Section 5-13-114 – Process Extends Throughout State.
5-13-114. Process extends throughout state. The process of the chancery court shall extend throughout the state.
Section 5-13-115 – Purpose and Jurisdiction.
5-13-115. Purpose and jurisdiction. (a) The chancery court shall be a court of limited jurisdiction established for the expeditious resolution of disputes involving commercial, business, trust and similar issues. The chancery court shall employ nonjury trials, alternative dispute resolution methods and limited motions practice and shall have broad authority to shape and expedite discovery as […]
Section 5-13-116 – Powers Generally.
5-13-116. Powers generally. (a) In exercising the jurisdiction granted under W.S. 5-13-115, the chancery court may: (i) Preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence and in the proceedings before it according to the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure for Chancery Courts; (ii) Compel obedience to its judgments, orders and processes; (iii) Except as otherwise […]
Section 5-13-111 – Jurisdiction of Successor Is Same as That of Predecessor in Office.
5-13-111. Jurisdiction of successor is same as that of predecessor in office. A judge of the chancery court with whom the records of his predecessor have been deposited has the same jurisdiction over all actions and proceedings entered in the records as if they were originally commenced before him.
Section 5-13-112 – Salaries of Judges; Traveling Expenses.
5-13-112. Salaries of judges; traveling expenses. Chancery court judges shall receive the annual salary provided by W.S. 5-1-110(a)(iv). When a new salary is effective for any judge of the chancery court upon new appointment or the commencement of a new term, it shall be effective for all judges of the chancery court. In addition to […]
Section 5-13-113 – Oath.
5-13-113. Oath. Before assuming the duties of his office, a judge of the chancery court shall take and subscribe before a supreme court justice the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of Wyoming.
Section 5-13-109 – Temporary Assignment to Fill Vacancies; Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Office.
5-13-109. Temporary assignment to fill vacancies; appointments to fill vacancies in office. (a) Prior to the appointment of a chancery court judge under subsection (b) of this section or in the event a chancery court judge appointed under W.S. 5-13-107 dies, becomes unable or unwilling to perform the duties of his office, the supreme court […]
Section 5-13-110 – Delivery of Official Records and Papers to Successor in Office.
5-13-110. Delivery of official records and papers to successor in office. If the office of judge of the chancery court becomes vacant by reason of death, removal from office or otherwise, the senior chancery court judge, or if there is none, the clerk of the chancery court, shall take charge of the official records and […]
Section 5-13-105 – Name of Court; Presider.
5-13-105. Name of court; presider. The chancery court shall be called the “Chancery Court of the State of Wyoming” which shall be a court of record with a seal and the judge and clerk thereof have power to administer oaths and affirmations. The chancery court shall be presided over by a chancery court judge.
Section 5-13-106 – Term of Chancery Court Judges.
5-13-106. Term of chancery court judges. The terms of chancery court judges shall be six (6) years. Each chancery court judge selected under the provisions of article 5, section 4 of the Wyoming Constitution shall serve for one (1) year after his appointment and until the first Monday in January following the next general election […]