2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 20 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
CHAPTER 4 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
20-4-172. Administrative enforcement of orders.


WY Stat § 20-4-172 (through 2012) What's This?

(a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both, issued by a tribunal of another state may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state.

(b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.

(c) The department of family services shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with federal requirements to implement this section.

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