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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 20-8-101

Short title

Known as the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act

The act spans §§ 20–20 (11 sections).

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act." 20-8-102. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act:

(i) "Abduction" means the wrongful removal or wrongful retention of a child;

(ii) "Child" means an unemancipated person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age;

(iii) "Child custody determination" means a judgment, decree or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child, including a permanent, temporary, initial or modification order;

(iv) "Child custody proceeding" means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child is at issue, including a proceeding for divorce, dissolution of marriage, separation, neglect, abuse, dependency, guardianship, paternity, termination of parental rights or protection from domestic violence;

(v) "Court" means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce or modify a child custody determination;

(vi) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;

(vii) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or a federally recognized Indian tribe or nation;

(viii) "Travel document" means a record relating to a travel itinerary, including travel tickets, passes and reservations for transportation or accommodations. "Travel document" does not include a passport or visa;

(ix) "Wrongful removal" means the taking of a child that breaches rights of custody or visitation given or recognized under the law of this state;

(x) "Wrongful retention" means the keeping or concealing of a child that breaches rights of custody or visitation given or recognized under the law of this state;

(xi) "This act" means W.S. 20-8-101 through 20-8-112.

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