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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 2 - Custody and Visitation › Section 20-2-203 - Jurisdiction for Enforcement and Modification.

20-2-203. Jurisdiction for enforcement and modification.
(a) A court in this state which enters a custody order under W.S. 20-2-201 has continuing subject matter jurisdiction to enforce or modify the decree concerning the care, custody and visitation of the children as the circumstances of the parents and needs of the child require, subject to the provisions of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. A service member's temporary duty, deployment or mobilization, as defined in W.S. 20-2-205, shall not alter any court's continuing jurisdiction under this section. A court which has jurisdiction to enforce or modify an order under this section may decline to exercise its jurisdiction if it finds it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances of the case and that the court which entered the original order is a more appropriate forum and has jurisdiction as set forth in the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
(b) A court in any county in Wyoming in which the child has lived with his parents, a parent or a person acting as a parent for six (6) consecutive months immediately prior to commencement of the custody proceeding may assert subject matter jurisdiction and adjudicate any proceedings involving the child. Periods of temporary absence of any of the named persons shall be included as part of the six (6) month period.
(c) Any party seeking to enforce or modify a custody order pursuant to this section shall attach a certified copy of the custody order to the petition to be enforced or modified. A certified copy of an order entered by a Wyoming court providing for the care, custody or visitation of children may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of any county in this state in which either parent resides if neither parent resides in the county of original jurisdiction. The district court for the county in which the order is filed has jurisdiction to enforce the order, provided:
(i) Upon request of the district court for the county in which a certified copy of the order has been filed, the court which originally entered the order shall forward certified copies of the transcript of the court record and pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, social studies and other pertinent documents relating to the original proceeding; and
(ii) The district court for the county in which a certified copy of the order has been filed shall give due consideration to the transcript of the record and all other documents submitted to it in accordance with paragraph (i) of this subsection.
(d) In any proceeding to enforce or modify an order concerning the care, custody and visitation of children, any required notice or pleading shall be served as provided by the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 2 - Custody and Visitation › Section 20-2-204 - Enforcement and Modification.

20-2-204. Enforcement and modification.
(a) Either parent may petition to enforce or modify any court order regarding custody and visitation.
(b) A court having jurisdiction under W.S. 20-2-203 may, upon appropriate motion of a party, require a parent to appear before the court and show just cause why the parent should not be held in contempt, upon a showing that the parent has willfully violated an order concerning the care, custody and visitation of the children. In order to enforce and require future compliance with an order the court may find that the parent is in contempt of court, award attorney's fees, costs and any other relief as the court may deem necessary under the circumstances to the party aggrieved by the violation of an order.
(c) A court having jurisdiction may modify an order concerning the care, custody and visitation of the children if there is a showing by either parent of a material change in circumstances since the entry of the order in question and that the modification would be in the best interests of the children pursuant to W.S. 20-2-201(a). In any proceeding in which a parent seeks to modify an order concerning child custody or visitation, proof of repeated, unreasonable failure by the custodial parent to allow visitation to the other parent in violation of an order may be considered as evidence of a material change of circumstances. Any modification under this subsection shall be subject to the limitations and requirements of W.S. 20-2-205.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 3 - Child Support › Section 20-2-301 - Purpose.

20-2-301. Purpose.
Where necessary and appropriate, the court shall enter orders, whether temporary or permanent, pursuant to and in compliance with this article for the maintenance of children in actions for divorce, annulment, paternity, support, out-of-home placement and any other action for the maintenance or support of children.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 3 - Child Support › Section 20-2-303 - Definitions.

20-2-303. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Age of majority" means as defined in W.S. 14-1-101(a) or 14-2-204(a), whichever is applicable;
(ii) "Income" means any form of payment or return in money or in kind to an individual, regardless of source. Income includes, but is not limited to wages, earnings, salary, commission, compensation as an independent contractor, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability and permanent total disability worker's compensation payments, unemployment compensation, disability, annuity and retirement benefits, and any other payments made by any payor, but shall not include any earnings derived from overtime work unless the court, after considering all overtime earnings derived in the preceding twenty-four (24) month period, determines the overtime earnings can reasonably be expected to continue on a consistent basis. In determining income, all reasonable unreimbursed legitimate business expenses shall be deducted. Means tested sources of income such as Pell grants, aid under the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program, supplemental nutrition assistance program and supplemental security income (SSI) shall not be considered as income. Gross income also means potential income of parents who are voluntarily unemployed or underemployed;
(iii) "Net income" means income as defined in paragraph (ii) of this subsection less personal income taxes, social security deductions, cost of dependent health care coverage for all dependent children, actual payments being made under preexisting support orders for current support of other children, other court-ordered support obligations currently being paid and mandatory pension deductions. Payments towards child support arrearage shall not be deducted to arrive at net income;
(iv) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 186, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 3 - Child Support › Section 20-2-306 - Revision of Presumptive Child Support.

