days of any change in address or employment.
(d) In any subsequent enforcement action brought under this chapter in which the parties were previously ordered to provide the clerk of the court with their current residential, mailing and employer's address, the court, upon sufficient showing to the satisfaction of the court that a diligent effort has been made to ascertain the location of a party, shall deem state due process requirements for notice and service of process to be met upon delivery of written notice to the most recent residential or employer address of that party filed with the clerk of the district court and the state case registry pursuant to the requirements of this section provided:
(i) An affidavit attesting to the diligent effort to locate the party is filed with the court at the time of filing the subsequent enforcement action; and
(ii) Delivery of the written notice to the most recent residential or employer address of the party is made by personal service or by certified mail.
(e) Upon entry of any order for the support of a child under this section the court shall also enter an income withholding order as provided by W.S. 20-6-204.
(f) All child support payments shall be paid to the clerk as defined by W.S. 20-6-102(a)(x).
(g) For purposes of this section, "party" does not include the department of family services.
(h) The confidential statement required pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall not be inspected or further released except as provided in this subsection if the court has issued a confidentiality order pursuant to W.S. 35-21-112 or any other court order allowing a party to maintain confidentiality of addresses, city or state of residence or other information identifying the residence of the victim of domestic abuse. The court may release the confidential statement required under subsection (b) of this section to the department of family services to the extent necessary to enforce the Child Support Enforcement Act and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, provided:
(i) The department releases information protected by a confidentiality order only to governmental agencies or courts of competent jurisdiction and does not release information protected by the confidentiality order to the opposing party or attorneys representing or employed by the opposing party;
(ii) The department shall exclude or redact information protected by a confidentiality order from information provided under this subsection to the greatest extent possible in conformance with the Child Support Enforcement Act and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act;
(iii) The department shall provide written notice to parties receiving information protected by a confidentiality order from the department stating that the information is protected by a confidentiality order and shall only be disseminated by the receiving party to the extent necessary to comply with the Child Support Enforcement Act and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.