Wyoming § 1-22-114 Effect of adoption

Wyoming Statutes

§ 1-22-114 — Effect of adoption

Wyoming § 1-22-114

Title 01Civil Procedure

Ch. 22ADOPTION

Art. 1IN GENERAL

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Bluebook

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-22-114 (2026).

Text

(a)Upon the entry of a final decree of adoption the former parent, guardian or putative father of the child shall have no right to the control or custody of the child. The adopting persons shall have all of the rights and obligations respecting the child as if they were natural parents.

(b)Adopted persons may assume the surname of the adoptive parent. They are entitled to the same rights of person and property as children and heirs at law of the persons who adopted them.

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(a) Upon the entry of a final decree of adoption the
former parent, guardian or putative father of the child shall
have no right to the control or custody of the child. The
adopting persons shall have all of the rights and obligations
respecting the child as if they were natural parents.
(b) Adopted persons may assume the surname of the adoptive
parent. They are entitled to the same rights of person and
property as children and heirs at law of the persons who adopted
them.