§ 14-6-206 — Child in custody; no detention without court order; exceptions; notice to parent or guardian; release

(a) In accordance with procedures specified in W.S.
7-1-108(c) and (d), a child taken into custody shall not be held
in detention or placed in shelter care without a court order
unless detention or shelter care is required to:
(i) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 199, § 3.
(ii) Protect the person or property of others;
(iii) Prevent the child from absconding or being
removed from the jurisdiction of the court; or
(iv) Provide the child having no parent, guardian,
custodian or other responsible adult with supervision and care
and return him to the court when required.
(b) Any person taking a child into custody shall as soon
as possible notify the child's parent, guardian or custodian.
Unless the child's detention or shelter care is authorized by a
court order issued pursuant to this act or required for one (1)
of the reasons in subsection (a) of this section, the child
shall be released to the care of his parent, guardian, custodian
or other responsible adult upon that person's written promise to
present the child before the court upon request.
(c) After issuing any citation to a child for a violation
of a state or federal law or a municipal ordinance for which
incarceration or a fine may be imposed, the law enforcement
agency issuing the citation or its designee shall take
reasonable actions to notify the child's parent, guardian or
custodian.