20-2-306. Revision of presumptive child support.
On or before December 1, 1996, and at least once every four (4) years thereafter, the department of family services shall review the presumptive child support established under this article to ensure that application results in the determination of appropriate child support award amounts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 3 - Child Support › Section 20-2-308 - Financial Affidavits Required; Financial Reporting.

20-2-308. Financial affidavits required; financial reporting.
(a) No order establishing or modifying a child support obligation shall be entered unless financial affidavits on a form approved by the Wyoming supreme court which fully discloses the financial status of the parties have been filed, or the court has held a hearing and testimony has been received.
(b) Financial affidavits of the parties shall be supported with documentation of both current and past earnings. Suitable documentation of current earnings includes but is not limited to pay stubs, employer statements, or receipts and expenses if self-employed. Documentation of current earnings shall be supplemented with copies of the most recent tax return to provide verification of earnings over a longer period.
(c) The court may require, or the parents may agree, to exchange financial and other appropriate information once a year or less often, by regular mail, for the purpose of analyzing the propriety of modification of court ordered child support.
(d) All financial affidavits and records required by law to be attached to the affidavit shall constitute a confidential file and are subject to inspection by persons other than the parties, their attorneys or the department of family services to the extent necessary to enforce the Child Support Enforcement Act and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act only by court order.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 3 - Child Support › Section 20-2-310 - Enforcement of Child Support.

20-2-310. Enforcement of child support.
(a) In any proceeding to enforce the decree concerning the maintenance of children, any required notice or pleading shall be served as provided by the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.
(b) A court may, upon appropriate motion, require a parent to appear before the court and show just cause why the parent should not be held in contempt and, upon a showing that the parent has willfully violated a child support order, make such order or orders as the court deems necessary and appropriate.
(c) In any case in which child support has been ordered to be paid to the clerk, any periodic payment or installment under the provisions of an order concerning maintenance is, on the date it is due, a judgment by operation of law.
(d) If an able-bodied obligor is unemployed and otherwise unable to fulfill his court-ordered child support obligation, the court may order the obligor to participate in the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) work program administered by the department of workforce services, excluding the benefit portion of that program, without regard to the program eligibility requirements under title 42 or the department rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(e) The court in order to enforce and require future compliance with an order, may find that the parent is in contempt of court, award attorney fees, costs and any other relief as the court may deem necessary under the circumstances.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 3 - Child Support › Section 20-2-312 - Redirection of Child Support.

20-2-312. Redirection of child support.
Upon affidavit by the current custodian or the department filed with the clerk of the district court, or by operation of law when public funds have been expended on behalf of a minor child, that the care and control of the child resides in a party other than the obligee under a child support order, the child support shall, by operation of law, be redirected to the person or agency who has the care and control of the child and shall be subject to assignment by the person having the care and control of the child pursuant to W.S. 20-6-106. The department, upon proof by affidavit filed with the clerk of district court or upon verified information it has received pursuant to W.S. 20-6-106 that the child support is subject to an assignment, may redirect the child support to the person or agency in whose favor the assignment is made.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 3 - Child Support › Section 20-2-313 - Cessation of Child Support.

20-2-313. Cessation of child support.
(a) An on-going child support obligation terminates when the:
(i) Parents marry or remarry each other;
(ii) Child dies;
(iii) Child is legally emancipated; or
(iv) Child attains the age of majority.
(b) After the remarriage of the parents to each other, the court may eliminate all child support arrearage existing between the parents except those assigned to the state of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 3 - Child Support › Section 20-2-314 - Court May Appoint Trustees to Manage Amount Set Aside for Children.

20-2-314. Court may appoint trustees to manage amount set aside for children.
Upon application by any party, the court may order any amount set apart for the children to be paid to a trustee or trustees appointed by the court, upon trust to invest the same and to apply the income thereof to the support of the children in such manner as the court directs. This section does not apply to periodic payments designated as child support by a court order.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 3 - Child Support › Section 20-2-315 - Court May Require Security for Child Support Payments.

