Section 20-4-193 – Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Wyoming

(a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register that order.
(b) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of W.S. 20-4-139 through 20-4-150, 20-4-173 through 20-4-184, 20-4-193 through 20-4-198 and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. W.S. 20-4-151 through 20-4-172, 20-4-185 through 20-4-187, 20-4-190 through 20-4-192, 20-4-198 and 20-4-201 through 20-4-213 do not apply.

W.S. 20-4-193

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