(a) Presentation. – Subject to the provisions of Rule 55(b) and unless otherwise ordered by the court, if the parties are unable to agree on the form and content of a proposed judgment or order, it shall be presented to the court and served upon the other parties within 14 days after the court’s decision is made known. Any objection to the form or content of a proposed judgment or order, together with an alternate form of judgment or order which cures the objection(s), shall be filed with the court and served upon the other parties within 5 days after service of the proposed judgment or order. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may sign the judgment or order. If objection is timely filed, the court will resolve the matter with or without a hearing.(b) Form and Entry. Subject to the provisions of Rule 54(b), in all cases, the judge shall promptly settle or approve the form of the judgment or order and direct that it be entered by the clerk. Every judgment shall be set forth on a separate document, shall be identified as such, and may include findings of fact and conclusions of law. The names of all parties shall be set out in the caption of all final orders, judgments and decrees. All judgments and orders must be entered on the journal of the court and specify clearly the relief granted or order made in the action.(c) Time of Entry. A judgment or final order shall be deemed to be entered whenever a form of such judgment or final order pursuant to these rules is filed in the office of the clerk of court in which the case is pending.(d) Cost or Fee Awards. Ordinarily, the entry of judgment may not be delayed, nor the time for appeal extended, in order to tax costs or award fees. But if a timely motion for attorney’s fees is made under Rule 54(d)(2), the court may act before a notice of appeal has been filed and become effective to order that the motion have the same effect under Wyoming Rule of Appellate Procedure 2.02(a) as a timely motion under Rule 59.
