Title 20, Title 20 — Domestic Relations

Eligibility for services; fees for services. (a) Child support enforcement services shall be provided to: (i) Those recipients of aid under the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program who, as a condition of eligibility under federal law, are requir…

Powers and duties of department regarding collection of support. (a) By signing an application for, or being a recipient of, aid under the personal opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) program, a support obligee assigns to the department, by operation of law, al…

Payment of support money collected to department. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section the obligor shall make all support payments to the department upon receipt of written notice that the children for whom the support obligation exists are receiving public as…

State parent locator service. (a) The department shall act as a state parent locator service to assist in: (i) The location of parents who have abandoned their children or failed to provide for their support; (ii) The location of persons, upon the request of law enforcement agenc…

Cooperation with other states. (a) When required to qualify for federal funds under Title IV-D, the department shall assist other states in locating parents under the terms and conditions of this act. (b) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 53, § 2.

Driver's license suspension; nonpayment of child support; administrative hearings. (a) When an obligor is in arrears in a court ordered child support obligation, the department or court may: (i) Determine whether the obligor has a driver's license, as defined in W.S. 31-7-102(a)(…

Professional, occupational or recreational license suspension; nonpayment of child support; notice and hearing. (a) The department may petition a court for an order to withhold, suspend or restrict any professional, occupational or hunting or fishing license, certificate or permi…

Short title. This act may be cited as the "Income Withholding Act".

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Arrearage" means past due child support, past due medical support, past due spousal support, attorneys fees, guardian ad litem fees, costs, interest and penalties but does not include property settlements; (ii) "Child" means any person w…

Notices; method of service. All notices required by this act shall be served by certified mail return receipt requested or first class mail to the last known address of the addressee or shall be personally served as provided by the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure. If mailed, not…

Entry of income withholding order. (a) Upon entry or modification of any support order, the court shall also enter an income withholding order which shall take effect immediately, unless the parties agree otherwise, or unless one (1) of the parties demonstrates, and the court fin…

When income withholding order becomes effective. (a) Except as otherwise provided by W.S. 20-6-204(a), an income withholding order which did not become effective immediately upon entry, becomes effective upon the earliest of the following: (i) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 2, § 2. (…

Contents of income withholding order. (a) The income withholding order shall: (i) Direct the payor to withhold and remit to the clerk income due from the payor to the obligor, as specified in the notice to payor required by W.S. 20-6-210, for the payment of current support obliga…

Voluntary assignment by obligor. (a) An obligor may at any time voluntarily apply to the court to enter an income withholding order pursuant to W.S. 20-6-204(b) or file a verified written application with the clerk requesting that withholding commence pursuant to W.S. 20-6-205(a)…

Notice to obligor. (a) Except where an income withholding order becomes effective immediately, the clerk shall send notice to the obligor no later than fifteen (15) days after the date when: (i) The obligor becomes delinquent as specified in subsection (b) of this section; or (ii…

Procedures to stay income withholding. (a) Within twenty (20) days from the date of service of the notice of delinquency the obligor may file with the clerk a petition to stay service of the income withholding order. The petition to stay shall include the obligor's name, social s…

Notice to payor. (a) The notice to payor shall be prepared and the original notice filed with the clerk. A copy of the notice shall be mailed or served pursuant to W.S. 20-6-203 to the payor and to the obligor. Notice to the payor also may be served by delivering a copy by electr…

Service of income withholding order; amended notice to payor; notice to labor organizations; penalty. (a) The department, acting pursuant to W.S. 20-6-105(a)(ii), or the obligee shall prepare, file with the clerk and mail to any known current or subsequent payor and the obligor a…

Duties of the payor; administrative fee. (a) Upon receipt of certified copies of the notice to payor and the income withholding order, the payor shall deduct and pay over income as specified in the notice. (b) The payor shall begin the withholding no later than the first pay peri…

Notice to clerk of changes. (a) After an income withholding order has become effective under this act and within fifteen (15) days of any change: (i) The obligee and obligor shall notify the clerk in writing of any change of address; and (ii) The obligor shall notify the clerk in…

Duties of clerk of court. (a) The clerk shall: (i) Maintain records showing receipt and disbursement of all funds received pursuant to this act; (ii) Promptly distribute all funds received to the appropriate person or agency; (iii) Promptly refund to the obligor any amounts shown…

Minimum and maximum amount of withholding; allocation. (a) Subject to the limitation under W.S. 20-6-210(b)(iii) the aggregate amount of income withheld under an income withholding order served upon one (1) or more payors of an obligor shall: (i) Satisfy the current support oblig…

Petitions to modify, suspend or terminate income withholding order. (a) At any time after an income withholding order has been served upon a payor pursuant to W.S. 20-6-211, the obligor, the obligee or the department may petition the court to: (i) Modify, suspend or terminate the…

Award of attorney fees. Any time a hearing is held pursuant to this act, reasonable attorney's fees may be awarded to the prevailing party.

Penalties. (a) A payor who fails to withhold income in the amount specified in the notice to payor is liable for any amount up to the accumulated amount the payor should have withheld from the obligor's income. (b) Payors shall pay in compliance with the instructions specified in…

Priority of income withholding order. An income withholding order under this act has priority over any other legal process under state law against the same income.

Designation of federal administering agency. The IV-D agency designated as the state agency to administer income withholding under this act for purposes of section 466(b)(5) and part D, title IV, section 454 of the federal Social Security Act is the child support enforcement unit…

Remedies in addition to other laws. The rights, remedies, duties and penalties created by this act are in addition to and not in substitution for any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties created by any other law.