{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-20-4-157","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 20-4-157","heading":"Duties of support enforcement agency.","body":"(a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this act.\n(b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:\n(i) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;\n(ii) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time and place for a hearing;\n(iii) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;\n(iv) Within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;\n(v) Within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and\n(vi) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.\n(c) This act does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.\n(d) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:\n(i) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or\n(ii) If two (2) or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.\n(e) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrearages or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.\n(f) A support enforcement agency of this state shall request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrearages and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to W.S. 20-4-169.","path":["TITLE 20 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 4 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title20.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"dbca6bde4b0d8481145f9a66e2deba2cac0ede99cd96910ccc69b33ebb1b74ff","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-20-4-156","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-20-4-158"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}