This text of Wyoming § 25-11-108 (It is not necessary at the initial appearance for the
district attorney to establish probable cause to believe the
allegations in the petition are true. When a detention or
shelter care hearing is held in accordance with W.S. 14-6-209, a
separate initial hearing is not required if the child and his
parents, guardian or custodian were present at the detention or
shelter care hearing and advised by the court as provided in
this subsection) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Wyoming primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(b)If the allegations of the petition are denied, the
court may, with consent of the parties, proceed immediately to
hear evidence on the petition or it may set a later time not to
exceed sixty (60) days for an adjudicatory or a transfer
hearing, unless the court finds good cause to delay or postpone
the hearing. In no case shall the court hold the adjudicatory
hearing more than ninety (90) days after the date the petition
is filed. Only competent, relevant and material evidence shall
be admissible at an adjudicatory hearing to determine the truth
of the allegations in the petition. If after an adjudicatory
hearing the court finds that the allegations in the petition are
not established as required by this act, it shall dismiss the
petition and order the child released from any detention
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(b) If the allegations of the petition are denied, the
court may, with consent of the parties, proceed immediately to
hear evidence on the petition or it may set a later time not to
exceed sixty (60) days for an adjudicatory or a transfer
hearing, unless the court finds good cause to delay or postpone
the hearing. In no case shall the court hold the adjudicatory
hearing more than ninety (90) days after the date the petition
is filed. Only competent, relevant and material evidence shall
be admissible at an adjudicatory hearing to determine the truth
of the allegations in the petition. If after an adjudicatory
hearing the court finds that the allegations in the petition are
not established as required by this act, it shall dismiss the
petition and order the child released from any detention or
shelter care.
(c) If after an adjudicatory hearing or a valid admission
or confession the court or jury finds that a child committed the
acts alleging him delinquent, it shall enter a decree to that
effect stating the jurisdictional facts upon which the decree is
based. It may then proceed immediately or at a postponed hearing
within sixty (60) days to make proper disposition of the child,
unless the court finds good cause to delay or postpone the
hearing.
(d) In detention or shelter care hearings, disposition
hearings or transfer hearings, all material and relevant
evidence helpful in determining questions may be received by the
court and relied upon for probative value. The parties or their
counsel may examine and controvert written reports received as
evidence and cross-examine persons making the reports.
(e) On motion of any party or on its own motion, the court
may continue a disposition hearing for a reasonable time not to
exceed sixty (60) days to receive reports and other evidence
bearing on the disposition to be made. The court shall make an
appropriate order for detention or shelter care of the child or
for his release from detention or shelter care subject to any
terms and conditions the court deems necessary during the period
of continuance.
(f) At any time prior to disposition under W.S. 14-6-229,
the court, on motion of any party or on its own motion, may
reconsider its order regarding detention, shelter care or
conditions of release made under W.S. 14-6-209(d) or
14-6-214(e).
(g) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 199, § 3.