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In Wyoming, child support is expressed in a specific dollar amount derived from the combined net income of both parents, the number of children, the nature of the custodial arrangement and percentage figures given in the presumptive child support tables this is revised every four (4) years by the Wyoming Department of Family Services.To calculate…
When a Wyoming decree or order grants custody and visitation rights, a question often arises whether there is a process by which the court may later modify those rights. In answering the question, Wyoming Statute § 20–2–204(c) broadly sets a standard of “material change in circumstances since the entry of the [decree or order].” Wyoming…
The law gives wide discretion to the Judge in a Wyoming Divorce Court to fashion custody and visitation provisions that serve the best interests of the children. The goal is to strike a reasonable balance of the rights and affections of each of the parents, with paramount consideration being given to the welfare and needs…
Statutory Rules Effect Custody. Statutory rules guide a court’s decision in Wyoming concerning placement of custody of the children in a contested divorce or paternity case. The same rules also guide the parents and their attorneys as they negotiate custody. A court order granting custody, or a settlement agreement between the parents, should use well-defined…
In June of 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down, as unconstitutional, a Washington state law that allowed the a Washington state court to order visitation for any person petitioning the court when visitation would serve the best interests of the child. Following the death of their son, the paternal grandparents sought visitation under this…
