§ 20-4-174 — Procedure to register order for enforcement

Wyoming § 20-4-174

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

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 20-4-206, a
support order or an income withholding order of another state or
a foreign support order may be registered in this state by
sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in
this state:
(i) A letter of transmittal to the tribunal
requesting registration and enforcement;
(ii) Two (2) copies, including one (1) certified
copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification
of the order;
(iii) A sworn statement by the person requesting
registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the
records showing the amount of any arrearage;
(iv) The name of the obligor and, if known:
(A) The obligor's address and social security
number;
(B) The name and address of the obligor's
employer or other payor and any other source of income of the
obligor; and
(C) A description and the location of property
of the obligor in this state not exempt from execution.
(D) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3.
(v) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 20-4-162,
the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the
person to whom support payments are to be remitted.
(b) On receipt of a request for registration, the
registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an
order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order,
together with one (1) copy of the documents and information,
regardless of their form.
(c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy
that shall be affirmatively sought under other law of this state
may be filed at the same time as the request for registration,
or later. The pleading shall specify the grounds for the remedy
sought.
(d) If two (2) or more orders are in effect, the person
requesting registration shall:
(i) Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support
order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents
specified in this section;
(ii) Specify the order alleged to be the controlling
order, if any; and
(iii) Specify the amount of consolidated arrearages,
if any.
(e) A request for a determination of which is the
controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for
registration and enforcement or for registration and
modification. The person requesting registration shall give
notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected
by the determination.