{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-20-4-204","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 20-4-204","heading":"Initiation by the Wyoming support enforcement agency proceeding under the convention.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this article, the support enforcement agency of this state shall:\n(i) Transmit and receive applications; and\n(ii) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.\n(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:\n(i) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;\n(ii) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;\n(iii) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n(iv) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under W.S. 20-4-208(b)(ii), (iv) or (ix);\n(v) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(vi) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(c) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing order:\n(i) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;\n(ii) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(iii) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(d) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.","path":["TITLE 20 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 4 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","ARTICLE 2 - SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS UNDER CONVENTION"],"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":"bbc2d7c37c4190f4f2daa9ee587d8da5809dae5b29a0575da7485e75fbd792e0","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-20-4-203","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-20-4-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}