§ 20-4-141 — Remedies cumulative; application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding

Wyoming § 20-4-141

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 20: Domestic Relations
• Ch. 4: UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

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(a) Remedies provided by this act are cumulative and do
not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the
recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.
(b) This act does not:
(i) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or
enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or
(ii) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to
render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or
visitation in a proceeding under this act.
(c) A tribunal of this state shall apply article 1 of this
act and, as applicable, article 2 of this act, to a support
proceeding involving:
(i) A foreign support order;
(ii) A foreign tribunal; or
(iii) An obligee, obligor or child residing in a
foreign country.
(d) A tribunal of this state that is requested to
recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may
apply the procedural and substantive provisions of article 1 of
this act.
(e) Article 2 of this act applies only to a support
proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a
provision of article 2 of this act is inconsistent with article
1 of this act, article 2 of this act controls.