Section 20-4-141 – Remedies cumulative; application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Wyoming

(a) Remedies provided by this act are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.
(b) This act does not:

(i) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or
(ii) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this act.
(c) A tribunal of this state shall apply article 1 of this act and, as applicable, article 2 of this act, to a support proceeding involving:

(i) A foreign support order;
(ii) A foreign tribunal; or
(iii) An obligee, obligor or child residing in a foreign country.
(d) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of article 1 of this act.
(e) Article 2 of this act applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of article 2 of this act is inconsistent with article 1 of this act, article 2 of this act controls.

W.S. 20-4-141

Amended by Laws 2015, ch. 75,ยง 2, eff. 3/2/2015.