Wyo. Stat. § 20-4-204

Current through the 2024 legislative session
Section 20-4-204 - Initiation by the Wyoming support enforcement agency proceeding under the convention
(a) In a support proceeding under this article, the support enforcement agency of this state shall:
(i) Transmit and receive applications; and
(ii) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.
(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:
(i) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
(ii) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;
(iii) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
(iv) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under W.S. 20-4-208(b)(ii), (iv) or (ix);
(v) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(vi) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(c) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing order:
(i) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;
(ii) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
(iii) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(d) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.

W.S. 20-4-204

Added by Laws 2015 , ch. 75, § 1, eff. 3/2/2015.