§ 20-5-202 — Definitions

Wyoming § 20-5-202

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 20: Domestic Relations
• Ch. 5: CHILD CUSTODY
• Art. 2: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Abandoned" means left without provision for
reasonable and necessary care or supervision;
(ii) "Child" means an individual who has not attained
eighteen (18) years of age;
(iii) "Child custody determination" means a judgment,
decree or other order of a court providing for the legal
custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child,
including a permanent, temporary, initial or modification order.
"Child custody determination" shall not include an order
relating to child support or other monetary obligation of an
individual;
(iv) "Child custody proceeding" means a proceeding in
which legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect
to a child is an issue, including a proceeding for divorce,
separation, neglect, abuse, dependency, guardianship, paternity,
termination of parental rights or protection from domestic
violence in which the issue may appear. "Child custody
proceeding" shall not include a proceeding involving juvenile
delinquency, contractual emancipation or enforcement under
article 4 of this act;
(v) "Commencement" means the filing of the first
pleading in a proceeding;
(vi) "Court" means an entity authorized under the law
of a state to establish, enforce or modify a child custody
determination;
(vii) "Home state" means the state in which a child
lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least
six (6) consecutive months immediately before the commencement
of a child custody proceeding or, in the case of a child less
than six (6) months of age, the state in which the child lived
from birth with a parent or a person acting as a parent. A
period of temporary absence of any of the persons mentioned is
part of the period;
(viii) "Initial determination" means the first child
custody determination concerning a particular child;
(ix) "Issuing court" means the court that makes a
child custody determination for which enforcement is sought
under this act;
(x) "Issuing state" means the state in which a child
custody determination is made;
(xi) "Modification" means a child custody
determination that changes, replaces, supersedes or is otherwise
made after a previous determination concerning the same child,
whether or not it is made by the court that made the previous
determination;
(xii) "Person" means as defined by W.S.
8-1-102(a)(vi);
(xiii) "Person acting as a parent" means a person,
other than a parent, who:
(A) Has physical custody of the child or has had
physical custody for a period of six (6) consecutive months,
including any temporary absence, within one (1) year immediately
before the commencement of a child custody proceeding; and
(B) Has been awarded legal custody by a court or
claims a right to legal custody under the law of this state.
(xiv) "Physical custody" means the physical care and
supervision of a child;
(xv) "State" means a state of the United States, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States;
(xvi) "Tribe" means an Indian tribe or band, or
Alaskan native village, which is recognized by federal law or
formally acknowledged by a state;
(xvii) "Warrant" means an order issued by a court
authorizing law enforcement officers to take physical custody of
a child;
(xviii) "This act" means W.S. 20-5-201 through