20-2-315. Court may require security for child support payments.
(a) Upon the issuance of any order or entering of a decree under this chapter which provides for child support payments, or any time thereafter following notice and opportunity for hearing, the court may, for good cause shown, require the obligor to provide security of nonexempt property that the court deems satisfactory to secure payment of child support.
(b) The court, upon petition and following notice and hearing, shall no longer require the order for security if the court determines:
(i) Good cause no longer exists to require security to assure payment upon the obligation to pay child support; and
(ii) There is no overdue support outstanding.
(c) Once the child support obligation has terminated and arrearages satisfied, the security shall be released.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 3 - Child Support › Section 20-2-316 - Adjustment of Child Support for a Disabled Adult Child.

20-2-316. Adjustment of child support for a disabled adult child.
(a) A noncustodial parent may petition for an adjustment of child support for a child who has reached the age of majority but qualifies under W.S. 14-2-204(a)(i) to continue to receive support from the noncustodial parent. The court shall allow the adjustment in cases where the noncustodial parent proves by a preponderance of the evidence that an adjustment of the child support order is in the best interest of the child who has reached the age of majority.
(b) A noncustodial parent petitioning the court for an adjustment under this section shall adhere to the requirements of W.S. 20-2-311.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 4 - Medical Support for Children › Section 20-2-402 - Employer's Obligations.

20-2-402. Employer's obligations.
(a) Where a parent is required by a court or administrative order to provide health coverage for a child, at the time of the order, which is offered by and available through an employer doing business in this state to the parent, the employer is required to comply with the following:
(i) To permit the parent who has already met eligibility requirements, to enroll, under the family coverage, any child who is otherwise eligible for the coverage without regard to any enrollment season restrictions;
(ii) If the parent is enrolled but fails to make application to obtain coverage for the child, to permit enrollment of the child under family coverage upon application by the child's other parent, the department of health in administering the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act or the department of family services in administering the child support enforcement program;
(iii) To transfer the national medical support notice to the appropriate group health plan providing the health care coverage for which the child is eligible within twenty (20) business days after the date of the national medical support notice;
(iv) To withhold from the employee's compensation the employee's share, if any, of premiums for health coverage and to pay this amount to the insurer;
(v) Not to disenroll, or eliminate coverage of, the child unless the employee is no longer insured by that employer's plan or the employer is provided satisfactory written evidence that:
(A) The court or administrative order is no longer in effect;
(B) The child is or will be enrolled in comparable health coverage which will take effect not later than the effective date of disenrollment;
(C) The employer has eliminated family health coverage for all of its employees; or
(D) The employee is no longer working for the employer.
(vi) To notify the department within thirty (30) business days whenever the obligor's employment is terminated. The notice shall include the following information:
(A) When the obligor left the employment;
(B) The last known address of the obligor;
(C) The last known telephone number for the obligor; and
(D) The name, address and telephone number of the obligor's new employer, if known.
(b) No employer shall use the existence of the medical child support order authorized by this act:
(i) As grounds for discharge or discipline;
(ii) To otherwise penalize an obligor; or
(iii) As grounds to refuse to employ a person.
(c) Any employer who violates subsection (a) or (b) of this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Any penalty collected under this section shall be distributed to the county public school fund in the county where the penalty was collected.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 4 - Medical Support for Children › Section 20-2-403 - Department of Family Services; Duties of Department and Custodial Parent; Rules and Regulations.

20-2-403. Department of family services; duties of department and custodial parent; rules and regulations.
(a) In IV-D cases where the noncustodial parent is required to provide health care coverage pursuant to a child support order, and for whom the employer is known, the department shall enforce the provision of court ordered health care coverage for dependent children, where appropriate, through the use of the national medical support notice as provided by federal or state law, unless alternate coverage is allowed by any order of the court or tribunal, including:
(i) Cash contributions for health insurance coverage premiums through the custodial parent's employment;
(ii) Private coverage, unrelated to the noncustodial parent's employment.
(b) The department shall transfer the national medical support notice to the employer within two (2) business days after an employee who is an obligor in a IV-D case is entered in the state directory of new hires.
(c) The department shall promptly notify the employer when there is no longer a current order for medical support in effect for which the department is responsible.
(d) The custodial parent, in consultation with the department, shall promptly select from available insurance plan options when the insurance plan administrator reports that there is more than one (1) option available under the plan, and shall take into consideration the income withholding of, and costs to, the obligor.
(e) The department shall, through rules and regulations, develop procedures to determine when it is appropriate to utilize the national medical support notice.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 4 - Medical Support for Children › Section 20-2-404 - Rights of Obligor.

