§ 20-4-205 — Direct request

Wyoming § 20-4-205

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

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(a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking
establishment or modification of a support order or
determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the
law of this state applies.
(b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking
recognition and enforcement of a support order or support
agreement. In the proceeding, W.S. 20-4-206 through 20-4-213
apply.
(c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of
a convention support order or foreign support agreement:
(i) A security, bond or deposit is not required to
guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and
(ii) An obligee or obligor that in the issuing
country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to
benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal
assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same
circumstances.
(d) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled
to assistance from the support enforcement agency of this state.
(e) This article does not prevent the application of laws
of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules
regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a
foreign support order or foreign support agreement.