§ 20-4-204 — Initiation by the Wyoming support enforcement agency proceeding under the convention

Wyoming § 20-4-204

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 20: Domestic Relations
• Ch. 4: UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
• Art. 2: SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS UNDER CONVENTION

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(a) In a support proceeding under this article, the
support enforcement agency of this state shall:
(i) Transmit and receive applications; and
(ii) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a
proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.
(b) The following support proceedings are available to an
obligee under the convention:
(i) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a
foreign support order;
(ii) Enforcement of a support order issued or
recognized in this state;
(iii) Establishment of a support order if there is no
existing order, including, if necessary, determination of
parentage of a child;
(iv) Establishment of a support order if recognition
of a foreign support order is refused under W.S.
20-4-208(b)(ii), (iv) or (ix);
(v) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of
this state; and
(vi) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of
another state or a foreign country.
(c) The following support proceedings are available under
the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing
order:
(i) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting
enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this
state;
(ii) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of
this state; and
(iii) Modification of a support order of a tribunal
of another state or a foreign country.
(d) A tribunal of this state may not require security,
bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of
costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.