{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-14-2-501","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 14-2-501","heading":"Establishment of parent-child relationship.","body":"(a) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:\n(i) The woman's having given birth to the child;\n(ii) An adjudication of the woman's maternity; or\n(iii) Adoption of the child by the woman.\n(b) The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:\n(i) An unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under W.S. 14-2-504;\n(ii) An effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man under article 6 of this act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;\n(iii) An adjudication of the man's paternity;\n(iv) Adoption of the child by the man; or\n(v) The man's having consented to assisted reproduction by his wife under article 9 of this act which resulted in the birth of the child.","path":["TITLE 14 - CHILDREN","CHAPTER 2 - PARENTS","ARTICLE 5 - PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title14.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"7f8faa8cb45360e69ce67f45c6a17960b1e21cb2f7807555a47fa012a796a435","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-14-2-408","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-14-2-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}