§ 14-3-403 — Juvenile court authority over certain issues

Wyoming § 14-3-403

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 14: Children
• Ch. 3: PROTECTION
• Art. 4: CHILD PROTECTION ACT

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(a) Coincident with proceedings concerning a minor alleged
to be neglected and subject to the Wyoming Indian Child Welfare
Act, the court has jurisdiction to:
(i) Determine questions concerning the right to legal
custody of the minor;
(ii) Order any party to the proceedings to perform
any acts, duties and responsibilities the court deems necessary;
or
(iii) Order any party to the proceedings to refrain
from any act or conduct the court deems detrimental to the best
interest and welfare of the minor or essential to the
enforcement of any lawful order of disposition of the minor made
by the court.
(b) Nothing contained in this act is construed to deprive
the district court of jurisdiction to determine questions of
custody, parental rights, guardianship or any other questions
involving minors, when the questions are the subject of or
incidental to suits or actions commenced in or transferred to
the district court as provided by law, except:
(i) If a petition involving the same child is pending
in juvenile court or if continuing jurisdiction has been
previously acquired by the juvenile court, the district court
may certify the question of custody to the juvenile court; and
(ii) The district court at any time may request the
juvenile court to make recommendations pertaining to
guardianship or legal custody.
(c) A party to the proceeding may file a petition for
adoption or an appointment of guardianship in the underlying
juvenile action in lieu of filing a petition with the district
court.