Section 20-7-101 – Establishing Grandparents’ Visitation Rights.
20-7-101. Establishing grandparents’ visitation rights. (a) A grandparent may bring an original action against any person having custody of the grandparent’s minor grandchild to establish reasonable visitation rights to the child. If the court finds, after a hearing, that visitation would be in the best interest of the child and that the rights of the […]
Section 20-7-102 – Establishing Primary Caregivers’ Visitation Rights.
20-7-102. Establishing primary caregivers’ visitation rights. (a) With notice or reasonable efforts to provide notice to the noncustodial parent, a person may bring an original action against any person having custody of the child to establish reasonable visitation rights to the child if the person bringing the original action has been the primary caregiver for […]
Section 20-6-217 – Award of Attorney Fees.
20-6-217. Award of attorney fees. Any time a hearing is held pursuant to this act, reasonable attorney’s fees may be awarded to the prevailing party.
Section 20-6-218 – Penalties.
20-6-218. Penalties. (a) A payor who fails to withhold income in the amount specified in the notice to payor is liable for any amount up to the accumulated amount the payor should have withheld from the obligor’s income. (b) Payors shall pay in compliance with the instructions specified in the notice to payor and in […]
Section 20-6-219 – Priority of Income Withholding Order.
20-6-219. Priority of income withholding order. An income withholding order under this act has priority over any other legal process under state law against the same income.
Section 20-6-220 – Designation of Federal Administering Agency.
20-6-220. Designation of federal administering agency. The IV-D agency designated as the state agency to administer income withholding under this act for purposes of section 466(b)(5) and part D, title IV, section 454 of the federal Social Security Act is the child support enforcement unit of the department and, except where limited by federal law […]
Section 20-6-222 – Remedies in Addition to Other Laws.
20-6-222. Remedies in addition to other laws. The rights, remedies, duties and penalties created by this act are in addition to and not in substitution for any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties created by any other law.
Section 20-6-213 – Notice to Clerk of Changes.
20-6-213. Notice to clerk of changes. (a) After an income withholding order has become effective under this act and within fifteen (15) days of any change: (i) The obligee and obligor shall notify the clerk in writing of any change of address; and (ii) The obligor shall notify the clerk in writing of the name […]
Section 20-6-214 – Duties of Clerk of Court.
20-6-214. Duties of clerk of court. (a) The clerk shall: (i) Maintain records showing receipt and disbursement of all funds received pursuant to this act; (ii) Promptly distribute all funds received to the appropriate person or agency; (iii) Promptly refund to the obligor any amounts shown to have been improperly withheld which are in the […]
Section 20-6-215 – Minimum and Maximum Amount of Withholding; Allocation.
20-6-215. Minimum and maximum amount of withholding; allocation. (a) Subject to the limitation under W.S. 20-6-210(b)(iii) the aggregate amount of income withheld under an income withholding order served upon one (1) or more payors of an obligor shall: (i) Satisfy the current support obligation under the support order; (ii) Include an additional amount to be […]