20-2-404. Rights of obligor.
(a) The obligor shall have twenty (20) days from the date of receipt of the national medical support notice within which to request a hearing. If the obligor does not request a hearing within twenty (20) days, the opportunity for a hearing may be deemed waived.
(b) The request for hearing shall be made in writing to the court or tribunal having appropriate jurisdiction, with notice provided to the department, and shall state the basis upon which the hearing is requested.
(c) The obligor may contest the withholding based on mistake of fact, according to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. Notwithstanding any contest by the obligor under this subsection, the employer shall initiate withholding until the employer receives notice from the department that withholding is no longer required. Any funds that are found to be inappropriately withheld shall be refunded to the obligor, if no arrearages exist, in accordance with rules and regulations of the department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 4 - Medical Support for Children › Section 20-2-405 - Priorities of Payment.

20-2-405. Priorities of payment.
(a) In IV-D cases in which an obligor is subject to income withholding for court ordered child support payments, health care coverage and any arrearages, and the amount of withholding allowed by law does not satisfy all withholding orders against the obligor, payment of current child support obligations shall be given priority in accordance with W.S. 20-6-215.
(b) After the requirements of W.S. 20-6-215 are met, health insurance premiums shall be prioritized by the court or tribunal on a case-by-case basis.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 2 - Dissolution of Marriage › Article 4 - Medical Support for Children › Section 20-2-406 - Definitions.

20-2-406. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Department" means the department of family services;
(ii) "Employer" means any person who owes income to an obligor, including but not limited to, the United States government, a state government, any unit of local government and any school district;
(iii) "IV-D agency" means the department of family services or any other state's IV-D agency as defined by that state;
(iv) "IV-D case" means a case with respect to a child in which support enforcement services are provided in accordance with Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act by the child support enforcement unit of the department to a custodian of a child who is a recipient of services under title 42, chapters 1, 2 or 4, of the Wyoming statutes, or is a recipient of Title IV-E foster care. The term also includes any case in which a parent or custodian of a child applies to the child support enforcement unit of the department for support enforcement services and pays a fee for such services;
(v) "Medical child support order" means an order, judgment or decree, including the approval of a settlement agreement, issued by a court or tribunal, requiring a parent to provide health care coverage for a child and which may require a payor to enroll the child in a health care benefit plan;
(vi) "Mistake of fact" means an error in the amount of current support or arrearages, in the identity of the obligor or that the order of support does not exist or has been vacated;
(vii) "National medical support notice" means the federally approved national medical support notice used to enforce the provision of health care coverage in IV-D cases for children of noncustodial parents who are required to provide health care coverage through an employment-related group health plan in accordance with a child support order;
(viii) "Obligor" means a person who owes a duty of support for a child;
(ix) "Payor" means any employer or other person who pays income to an obligor and who has or provides health care coverage to employees;
(x) "Title IV-D" means Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act which established the federal child support enforcement program;
(xi) "Accessible" means the health care insurance plan is available and provides coverage for the child residing within the geographic area covered by the insurance plan;
(xii) "Cash medical support" means any child support order calculated pursuant to article 3 of this chapter, or an amount ordered to be paid toward the cost of health care coverage provided by another parent through the parent's employer or otherwise, or for other medical costs not covered by insurance;
(xiii) "Reasonable cost" means the cost to provide health care coverage or to provide cash medical support for children at no more than five percent (5%) of the providing party's income, as defined in W.S. 20-2-303(a)(ii);
(xiv) "This act" means W.S. 20-2-401 through 20-2-406.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 3 - Desertion of Spouse or Children › Section 20-3-101 - Desertion Generally; Penalty; Public Welfare Funds; Prisoner's Earnings; Temporary Order for Support.

