Section 1-37-101 – Short Title.

1-37-101. Short title. “This act” means W.S. 1-37-101 through 1-37-115 and may be cited as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act.

Section 1-37-102 – Scope and General Consideration.

1-37-102. Scope and general consideration. Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions may declare rights, status and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No proceeding is open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or […]

Section 1-37-103 – Right of Interested Party to Have Determination Made.

1-37-103. Right of interested party to have determination made. Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by the Wyoming constitution or by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have any question of construction or validity […]

Section 1-37-104 – Contract May Be Construed at Any Time.

1-37-104. Contract may be construed at any time. A contract may be construed either before or after there has been a breach thereof.

Section 1-37-105 – Fiduciary’s Rights to Be Construed.

1-37-105. Fiduciary’s rights to be construed. (a) Any person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or beneficiary of a trust, in the administration of a trust, or of the estate of a decedent, a minor or person under legal disability, may have […]

Section 1-37-106 – Adjudication of Water Rights.

1-37-106. Adjudication of water rights. (a) The state of Wyoming upon the relation of the attorney general may institute an action to have determined in a general adjudication the nature, extent, and relative priority of the water rights of all persons in any river system and all other sources, provided: (i) For the purposes of […]

Section 1-37-107 – Enumeration Not Exclusive.

1-37-107. Enumeration not exclusive. The enumeration in W.S. 1-37-103 through 1-37-106 does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in W.S. 1-37-102 in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.

Section 1-37-108 – Discretionary Power Retained by Court.

1-37-108. Discretionary power retained by court. The court may refuse to render a declaratory judgment where the judgment would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding.

Section 1-37-109 – Review.

1-37-109. Review. Final orders and judgments entered in declaratory judgment proceedings may be reviewed as in other civil actions.

Section 1-37-110 – Supplemental Relief.

1-37-110. Supplemental relief. Further relief based on a declaratory judgment may be granted. Application therefor shall be by petition to a court having jurisdiction to grant the relief. If the application is sufficient the court, on reasonable notice, shall require any adverse party whose rights have been adjudicated by the declaratory judgment to show cause […]

Section 1-37-111 – Determination of Issues of Fact.

1-37-111. Determination of issues of fact. When a declaratory judgment proceeding involves the determination of an issue of fact, the issue may be tried and determined as in other civil actions.

Section 1-37-112 – Costs.

1-37-112. Costs. The court may award costs in any proceeding as seem equitable and just.

Section 1-37-113 – Parties Generally; Proceedings Involving Validity of Ordinance or Franchise.

1-37-113. Parties generally; proceedings involving validity of ordinance or franchise. When declaratory relief is sought, all persons shall be made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the declaration, and no declaration shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceeding. In any proceeding which involves the validity […]

Section 1-37-114 – Construction of Chapter.

1-37-114. Construction of chapter. The Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act is remedial. Its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to legal relations, and is to be liberally construed and administered.

Section 1-37-115 – Provisions Severable.

1-37-115. Provisions severable. The provisions of the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act are independent and severable. The invalidity of one (1) provision shall not affect or render the remainder of the act invalid.