§ 20-4-208 — Recognition and enforcement of a registered convention support order

Wyoming § 20-4-208

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

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this
section, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a
registered convention support order.
(b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a
tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of
a registered convention support order:
(i) Recognition and enforcement of the order is
manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the
failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum standards of
due process, which include notice and opportunity to be heard;
(ii) The issuing tribunal lacked personal
jurisdiction consistent with W.S. 20-4-142;
(iii) The order is not enforceable in the issuing
country;
(iv) The order was obtained by fraud in connection
with a matter of procedure;
(v) A record transmitted in accordance with W.S.
20-4-206 lacks authenticity or integrity;
(vi) A proceeding between the same parties and having
the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of this state and
that proceeding was the first to be filed;
(vii) The order is incompatible with a more recent
support order involving the same parties and having the same
purpose if the more recent support order is entitled to
recognition and enforcement under this act in this state;
(viii) Payment, to the extent alleged arrearages have
been paid in whole or in part;
(ix) In a case in which the respondent neither
appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing
foreign country:
(A) If the law of that country provides for
prior notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have proper
notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard; or
(B) If the law of that country does not provide
for prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not have
proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a
challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal; or
(x) The order was made in violation of W.S. 20-4-211.
(c) If a tribunal of this state does not recognize a
convention support order under paragraph (b)(ii), (iv) or (ix)
of this section:
(i) The tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding
without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the
establishment of a new convention support order; and
(ii) The support enforcement agency shall take all
appropriate measures to request a child support order for the
obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was
received under W.S. 20-4-204.