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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 14-2-308

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Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In the Matter of the Termination of Parental Rights to: LCB, minor child, Sheena Marie Gipson v. State of Wyoming, ex rel. Department of Family Services (2023)

Most recently applied in In the Matter of the Termination of Parental Rights To: Sld, a Minor Child. Katrina Danforth v. Ryan Hansen (April 2025)

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(a) As used in this act:

(i) "Abuse" means as defined by W.S. 14-3-202(a)(ii);

(ii) "Authorized agency" means:

(A) A public social service agency authorized to care for and place children; or (B) A private child welfare agency certified by the state for such purposes pursuant to W.S. 1-22-101 through 1- 22-114, 14-4-101 through 14-4-117 or 14-6-201 through 14-6-243;

(iii) "Child" or "minor" means an individual who is under the age of majority;

(iv) "Court" means the district court in the district where the child resides or is found or the district court which has previously retained jurisdiction of the child because of a previous order entered by that court;

(v) "Mental health professional" means a person with an advanced degree in one of the behavioral sciences including a psychologist, social worker or clinical counselor;

(vi) "Neglect" means as defined by W.S. 14-3-202(a)(vii);

(vii) "Parent" means a natural parent or a parent by adoption;

(viii) "Indigent party" means a person whose financial resources and income are insufficient to enable him to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of an attorney licensed to practice in this state;

(ix) "This act" means W.S. 14-2-308 through 14-2-319.

Official source: Wyoming Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wyoming statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.