2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 14 - CHILDREN
CHAPTER 3 - PROTECTION
ARTICLE 4 - CHILD PROTECTION ACT
SECTION 14-3-407 - Shelter care; delivery of child pending hearing; placing children; notice if no court order.

Universal Citation: WY Stat § 14-3-407 (2018)

14-3-407. Shelter care; delivery of child pending hearing; placing children; notice if no court order.

(a) If shelter care of a child appears necessary to the person taking custody of the child, the child shall be delivered as soon as possible to the court or to the department of family services pending a hearing.

(b) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 236, § 4.

(c) The department of family services shall promptly notify the court and the district attorney of any child being cared for by the department without a court order and shall deliver the child to the court upon request.

(d) The department of family services shall care for the child under this section pursuant to temporary protective custody provisions as specified in W.S. 14-3-208.

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