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 20-5-406 – 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 20-5-307 – 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: […]
Section 20-5-309 – Information to Be Submitted to the Court.
20-5-309. Information to be submitted to the court. (a) Subject to a confidentiality order entered pursuant to W.S. 35-21-112 or any other court order allowing a party to maintain confidentiality of addresses or other identifying information or other law providing for the confidentiality of procedures, addresses and other identifying information, in a child custody proceeding […]
Section 20-5-310 – Appearance of Parties and Child.
20-5-310. Appearance of parties and child. (a) In a child custody proceeding in this state, the court may order a party to the proceeding who is in this state to appear before the court in person with or without the child. The court may order any person who is in this state and who has […]
Section 20-5-401 – Definitions.
20-5-401. Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) “Petitioner” means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination; (ii) “Respondent” means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced […]
Section 20-5-302 – Exclusive, Continuing Jurisdiction.
20-5-302. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction. (a) Except as provided in W.S. 20-5-304, a court of this state which has made a child custody determination consistent with W.S. 20-5-301 or 20-5-303 has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until: (i) A court of this state determines that the child, the child’s parents and any person acting as […]
Section 20-5-303 – Jurisdiction to Modify Determination.
20-5-303. Jurisdiction to modify determination. (a) Except as provided in W.S. 20-5-304, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless the court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under W.S. 20-5-301(a)(i) or (ii) and: (i) The court of the […]
Section 20-5-304 – Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction.
20-5-304. Temporary emergency jurisdiction. (a) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this state and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, the child’s sibling or a parent of the child is subjected to or […]