43 chapters · 1,036 sections in this title.
W.S. § 1-22-110 When adoption permitted without consent
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When adoption permitted without consent. (a) In addition to the exceptions contained in W.S. 1-22-108, the adoption of a child may be ordered without the written consent of a parent or the putative father if the court finds that the nonconsenting parent or putative father is unkn…
W.S. § 1-22-111 Decree; investigation; denial of adoption
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Decree; investigation; denial of adoption. (a) After the petition to adopt has been filed and a hearing held the court acting in the best interest and welfare of the child may make any of the following orders: (i) Enter an interlocutory decree of adoption giving the care and cust…
W.S. § 1-22-112 Application for final decree
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Application for final decree. (a) If an interlocutory decree has been entered petitioners may apply for a final decree of adoption after the child has resided in the home of the petitioners for six (6) months and a hearing on the petition may be required. (b) If an interlocutory …
W.S. § 1-22-113 required
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required. Petition for adoption of an adult; consent When a petition to adopt an adult is filed a copy of the petition together with a summons issued as in other civil actions shall be served on the adult. If the adult objects to adoption by the petitioner the petition shall be d…
W.S. § 1-22-114 Effect of adoption
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Effect of adoption. (a) Upon the entry of a final decree of adoption the former parent, guardian or putative father of the child shall have no right to the control or custody of the child. The adopting persons shall have all of the rights and obligations respecting the child as i…
W.S. § 1-22-115 Subsidization of adoption; qualification for payments; authority to adopt rules and regulations
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Subsidization of adoption; qualification for payments; authority to adopt rules and regulations. (a) The department of family services may grant subsidy payments to the adoptive parent of a child or to another person on behalf of the child, if, at the time the child is placed for…
W.S. § 1-22-116 child
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child. Medical history of natural parents and adoptive To the extent available, the medical history of a child subject to adoption and his natural parents, with information identifying the natural parents eliminated, shall be provided by an authorized agency or may be provided by…
W.S. § 1-22-117 Putative father registry
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Putative father registry. (a) The department of family services shall establish a putative father registry which shall record the names and addresses of: (i) Any person adjudicated by a court of this state to be the father of a child born out-of-wedlock; (ii) Any person who has f…
W.S. § 1-22-201 (a) Definitions
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(a) Definitions. As used in this act: (i) "Adoptee" means a person who, as a minor, was adopted pursuant to a final decree of adoption entered by a court; (ii) "Adoptive parent" means an adult who has become a parent of a minor through the legal process of adoption; (iii) age or …
W.S. § 1-22-202 "This act" means W.S
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"This act" means W.S. 1-22-201 through 1-22-203. Commission created; powers; duties. (a) There is hereby created within the department of family services, an adoption intermediary commission of five (5) members. Representation and appointment of the members shall be as follows: (…
W.S. § 1-22-203 Confidential intermediaries; confidential intermediary services
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Confidential intermediaries; confidential intermediary services. (a) Any person who has completed a confidential intermediary training program which meets the standards set forth by the commission shall be responsible for notifying the commission that his name should be included …
W.S. § 1-23-101 Right of actions abolished
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Right of actions abolished. The rights of action to recover money as damage for the alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction or breach of contract to marry are abolished. No act done in this state shall give rise, either in or out of this state, to any of the ri…
W.S. § 1-23-102 Contracts or instruments based on right of action declared void; execution of instruments, settling claims or bringing action prohibited
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Contracts or instruments based on right of action declared void; execution of instruments, settling claims or bringing action prohibited. All instruments executed within this state in payment, satisfaction, settlement or compromise of any claim or cause of action abolished or bar…
W.S. § 1-23-103 prohibited
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prohibited. Filing pleading or service of process It is unlawful for a person either as a party, attorney or an agent of either, to file or serve or threaten to cause to be filed or served, any process or pleading in any court of the state, setting forth or seeking to recover mon…
W.S. § 1-23-104 Penalty for violation of provisions
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Penalty for violation of provisions. Any person who violates any of the provisions of W.S. 1-23-102 or 1-23-103, is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment for a …
W.S. § 1-23-105 Agreements void unless in writing
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Agreements void unless in writing. (a) In the following cases every agreement shall be void unless such agreement, or some note or memorandum thereof be in writing, and subscribed by the party to be charged therewith: (i) Every agreement that by its terms is not to be performed w…
W.S. § 1-23-106 Gambling contracts void
