§ 20-5-309 — Information to be submitted to the court

Wyoming § 20-5-309

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 20: Domestic Relations
• Ch. 5: CHILD CUSTODY
• Art. 3: JURISDICTION

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(a) Subject to a confidentiality order entered pursuant to
W.S. 35-21-112 or any other court order allowing a party to
maintain confidentiality of addresses or other identifying
information or other law providing for the confidentiality of
procedures, addresses and other identifying information, in a
child custody proceeding each party in its first pleading or in
an attached affidavit shall give information, if reasonably
ascertainable, under oath as to the child's present address or
whereabouts, the places where the child has lived during the
last five (5) years and the names and present addresses of the
persons with whom the child has lived during that period. The
pleading or affidavit shall state whether the party:
(i) Has participated, as a party or witness or in any
other capacity, in any other proceeding concerning the custody
of or visitation with the child, and if so, the pleading or
affidavit shall identify the court, the case number and the date
of the child custody determination, if any;
(ii) Knows of any proceeding that could affect the
current proceeding, including proceedings for enforcement and
proceedings relating to domestic violence, protective orders,
termination of parental rights and adoptions, and if so, the
pleading or affidavit shall identify the court, the case number
and the nature of the proceeding; and
(iii) Knows the names and addresses of any person not
a party to the proceeding who has physical custody of the child
or claims rights of legal custody or physical custody of, or
visitation with, the child, and if so, the pleading or affidavit
shall list the names and addresses of those persons.
(b) If the information required by subsection (a) of this
section is not furnished, the court, upon motion of a party or
its own motion, may stay the proceeding until the information is
furnished.
(c) If the declaration as to any of the items described in
paragraphs (a)(i) through (iii) of this section is in the
affirmative, the declarant shall give additional information
under oath as required by the court. The court may examine the
parties under oath as to details of the information furnished
and other matters pertinent to the court's jurisdiction and the
disposition of the case.
(d) Each party has a continuing duty to inform the court
of any proceeding in this or any other state that could affect
the current proceeding.
(e) If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under
oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child
would be jeopardized by disclosure of identifying information,
the information shall be sealed and may not be disclosed to the
other party or the public unless the court orders the disclosure
to be made after a hearing in which the court takes into
consideration the health, safety or liberty of the party or
child and determines that the disclosure is in the interest of
justice.