Wyoming § 1-22-108 Hearing on petition and objections; findings by
court; effect of default

Wyoming Statutes

§ 1-22-108 — Hearing on petition and objections; findings by court; effect of default

Wyoming § 1-22-108

Title 01Civil Procedure

Ch. 22ADOPTION

Art. 1IN GENERAL

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-22-108 (2026).

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(a)When the persons required to be served as provided in W.S. 1-22-107 have been served personally or by publication and do not appear at the hearing, a default shall be entered against them and they shall be bound by the findings and judgment of the court.

(b)When any person whose consent is required objects to the petition to adopt, he shall at least five (5) days before the hearing file his objections and serve them on all parties to the proceedings, including any person whose consent has been filed.

(c)If the putative father files and serves his objections to the petition to adopt as provided in subsection (b) of this section, and appears at the hearing to acknowledge his paternity of the child, the court shall hear the evidence in support of the petition to adopt and in support of

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(a) When the persons required to be served as provided in
W.S. 1-22-107 have been served personally or by publication and
do not appear at the hearing, a default shall be entered against
them and they shall be bound by the findings and judgment of the
court.
(b) When any person whose consent is required objects to
the petition to adopt, he shall at least five (5) days before
the hearing file his objections and serve them on all parties to
the proceedings, including any person whose consent has been
filed.
(c) If the putative father files and serves his objections
to the petition to adopt as provided in subsection (b) of this
section, and appears at the hearing to acknowledge his paternity
of the child, the court shall hear the evidence in support of
the petition to adopt and in support of the objection to the
petition and shall then determine whether:
(i) The putative father's claim to paternity of the
child is established;
(ii) The putative father having knowledge of the
birth or pending birth of the child has evidenced an interest in
and responsibility for the child within thirty (30) days after
receiving notice of the pending birth or birth of the child;
(iii) The putative father's objections to the
petition to adopt are valid; and
(iv) The best interests and welfare of the child will
be served by granting the putative father's claim to paternity
or by allowing the petition to adopt.
(d) The putative father has no right to assert paternity
in adoption, dependency or termination of parental rights
proceedings unless he is known and identified by the mother or
agency, or unless he has lived with or married the mother after
the birth of the child and prior to the filing of the petition
to adopt, and unless prior to the interlocutory hearing of the
adoption proceedings, he has acknowledged the child as his own
by affirmatively asserting paternity as provided in this section
or registered as a putative father under W.S. 1-22-117.
(e) Based upon its determination and findings after a
hearing, the court may enter its order or decree in accordance
with W.S. 1-22-111.