Section 20-5-409 – Service of Petition and Order.
20-5-409. Service of petition and order. Except as provided in W.S. 20-5-411, the petition and order shall be served by any method authorized by the law of this state upon the respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child.
Section 20-5-410 – Hearing and Order.
20-5-410. Hearing and order. (a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to W.S. 20-5-304, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody of the child unless the respondent establishes either that: (i) The […]
Section 20-5-411 – Warrant to Take Physical Custody of a Child.
20-5-411. Warrant to take physical custody of a child. (a) Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified application for the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of the child if the child is immediately likely to suffer serious physical harm or […]
Section 20-5-406 – Enforcement of Registered Determination.
20-5-406. Enforcement of registered determination. (a) A court of this state may grant any relief normally available under the law of this state to enforce a registered child custody determination made by a court of another state. (b) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce, but shall not modify except in accordance with […]
Section 20-5-402 – Enforcement Under the Hague Convention.
20-5-402. Enforcement under the Hague Convention. Under this article, a court of this state may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as if it were a child custody determination.
Section 20-5-403 – Duty to Enforce.
20-5-403. Duty to enforce. (a) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with this act or the determination was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictional standards of this act and the determination has […]
Section 20-5-404 – Temporary Visitation.
20-5-404. Temporary visitation. (a) A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing: (i) A visitation schedule made by a court of another state; or (ii) The visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for […]
Section 20-5-405 – Registration of Child Custody Determination.
20-5-405. Registration of child custody determination. (a) A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this state, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate court in this state: (i) A letter or other document requesting registration; (ii) Two (2) copies, including one […]
Section 20-5-307 – Inconvenient Forum.
20-5-307. Inconvenient forum. (a) A court of this state which has jurisdiction under this act to make a child custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum. The […]
Section 20-5-308 – Jurisdiction Declined by Reason of Conduct.
20-5-308. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct. (a) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 20-5-304 or by other law of this state, if a court of this state has jurisdiction under this act because a person seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court shall decline to exercise its jurisdiction unless: […]