§ 20-4-166 — Special rules of evidence and procedure

Wyoming § 20-4-166

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

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(a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an
individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the
establishment, enforcement or modification of a support order or
the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child.
(b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with
federally mandated forms or a document incorporated by reference
in any of them, which would not be excluded under the hearsay
rule if given in person, is admissible in evidence if given
under penalty of perjury or false swearing by a party or witness
residing outside this state.
(c) A copy of the record of child support payments
certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the
record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is
evidence of facts asserted in it, and is admissible to show
whether payments were made.
(d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child,
and for prenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and
child, furnished to the adverse party at least ten (10) days
before trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of
the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable,
necessary and customary.
(e) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this
state to a tribunal of this state by telephone, telecopier, or
other electronic means that do not provide an original record
may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the
means of transmission.
(f) In a proceeding under this act, a tribunal of this
state shall permit a party or witness residing outside this
state to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury or
false swearing by telephone, audiovisual means or other
electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location. A
tribunal of this state shall cooperate with other tribunals in
designating an appropriate location for the deposition or
testimony.
(g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing
refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be
self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse
inference from the refusal.
(h) A privilege against disclosure of communications
between spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this act.
(j) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of
husband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a
proceeding under this act.
(k) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as
a true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.