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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 20-4-141

Remedies cumulative; application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 20-4-101 to 20-4-198 (97 sections).

(a) Remedies provided by this act are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.

(b) This act does not:

(i) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or (ii) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this act.

(c) A tribunal of this state shall apply article 1 of this act and, as applicable, article 2 of this act, to a support proceeding involving:

(i) A foreign support order;

(ii) A foreign tribunal; or (iii) An obligee, obligor or child residing in a foreign country.

(d) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of article 1 of this act.

(e) Article 2 of this act applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of article 2 of this act is inconsistent with article 1 of this act, article 2 of this act controls.

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