§ 20-5-405 — Registration of child custody determination

Wyoming § 20-5-405

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 20: Domestic Relations
• Ch. 5: CHILD CUSTODY
• Art. 4: ENFORCEMENT

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(a) A child custody determination issued by a court of
another state may be registered in this state, with or without a
simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the
appropriate court in this state:
(i) A letter or other document requesting
registration;
(ii) Two (2) copies, including one (1) certified
copy, of the determination sought to be registered, and a
statement under penalty of perjury that to the best of the
knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration the
order has not been modified; and
(iii) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 20-5-309,
the name and address of the person seeking registration and any
parent or person acting as a parent who has been awarded custody
or visitation in the child custody determination sought to be
registered.
(b) On receipt of the documents required by subsection (a)
of this section, the registering court shall:
(i) Cause the determination to be filed as a foreign
judgment, together with one (1) copy of any accompanying
documents and information, regardless of their form; and
(ii) Serve notice upon the persons named pursuant to
paragraph (a)(iii) of this section and provide them with an
opportunity to contest the registration in accordance with this
section.
(c) The notice required by paragraph (b)(ii) of this
section shall state that:
(i) A registered determination is enforceable as of
the date of the registration in the same manner as a
determination issued by a court of this state;
(ii) A hearing to contest the validity of the
registered determination must be requested within twenty (20)
days after service of notice; and
(iii) Failure to contest the registration will result
in confirmation of the child custody determination and preclude
further contest of that determination with respect to any matter
that could have been asserted.
(d) A person seeking to contest the validity of a
registered order shall request a hearing within twenty (20) days
after service of the notice. At that hearing, the court shall
confirm the registered order unless the person contesting
registration establishes that:
(i) The issuing court did not have jurisdiction under
a provision of law from that state that is in substantial
conformity with article 3 of this act;
(ii) The child custody determination sought to be
registered has been vacated, stayed or modified by a court
having jurisdiction to do so under a provision of law from that
state that is in substantial conformity with article 3 of this
act; or
(iii) The person contesting registration was entitled
to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with standards
under a provision of law from that state in substantial
conformity with W.S. 20-5-208, in the proceedings before the
court that issued the order for which registration is sought.
(e) If a timely request for a hearing to contest the
validity of the registration is not made, the registration is
confirmed as a matter of law and the person requesting
registration and all persons served shall be notified of the
confirmation.
(f) Confirmation of a registered order, whether by
operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further
contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have
been asserted at the time of registration.