2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 7 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 3 - FUGITIVES AND PREVENTION OF CRIME
7-3-507. Petition for order of protection; contents; requisites; indigent petitioners.
(a) A victim of stalking, or the district attorney on behalf of the alleged victim, may file with the court a petition for an order of protection.
(b) The petition shall be accompanied or supplemented by one (1) or more sworn affidavits setting out specific facts showing the alleged stalking and the identity of the alleged stalker.
(c) No filing fee shall be charged for the filing of a petition under this section nor shall a fee be charged for service of process.
(d) The attorney general shall promulgate a standard petition form which may be used by petitioners. The clerk of the circuit or district court shall make standard petition forms available to petitioners, with instructions for completion, without charge. If the petition is not filed by the district attorney, the court may appoint an attorney to represent an indigent petitioner. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the victim from hiring an attorney or filing a petition pro se.
(e) A petition may be filed under this section whether or not the individual who is alleged to have engaged in a course of conduct prohibited under W.S. 6-2-506 has been charged or convicted under W.S. 6-2-506 for the alleged crime.
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