2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 20 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
CHAPTER 6 - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
ARTICLE 1 - IN GENERAL
SECTION 20-6-108 - State parent locator service.
20-6-108. State parent locator service.
(a) The department shall act as a state parent locator service to assist in:
(i) The location of parents who have abandoned their children or failed to provide for their support;
(ii) The location of persons, upon the request of law enforcement agencies, in cases of parental kidnapping or child custody violations under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act; and
(iii) The location of persons, upon request of the noncustodial parent, in cases of denial or interference with court ordered visitation or in cases in which the custodial parent has removed the child from the state and failed to give notice of change of address in violation of a court order.
(b) The department may request from state, county and local agencies all information and assistance necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. All state, county and city agencies, officers and employees shall cooperate in the location of parents who have violated custody or visitation orders or abandoned, deserted or failed to support their children and shall supply the department with all information available relative to the location, income and property of the parents.
(c) Any records provided, created or established under this section are available only for purposes of this act.
(d) The department shall comply with 42 U.S.C. § 653 with respect to the establishment, purpose and implementation of the federal parent locator service.
(e) The state shall establish and maintain in the federal and state parent locator service, an automated case registry, which shall contain abstracts of support orders and other information as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 653.
(f) The state case registry shall contain the names and social security numbers of the children. The state case registry of child support orders shall include abstracts of support orders, names, social security numbers or other uniform identification numbers and state identification numbers of individuals who owe support, in addition to the names and social security numbers of children of such persons.
