{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-14-6-301","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 14-6-301","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) As used in W.S. 14-6-301 through 14-6-314:\n(i) \"Department\" means the department of family services;\n(ii) \"Home leave\" means a form of temporary release for a youth from an institution, which is subject to conditions imposed by the institution or juvenile court of jurisdiction;\n(iii) \"Institution\" means the Wyoming boys' school, Wyoming girls' school and any other state institution, including a youth correctional facility operated by a private entity in which a Wyoming youth is placed pursuant to W.S. 14-6-201 through 14-6-252;\n(iv) \"Peace officer\" means as defined by W.S. 7-2-101(a)(iv);\n(v) \"Probation\" means a legal status created by court order following an adjudication of delinquency, a status offense or in need of supervision, where a child is permitted to remain in the child's home subject to supervision by a city, county or state probation officer, the department of family services or other qualified private organization the court may designate. A child is subject to return to the court for violation of the terms or conditions of probation provided for in the court order;\n(vi) \"Probation officer\" means a department of family services employee assigned and trained in the performance of probation supervision services pursuant to department rules and regulations, or a local, county or private agency assigned by a juvenile court to perform probation supervision services;\n(vii) \"Probationer\" means an adjudicated youth granted probation by the sentencing juvenile court;\n(viii) \"Intensive supervision program\" means a program established under W.S. 14-6-309 which allows participants to live or work in the community under close supervision methods.","path":["TITLE 14 - CHILDREN","CHAPTER 6 - JUVENILES","ARTICLE 3 - JUVENILE PROBATION"],"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":"1ce36ab9e5425cfe2634b3a6013c308ab7076f4051afbc28c46a8d48397e78f0","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-14-6-252","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-14-6-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}