1-22-101. Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) “Agency” means any person legally empowered to place children for adoption or a certified private child welfare agency or the department of family services; (ii) “Child” means the minor person to be adopted; (iii) “Parent” means the child’s father or mother whose parental rights have not […]
1-22-102. Persons subject to adoption. (a) Any child may be adopted who is within this state when the petition for adoption is filed. (b) Any adult may be adopted, regardless of his residence within or outside of this state at the time the petition is filed, provided: (i) The adopting parent was a stepparent, grandparent […]
1-22-103. Adopting parties. Any adult person who has resided in this state during the sixty (60) days immediately preceding the filing of the petition for adoption and who is determined by the court to be fit and competent to be a parent may adopt in accordance with this act.
1-22-105. Hearings to be closed; attendance of parties. (a) Unless the court orders a hearing in open court, all hearings in adoption proceedings shall be confidential and held in closed court or court chambers. No person shall be admitted except court officials, parties to the proceeding, counsel, nonconsenting parents, the nonconsenting putative father of the […]
1-22-106. When petition to be filed; order for hearing. A petition to adopt a child shall be filed upon the entry of the child in the adoptive home or as soon thereafter as is reasonably convenient. When a petition is filed and presented to the judge, he shall set the petition for hearing. Any person […]
1-22-107. Service of petition and order; when service by publication permitted; exception. (a) Prior to the hearing a copy of the petition to adopt a child and all orders to show cause shall be served on any persons whose consent to adoption is required by W.S. 1-22-109 and whose consent has not been filed with […]
1-22-108. Hearing on petition and objections; findings by court; effect of default. (a) When the persons required to be served as provided in W.S. 1-22-107 have been served personally or by publication and do not appear at the hearing, a default shall be entered against them and they shall be bound by the findings and […]
1-22-109. Consent to adoption. (a) A written relinquishment of custody of the child to be adopted and written consent to adoption shall be filed with the petition to adopt and shall be signed by: (i) Both parents, if living; or (ii) The surviving parent; or (iii) The mother and putative father of the child if […]
1-22-110. When adoption permitted without consent. (a) In addition to the exceptions contained in W.S. 1-22-108, the adoption of a child may be ordered without the written consent of a parent or the putative father if the court finds that the nonconsenting parent or putative father is unknown and that the putative father has not […]
1-22-111. Decree; investigation; denial of adoption. (a) After the petition to adopt has been filed and a hearing held the court acting in the best interest and welfare of the child may make any of the following orders: (i) Enter an interlocutory decree of adoption giving the care and custody of the child to the […]
1-22-112. Application for final decree. (a) If an interlocutory decree has been entered petitioners may apply for a final decree of adoption after the child has resided in the home of the petitioners for six (6) months and a hearing on the petition may be required. (b) If an interlocutory decree has not been entered […]
1-22-113. Petition for adoption of an adult; consent required. When a petition to adopt an adult is filed a copy of the petition together with a summons issued as in other civil actions shall be served on the adult. If the adult objects to adoption by the petitioner the petition shall be dismissed. When the […]
1-22-114. Effect of adoption. (a) Upon the entry of a final decree of adoption the former parent, guardian or putative father of the child shall have no right to the control or custody of the child. The adopting persons shall have all of the rights and obligations respecting the child as if they were natural […]
1-22-115. Subsidization of adoption; qualification for payments; authority to adopt rules and regulations. (a) The department of family services may grant subsidy payments to the adoptive parent of a child or to another person on behalf of the child, if, at the time the child is placed for adoption: (i) The child is in the […]
1-22-116. Medical history of natural parents and adoptive child. To the extent available, the medical history of a child subject to adoption and his natural parents, with information identifying the natural parents eliminated, shall be provided by an authorized agency or may be provided by order of a court to the child’s adoptive parent any […]
1-22-117. Putative father registry. (a) The department of family services shall establish a putative father registry which shall record the names and addresses of: (i) Any person adjudicated by a court of this state to be the father of a child born out-of-wedlock; (ii) Any person who has filed with the registry before or after […]
