Title 1 — Title 1 — Code Of Civil Procedure
43 chapters · 1,036 sections in this title.
W.S. § 1-37-101 Short title
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Short title. "This act" means W.S. 1-37-101 through 1-37-115 and may be cited as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act.
W.S. § 1-37-102 Scope and general consideration
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Scope and general consideration. Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions may declare rights, status and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No proceeding is open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decre…
W.S. § 1-37-103 made
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made. Right of interested party to have determination Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by the Wyoming constitution or by a statute, municipal ordinan…
W.S. § 1-37-104 Contract may be construed at any time
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Contract may be construed at any time. A contract may be construed either before or after there has been a breach thereof.
W.S. § 1-37-105 Fiduciary's rights to be construed
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Fiduciary's rights to be construed. (a) Any person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or beneficiary of a trust, in the administration of a trust, or of the estate of a decedent…
W.S. § 1-37-106 Adjudication of water rights
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Adjudication of water rights. (a) The state of Wyoming upon the relation of the attorney general may institute an action to have determined in a general adjudication the nature, extent, and relative priority of the water rights of all persons in any river system and all other sou…
W.S. § 1-37-107 Enumeration not exclusive
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Enumeration not exclusive. The enumeration in W.S. 1-37-103 through 1-37-106 does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in W.S. 1-37-102 in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy…
W.S. § 1-37-108 Discretionary power retained by court
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Discretionary power retained by court. The court may refuse to render a declaratory judgment where the judgment would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding.
W.S. § 1-37-109 Review
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Review. Final orders and judgments entered in declaratory judgment proceedings may be reviewed as in other civil actions.
W.S. § 1-37-110 Supplemental relief
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Supplemental relief. Further relief based on a declaratory judgment may be granted. Application therefor shall be by petition to a court having jurisdiction to grant the relief. If the application is sufficient the court, on reasonable notice, shall require any adverse party whos…
W.S. § 1-37-111 Determination of issues of fact
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Determination of issues of fact. When a declaratory judgment proceeding involves the determination of an issue of fact, the issue may be tried and determined as in other civil actions.
W.S. § 1-37-112 Costs
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Costs. The court may award costs in any proceeding as seem equitable and just.
W.S. § 1-37-113 Parties generally; proceedings involving validity of ordinance or franchise
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Parties generally; proceedings involving validity of ordinance or franchise. When declaratory relief is sought, all persons shall be made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the declaration, and no declaration shall prejudice the rights of persons no…
W.S. § 1-37-114 Construction of chapter
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Construction of chapter. The Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act is remedial. Its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to legal relations, and is to be liberally construed and administered.
W.S. § 1-37-115 Provisions severable
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Provisions severable. The provisions of the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act are independent and severable. The invalidity of one (1) provision shall not affect or render the remainder of the act invalid.