{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-20-8-102","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 20-8-102","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) As used in this act:\n(i) \"Abduction\" means the wrongful removal or wrongful retention of a child;\n(ii) \"Child\" means an unemancipated person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age;\n(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;\n(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;\n(v) \"Court\" means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce or modify a child custody determination;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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;\n(xi) \"This act\" means W.S. 20-8-101 through 20-8-112.","path":["TITLE 20 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 8 - CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION"],"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":"e46b5333ca5ce6637e3ba211589e33f98c4ed338268936734582ff8a5ca8b1c5","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-20-8-101","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-20-8-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}