Title 1 — Title 1 — Code Of Civil Procedure

Rights of minors reserved. It is not necessary to reserve in a judgment or order the right of a minor to show cause why such order or judgment should be set aside after he attains the age of majority, but in any case in which such reservation would have been proper, the minor may…

Interest on judgments. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, all decrees and judgments for the payment of money shall bear interest at ten percent (10%) per year from the date of rendition until paid. (b) If the decree or judgment is founded on a cont…

of law. Penalty assessed on unpaid judgment by operation (a) As used in this section "judgment by operation of law" means a periodic payment or installment for child support or maintenance which is unpaid on the date due and which has become a judgment by operation of law pursuan…

Right to confess judgment. A person indebted or against whom a cause of action exists, may personally appear in a court of competent jurisdiction and with the assent of the creditor or person having such cause of action, confess judgment, whereupon judgment shall be entered accor…

Warrant of attorney to be produced. An attorney who confesses judgment in any case, at the time of making the confession shall produce the warrant of attorney for making the same to the court. The original or a copy of the warrant shall be filed with the clerk of the court.

Repealed by Laws 1988, ch. 37, § 3.

Recordation of judgments and orders where real property affected. (a) When a judgment or order is made determining any matter affecting the title to real property, a certified copy of the judgment or order shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which…

Record; requirement. The clerk shall make a complete record of every cause as soon as it is finally determined, unless such record or part thereof is waived.

Record; contents. The record shall contain the complaint, the process, the return, pleadings subsequent thereto and all material acts and proceedings of the court. If the items of an account or the copies of papers attached to the pleadings are voluminous, the court may order the…

Transcription into new volume. A court by order on the journal, may direct its clerk to transcribe any book in his office into a new volume, and the transcripts made are as valid as the original.

(a) When complete record not required. W.S. 1-16-302 does not apply: (i) In criminal prosecutions when the indictment has been quashed, or when the district attorney has entered a nolle prosequi on the indictment; (ii) When the action has been dismissed without prejudice to a fut…

Record in dismissed action. When an action has been dismissed without prejudice to a future action, the clerk shall make a complete record of the proceedings upon being paid therefor by the party requesting it.

Index to judgments. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the clerk shall keep and make available for public inspection an index of all civil judgments containing the following information: (i) The name of the judgment debtor or, for orders establishing or mod…

Release of satisfied judgment; requirement. (a) Any action pending or judgment rendered in the district courts of this state which has been settled or satisfied shall be released or dismissed in writing upon the face of the docket or by written release by the attorney of record o…

failure. Release of satisfied judgment; liability for (a) If the attorney of record or other proper person fails to release any action pending or judgment rendered within fifteen (15) days after settlement or satisfaction, the person in whose favor the judgment was rendered is li…

Authority of court; grounds. (a) A district court may vacate or modify its own judgment or order after the term at which it was made: (i) By granting a new trial when the grounds for a new trial could not with reasonable diligence have been discovered before, but are discovered a…

publication. Opening judgment or order rendered on service by A party against whom a judgment or order has been rendered without service other than by publication in a newspaper may have the same opened and be allowed to defend within six (6) months after the date of the judgment…

Bona fide purchasers unaffected. The title to any property which is the subject of the judgment or order sought to be opened and which in consequence of the judgment or order has passed to a purchaser in good faith, shall not be affected by any proceedings to vacate or modify the…

Grounds to vacate tried first. The court must first try and decide whether to vacate or modify a judgment or order before trying or deciding the validity of the defense or cause of action.

modification. Proceedings prior to vacation and upon A judgment shall not be vacated until it is decided that there is a valid defense to the action in which the judgment was rendered or if the plaintiff seeks its vacation, that there is a valid cause of action. When a judgment i…

Injunction; suspension of judgment or order. The party seeking to vacate or modify a judgment or order may obtain an injunction suspending proceedings on the whole or a part thereof when it appears probable by affidavit or by exhibition of the record that the party is entitled to…

Injunction; suspension of premature judgment. If the judgment was rendered before the action stood for trial, the injunction may be granted although no valid defense to the action is shown. The court shall make such orders concerning the executions on the judgment as shall give t…

Limitation on time for proceedings. Proceedings to vacate or modify a judgment or order, for the causes mentioned in W.S. 1-16-401(a)(iv), (v) and (vii) must be commenced within two (2) years after the judgment was rendered or order made, unless the party entitled thereto is a mi…

Applicability of provisions to supreme court. The provisions relating to modification or vacation of judgments or orders apply to the supreme court so far as the same are applicable to its judgments or final orders.

Proceeding against parties not summoned and persons whose liability unknown. When judgment is rendered in this state on a joint instrument, parties to the action who were not summoned and persons whose liability was not known to the plaintiff at the rendition of the judgment may …

Revivor of dormant judgments; generally. When a judgment, including judgments rendered by a circuit court, a transcript of which has been filed in the district court for execution, becomes dormant, it may be revived by the allowance of the court of a motion for revival or by a co…

Revivor of dormant judgments; limitations on time to revive. (a) No action shall be brought to revive a judgment after ten (10) years after it becomes dormant, unless the party entitled to bring the action was: (i) A minor or subject to any other legal disability at the time the …

Revivor when parties die after judgment. If either or both parties die after judgment and before satisfaction thereof, their representatives may be made parties to the judgment in the same manner prescribed for the revival of actions as provided in W.S. 1-16-502. The judgment may…

Partners made parties to judgment. The members of a partnership against which a judgment has been rendered in its firm name may by action be made parties to the judgment.

Sureties made parties to judgment. Sureties to the bond of an executor, administrator, guardian or trustee may by action be made parties to a judgment thereon against the principal.

Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Wyoming Structured Settlement Protection Act.

(a) Definitions. As used in this act: (i) "Annuity issuer" means an insurer that has issued a contract to fund periodic payments under a structured settlement; (ii) "Dependents" include a payee's spouse and minor children and all other persons for whom the payee is legally obliga…

"This act" means W.S. 1-16-601 through Required disclosures to payee. (a) Not less than three (3) days prior to the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement, in bold type no smaller than fourteen (…

Approval of transfers of structured settlement payment rights. (a) No direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be effective and no structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer shall be required to make any payment directly or indirectly to any …

Effects of transfer of structured settlement payment rights. (a) Following a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under this act: (i) The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer shall, as to all parties except the transferee, be discharged and released fr…

Procedure for approval of transfers. (a) An application under this act for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be made by the transferee and may be brought in the Wyoming district court that approved the structured settlement payment rights, or th…

General provisions; construction. (a) payee. The provisions of this act may not be waived by any (b) Any transfer agreement entered into on or after July 1, 2006 by a payee who resides in this state shall provide that disputes under the transfer agreement, including any claim tha…