2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 20 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
CHAPTER 4 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
SECTION 20-4-141 - Remedies cumulative; application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.
20-4-141. Remedies cumulative; application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.
(a) Remedies provided by this act are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.
(b) This act does not:
(i) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or
(ii) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this act.
(c) A tribunal of this state shall apply article 1 of this act and, as applicable, article 2 of this act, to a support proceeding involving:
(i) A foreign support order;
(ii) A foreign tribunal; or
(iii) An obligee, obligor or child residing in a foreign country.
(d) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of article 1 of this act.
(e) Article 2 of this act applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of article 2 of this act is inconsistent with article 1 of this act, article 2 of this act controls.
