§ 20-4-170 — Establishment of support order

Wyoming § 20-4-170

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

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(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this
act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state
with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support
order if:
(i) The individual seeking the order resides outside
this state; or
(ii) The support enforcement agency seeking the order
is located outside this state.
(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order
if the tribunal determines that the order is appropriate and the
individual ordered to pay is:
(i) A presumed father of the child;
(ii) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
(iii) Identified as the father of the child through
genetic testing;
(iv) An alleged father who has declined to submit to
genetic testing;
(v) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the
father of the child;
(vi) An acknowledged father as provided by W.S.
14-2-601 et seq.;
(vii) The mother of the child; or
(viii) An individual who has been ordered to pay
child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not
been reversed or vacated.
(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be
heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal
shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may
issue other orders pursuant to W.S. 20-4-155.