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