Section 20-4-181 – Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State or Foreign Country for Modification.
20-4-181. Procedure to register child support order of another state or foreign country for modification. (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in W.S. 20-4-173 through 20-4-180 […]
Section 20-4-172 – Administrative Enforcement of Orders.
20-4-172. Administrative enforcement of orders. (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state. (b) Upon receipt of […]
Section 20-4-173 – Registration of Order for Enforcement.
20-4-173. Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state for enforcement.
Section 20-4-174 – Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement.
20-4-174. Procedure to register order for enforcement. (a) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 20-4-206, a support order or an income withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in this state: (i) A letter of transmittal to […]
Section 20-4-175 – Effect of Registration for Enforcement.
20-4-175. Effect of registration for enforcement. (a) A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state. (b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same […]
Section 20-4-176 – Choice of Law.
20-4-176. Choice of law. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (i) The nature, extent, amount and duration of current payments under a registered support order; (ii) The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under […]
Section 20-4-177 – Notice of Registration of Order.
20-4-177. Notice of registration of order. (a) When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information […]
Section 20-4-162 – Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances.
20-4-162. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information shall be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the […]
Section 20-4-163 – Costs and Fees.
20-4-163. Costs and fees. (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, other costs and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the […]
Section 20-4-164 – Limited Immunity of Petitioner.
20-4-164. Limited immunity of petitioner. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this act before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding. (b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of […]