20-3-101. Desertion generally; penalty; public welfare funds; prisoner's earnings; temporary order for support.
(a) Any spouse who, without just cause or lawful excuse, deserts the other spouse or fails or refuses to provide adequately for the support and maintenance of the other spouse and who at the time of leaving, failure or refusal is or thereafter becomes in necessitous circumstances is guilty of a crime, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
(b) Any person who without just cause or legal excuse intentionally fails, refuses or neglects to provide adequate support which the person knows or reasonably should know the person is legally obligated to provide to a child under eighteen (18) years of age is guilty of:
(i) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both;
(ii) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not less than seven (7) days nor more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both, if:
(A) The defendant has previously been convicted under this subsection; or
(B) The support has been ordered by any court and the defendant has failed to pay the support obligation within sixty (60) days after the date payment was due.
(c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under subsection (a) or (b) of this section that the person was unable to provide adequate support but did provide such support as was within that person's ability and means. A person may not demonstrate inability to provide support if the person is employable but, without reasonable excuse, fails diligently to seek employment, terminates employment or reduces earnings or assets. A person who raises an affirmative defense has the burden of proving the defense by a preponderance of the evidence.
(d) Support of spouse or child by public welfare funds or from any source other than from the other spouse or parent as the case may be, is not just cause or lawful excuse for the spouse or parent to fail to provide support under this section.
(e) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 117, 2.
(f) Proceedings under this section may be instituted upon verified complaint against any person guilty of the offenses.
(g) At any time before trial, upon petition of the complainant and notice to the defendant, the court may enter a temporary order providing for the support of the deserted spouse or children or both, pendente lite, and may punish for violation of the order as for contempt.
(h) This state has jurisdiction over an offense under this section if conduct constituting any element of the offense or a result of that conduct occurs within this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 3 - Desertion of Spouse or Children › Section 20-3-102 - Ordering of Payments for Support in Lieu of Penalty; When Authorized; Term; Release of Defendant on Probation; Entering of Recognizance; Conditions of Recognizance; Providing for Security.

20-3-102. Ordering of payments for support in lieu of penalty; when authorized; term; release of defendant on probation; entering of recognizance; conditions of recognizance; providing for security.
(a) Before trial with the consent of the defendant, or on entry of a plea of guilty or after conviction, instead of the penalty provided by W.S. 20-3-101(b) or in addition thereto, the court having regard to the circumstances and the financial ability or earning capacity of the defendant, may enter an order directing the defendant to pay a certain sum for not exceeding two (2) years, to the parent, the guardian or custodian of the minor child or children or to an organization or individual approved by the court as trustee. The court may release the defendant on probation for the period so fixed, upon a recognizance with or without surety in an amount as the court may order, conditioned that if the defendant appears in court whenever ordered and complies with the terms of the order of support or any modification thereof, the recognizance shall be void.
(b) The court may require the defendant to provide any security of nonexempt property that the court deems satisfactory to secure the obligation to pay child support.
(c) The court, upon petition and following notice and hearing, shall no longer require the order for security if the court determines:
(i) Good cause no longer exists to require security to assure payment upon the obligation to pay child support; and
(ii) There is no overdue support outstanding.
(d) Once the obligor has satisfied the obligation to make child support payments as ordered by the court, the security shall be released.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 3 - Desertion of Spouse or Children › Section 20-3-103 - Ordering of Payments for Support in Lieu of Penalty; Violation of Order; Trial; Sentence; Forfeiture of Recognizance; Disposition of Sum Recovered.

20-3-103. Ordering of payments for support in lieu of penalty; violation of order; trial; sentence; forfeiture of recognizance; disposition of sum recovered.
If the court finds at any time during the period of probation the defendant has violated the terms of the order, it may forthwith proceed with the trial of the defendant under the original charge, or sentence him or her or enforce a suspended sentence under the original plea or conviction. In case of the forfeiture of recognizance, or enforcement thereof by execution, the sum recovered may be paid in whole or in part to the wife or to the guardian, custodian or trustee of the minor child or children.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 3 - Desertion of Spouse or Children › Section 20-3-104 - Proving Marriage, Parenthood; Spouses as Witnesses; Disclosure of Confidential Communications; Desertion, Neglect or Refusal to Support.

