2019 Wyoming Statutes
Title 5 - Courts
Chapter 13 - Chancery Courts
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 5-13-116 - Powers Generally.
5-13-116. Powers generally.
(a) In exercising the jurisdiction granted under W.S. 5-13-115, the chancery court may:
(i) Preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence and in the proceedings before it according to the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure for Chancery Courts;
(ii) Compel obedience to its judgments, orders and processes;
(iii) Except as otherwise provided, control the conduct of its ministerial officers and of all other persons in any manner connected with judicial proceedings before it;
(iv) Issue summonses, subpoenas or other process in chancery court cases;
(v) Administer oaths and affirmations and take acknowledgments, affidavits and depositions;
(vi) Amend and control its process and orders to make them conformable to law and justice;
(vii) Proceed to nonjury trial, render judgment and grant writs of execution to carry into effect any order or judgment of the court; and
(viii) Punish for contempt in the same manner as district court.