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Gambling contracts void. All contracts, promises, agreements, conveyances, securities, and notes, made, given, granted, executed, drawn or entered into, where the whole or any part of the consideration thereof shall be for any money, property or other valuable thing won by any ga…
W.S. § 1-23-107 agencies
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agencies. Individual liability of members of governmental (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act, the members of any governmental board, agency, council, commission or governing body are not individually liable for any actions, inactions or omiss…
W.S. § 1-23-108 Contractual provisions in restraint of trade generally void; exceptions; unlawful intimidation
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Contractual provisions in restraint of trade generally void; exceptions; unlawful intimidation. (a) Any covenant not to compete that restricts the right of any person to receive compensation for performance of skilled or unskilled labor shall be void. This subsection shall not ap…
W.S. § 1-24-101 Causes for amercement
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Causes for amercement. (a) On motion in court and notice in writing as provided in W.S. 1-24-102, an officer shall be amerced in the amount of the judgment including costs, and ten percent (10%) thereon for the plaintiff or defendant when: (i) An execution or order of sale is dir…
W.S. § 1-24-102 Notice of motion for amercement
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Notice of motion for amercement. If the officer resides in the county in which the motion is made, the notice shall be served upon him at least two (2) days before the motion is heard. If he is an officer of another county, the notice shall be served upon him or left at his offic…
W.S. § 1-24-103 process
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process. Amercement for failure to serve or return If an officer fails to execute any summons or other process directed to him, or to return the same as required by law, unless he is prevented by unavoidable accident from doing so, he shall be amerced, upon motion and notice in w…
W.S. § 1-24-104 Amercement of clerks of court
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Amercement of clerks of court. If a clerk of court neglects or refuses on demand to pay to the person entitled thereto any money received by him in his official capacity for the use of that person, he may be amerced, on motion and notice as provided by law.
W.S. § 1-24-105 Amount of amercement for not paying over money
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Amount of amercement for not paying over money. When the cause of amercement is the refusal to pay over money collected, the officer shall not be amerced in a greater sum than the amount withheld, with ten percent (10%) thereon.
W.S. § 1-24-106 Surety of officer may be made party to judgment
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Surety of officer may be made party to judgment. A surety of an officer may be made party to a judgment of amercement against the officer, but the goods, chattels, lands and tenements of the surety are not liable to execution when sufficient goods, chattels, lands and tenements o…
W.S. § 1-24-107 Officer may have execution on original judgment
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Officer may have execution on original judgment. If an officer who is amerced has not collected the amount of the original judgment, he may sue out an execution and collect for his own use the amount of the judgment, in the name of the original plaintiff.
W.S. § 1-25-101 Verified petition to be presented; information to be shown in petition; order of court making change; record to be made
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Verified petition to be presented; information to be shown in petition; order of court making change; record to be made. Every person desiring to change his name may petition the district court of the county of the petitioner's residence for the desired change. The petition shall…
W.S. § 1-25-102 Residence requirement
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Residence requirement. A person petitioning for a change of name shall have been a bona fide resident of Wyoming for at least six (6) months immediately preceding filing the petition.
W.S. § 1-25-103 Notice to be given by publication
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Notice to be given by publication. Except in a proceeding in which the court has issued a confidentiality order pursuant to W.S. 35-21-112 or any other court order allowing a party to maintain confidentiality of addresses, city or state of residence or other information identifyi…
W.S. § 1-25-104 Change of name in adoption proceedings
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Change of name in adoption proceedings. In all cases of the adoption of children in the manner provided by law, the court before which such adoption proceeding is held, may change the name of any child so adopted and make an order to that effect, which shall be recorded in the re…
W.S. § 1-26-101 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-102 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-103 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-104 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-105 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-106 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-107 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-108 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-109 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-110 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-201 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-202 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-203 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-204 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-205 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-206 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-207 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-208 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-209 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.
W.S. § 1-26-210 Repealed by Laws 1981, ch
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Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 174, § 3.