20-3-104. Proving marriage, parenthood; spouses as witnesses; disclosure of confidential communications; desertion, neglect or refusal to support.
No other or greater evidence is required to prove the marriage of a husband and wife or that the defendant is the father or mother of a child or children than is required to prove such facts in a civil action. In a prosecution under this act no statute or rule of law prohibiting the disclosure of confidential communications between husband and wife shall apply. Both husband and wife are competent witnesses to testify against each other to any relevant matters including the fact of marriage and the parentage of the child or children but neither shall be compelled to give evidence incriminating himself or herself. Proof of the desertion of the wife, child or children in destitute or necessitous circumstances, or of the neglect or refusal to provide for the support and maintenance of the wife, child or children is prima facie evidence that the desertion, neglect or refusal is willful.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-141 - Remedies Cumulative; Application of Act to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding.

20-4-141. Remedies cumulative; application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.
(a) Remedies provided by this act are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.
(b) This act does not:
(i) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or
(ii) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this act.
(c) A tribunal of this state shall apply article 1 of this act and, as applicable, article 2 of this act, to a support proceeding involving:
(i) A foreign support order;
(ii) A foreign tribunal; or
(iii) An obligee, obligor or child residing in a foreign country.
(d) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of article 1 of this act.
(e) Article 2 of this act applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of article 2 of this act is inconsistent with article 1 of this act, article 2 of this act controls.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-142 - Basis for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.

20-4-142. Basis for jurisdiction over nonresident.
(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:
(i) The individual is personally served with notice within the state;
(ii) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
(iii) The individual resided with the child in this state;
(iv) The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(v) The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
(vi) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(vii) The individual asserted parentage of a child in this state pursuant to the putative father registry created by W.S. 1-22-117 and maintained in this state by the department of family services; or
(viii) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
(b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) of this section or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of W.S. 20-4-183 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of W.S. 20-4-197 are met.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-143 - Procedure When Exercising Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.

20-4-143. Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over nonresident.
Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this act or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by W.S. 20-4-146, 20-4-147 and 20-4-196.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-144 - Initiating and Responding Tribunal of This State.

20-4-144. Initiating and responding tribunal of this state.
Under this act, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-145 - Simultaneous Proceedings.

20-4-145. Simultaneous proceedings.
(a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:
(i) The petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;
(ii) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and
(iii) If relevant, this state is the home state of the child.
(b) A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:
(i) The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state;
(ii) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state;
(iii) If relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-146 - Continuing Exclusive Jurisdiction.

20-4-146. Continuing exclusive jurisdiction.
(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has, and shall exercise, continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and:
(i) At the time of filing of a request for modification, this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or
(ii) Even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.
(b) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:
(i) All the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one (1) of the parties, who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child, may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or
(ii) Its order is not the controlling order.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 103, 3.
(d) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that act which modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
(e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
(f) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 103, 3.
(g) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-147 - Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce a Child Support Order.

20-4-147. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce a child support order.
(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
(i) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or
(ii) A money judgment for arrearages of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
(b) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 103, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-149 - Child Support Orders for Two or More Obligees.

20-4-149. Child support orders for two or more obligees.
In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two (2) or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one (1) of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the multiple orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-150 - Credit for Payments.

20-4-150. Credit for payments.
A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state or a foreign country.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-151 - Proceedings Under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.

20-4-151. Proceedings under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, W.S. 20-4-151 through 20-4-169 apply to all proceedings under this act.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 103, 3.
(c) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under the act by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-153 - Application of Law of This State.

20-4-153. Application of law of this state.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a responding tribunal of this state shall:
(i) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and
(ii) Determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the presumptive child support established under W.S. 20-2-304.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-154 - Duties of Initiating Tribunal.

20-4-154. Duties of initiating tribunal.
(a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this act, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:
(i) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or
(ii) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
(b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-155 - Duties and Power of Responding Tribunal.

20-4-155. Duties and power of responding tribunal.
(a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to W.S. 20-4-151(c), it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one (1) or more of the following:
(i) Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order or determine parentage of a child;
(ii) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and manner of compliance;
(iii) Order income withholding;
(iv) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;
(v) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
(vi) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
(vii) Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
(viii) Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential address, electronic mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment and telephone number at the place of employment;
(ix) Issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the warrant in any local and state computer system for criminal warrants;
(x) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
(xi) Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs;
(xii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, 3.
(xiii) Grant any other available remedy.
(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this act, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
(d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this act upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
(e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this act, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.
(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrearages or judgment, or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 20 - Domestic Relations › Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 20-4-156 - Inappropriate Tribunal.

20-4-156. Inappropriate tribunal.
If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.