Section 20-4-160 – Duties of State Information Agency.
20-4-160. Duties of state information agency. (a) The department of family services child support enforcement section is the state information agency under this act. (b) The state information agency shall: (i) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state which have jurisdiction under this act and any support enforcement […]
Section 20-4-161 – Pleadings and Accompanying Documents.
20-4-161. Pleadings and accompanying documents. (a) In a proceeding under this act, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country shall file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under W.S. 20-4-162, the […]
Section 20-4-149 – Child Support Orders for Two or More Obligees.
20-4-149. Child support orders for two or more obligees. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two (2) or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one (1) of which was issued by a tribunal of another state […]
Section 20-4-150 – Credit for Payments.
20-4-150. Credit for payments. A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state or a foreign […]
Section 20-4-151 – Proceedings Under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
20-4-151. Proceedings under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, W.S. 20-4-151 through 20-4-169 apply to all proceedings under this act. (b) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 103, § 3. (c) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under the act by […]
Section 20-4-147 – Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce a Child Support Order.
20-4-147. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce a child support order. (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce: (i) The order if the order is the controlling order and […]
Section 20-4-148 – Determination of Controlling Child Support Orders.
20-4-148. Determination of controlling child support orders. (a) If a proceeding is brought under this act and only one (1) tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls and shall be recognized. (b) If a proceeding is brought under this act, and two (2) or more child support orders have […]
Section 20-4-142 – Basis for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.
20-4-142. Basis for jurisdiction over nonresident. (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if: (i) The individual is personally served with notice within the state; […]
Section 20-4-143 – Procedure When Exercising Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.
20-4-143. Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over nonresident. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this act or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce […]
Section 20-4-144 – Initiating and Responding Tribunal of This State.
20-4-144. Initiating and responding tribunal of this state. Under this act, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.