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    Wyoming State Law

    1. General Program-At-A-Glance

    1. How many local child support offices are in your state excluding agencies with cooperative agreements?
    11 county child support offices for the 23 counties in Wyoming. Northern Arapaho and the Eastern Shoshone have their own tribal child support programs for the Wind River Indian Reservation.
    2. What is the name of your IV-D agency?
    Wyoming Child Support program
    3. Is your state administrative, judicial, or a combination of both? In particular, does your state primarily use judicial or administrative procedures to establish and/or enforce support orders? Please describe.
    Wyoming is a judicial state
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    4. Does your state use the following applications: EDE, CSENET, QUICK?
    Wyoming uses all three applications.

    2. Duration Of Support

    1. What is the duration of support in your state? Include the age of majority when the support obligation ends in the absence of other factors. Include your state's statutory citation(s).
    Child support ends when a child turns 18 if no longer a full time student in high school.
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    2. If not addressed in the order, at what age is child support automatically terminated as a matter of state law? Qualify, if necessary.
    18
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    3. Does the date of the order determine the law that is applied to the duration of support? If yes, describe.
    Yes, any order filed before July 1, 1993 the child will emancipate at 19
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    4. Does your state law allow support to be paid beyond the age of majority under certain circumstances (for example, if the child has a disability or is in college)? If yes, describe.
    Yes, Wyo. Stat. §14-2-204 (a)(i)mentally or physically disabled and thereby incapable of self support or (a) (iii)between the age of majority and 20 years & attending high school or an equivalent program as full-time participants.
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    5. What are your state's laws regarding the emancipation of the child that would result in early termination of the child support obligation? Describe.
    If the minor is or was married, active military service for the US, has received a declaration of emancipation pursuant to W.S. 14-1-203
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    6. Does child support end if the child no longer lives with the custodial parent but does not emancipate according to state law? For example, the child graduates from high school at 17 and no longer lives with the custodial parent?
    No, support would continue until the end of the month that child turns 18.
    7. For orders that include multiple children, does your state automatically reduce the current support owed for remaining children after one of the children in the order reaches the age of majority or otherwise emancipates? If yes, describe.
    No, orders are flat support orders. Support does not reduce unless specifically ordered
    8. Does your state provide IV-D services to establish support for a child who is no longer a minor but for whom state law provides post-majority support (for example, if the child has a disability or is in college)? If yes, please describe the specific circumstances.
    Yes, Wyoming would establish support for a child with a disability post-majority.

    3. Statute Of Limitations

    1. What is your state's statute of limitations for the collection of past-due support?
    None
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    2. What is your state's statute of limitations for the establishment of paternity/parentage? Please explain.
    No limitation for a child with no presumed, acknowledged or adjudicated father; however, after the child reaches majority, the child must initiate the proceeding. For a child with a presumed father, the action must be commenced within a reasonable time after learning relevant facts, but in no event later than 5 years after birth.
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    3. Is dormancy revival/renewal possible? If yes, under what circumstances and for how long?
    Yes, Judgments become dormant at 5 years, if no execution on the judgment, law allows a judgment to be acted on within 21 years after dormancy for a total of 26 years.
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    4. Support Details

    1. What guideline type or method does your state use to calculate child support (for example, Income Shares Model, Percentage of Income Model, Melson Formula)?
    Percentage of Income Model
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    2. Does your state have any statute(s) addressing interest on arrears? If yes, indicate the amount of interest charged, any related conditions, and the statutory citation.
    Yes, statutes provides for interest to be charged on late child support payments at a rate of 10% penalty on current missed obligation payments.
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    3. Does your state's IV-D agency calculate interest on arrears? If yes, indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions.
    No
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    4. Does your state charge interest on retroactive support? If yes, indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions.
    Yes, 10% interest may be charged on amount reduced to judgment.
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    5. Will your state enforce a medical debt for any uninsured portion? If yes, under what circumstances?
    Yes, if the medical debt has been reduced to judgment
    6. If your state has issued an order, and another IV-D agency asserts that the person/entity entitled to receive child support payments has changed from the person/entity designated in your state's order (due to a change in placement or foster care status), what does your state require in order to change the person/entity entitled to receive payments?
    Only requirement is a transmittal#1 requesting the change
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    6.1. Does it matter if the child receives TANF or Medicaid-only? If so, explain.
    No
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    7. Does your state require that a custodial party, who is not one of the biological parents, have legal custody of a child before enforcing an order for support that was issued to the biological parents as the parties for non-public assistance cases?
    No
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    8. Does your state IV-D agency give the noncustodial parent credit toward child support for Auxiliary Benefits received directly by the custodial parent on behalf of a child as a result of the noncustodial parent's Social Security Retirement, Survivors, or Disability Insurance (RSDI) benefit?
    Yes, noncustodial parent can request a modification and we will give credit towards child support amount.
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    9. Does your state abate support? If yes, explain the circumstances and provide your statutory citation.
    Yes, only on support orders in effect prior to July 1, 2018 that permit abatement
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    5. Paternity/Parentage

    1. Does your state law require custody and visitation to be addressed at the time of paternity/parentage establishment? If yes, please describe and provide the statutory citation.
    No
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    2. What is the percentage of probability for genetic testing that creates a rebuttable or conclusive presumption of paternity?
    99%
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    3. What is the state law citation that makes paternity acknowledgment conclusive? Please describe (if appropriate).
    14-2 article 6
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    4. Does marriage constitute a rebuttable presumption of paternity/parentage without exceptions? Please describe and provide your statutory citation.
    Yes 14-2-504
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    5. Does the father's name on the birth certificate constitute a conclusive presumption of paternity? Please provide your state citation. If no, please describe.
    No, Paternity is only conclusive through presumption, adjudication or acknowledgment.
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    6. Does your state have any other paternity/parentage-related presumptions? If yes, please describe.
    No
    7. What, if any, is the agency name and link for your state's putative fathers' registry?
    Wyoming Putative Father Registry
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    8. What documents regarding paternity can your state's IV-D agency provide to other IV-D agencies? Are there any charges to the requesting IV-D agencies?
    birth certificates, paternity acknowledgments and marriage certificates. No cost if requested through the Wyoming Child Support Program
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    9. Does your state’s bureau of vital statistics charge any fees to other states or private individuals for requesting searches, paternity/parentage documents, and data?
    Yes
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    9.1. Describe any circumstances under which these fees may be waived?
    None
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    10. Is common-law marriage currently recognized in your state? If yes, describe the standard that defines common-law marriage and the date the standard went into effect.
    No
    11. If there was a prior common-law standard in your state that is no longer in effect, what were the dates that standard was in effect? Describe the standard.
    No
    12. If there is more than one child with the same custodial party and the same alleged father, should an initiating jurisdiction send one intergovernmental packet to your state (with a separate Declaration in Support of Establishing Parentage forms for each child) or a separate intergovernmental packet for each child?
    One packet with separate Declaration in Support of Establishing Parentage for each child

    6. Support Order Establishment

    1. Does your state use an administrative, judicial, or a combined process to establish a support obligation?
    Judicial
    1.1 If your state can establish both administratively and judicially, under what circumstances would your state use the administrative process? Please provide the statutory citation for your state's administrative procedures.
    n/a
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    1.2. Under what circumstances would your state use the judicial process? Please provide the statutory citation for your state's judicial procedures.
    n/a
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    2. When setting support using your state's guidelines, whose income is considered in addition to the noncustodial parent's (for example, custodial parent, spouse, child)?
    Custodial Parent
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    2.1. What documentation is required as proof/evidence of this information?
    Financial Affidavit
    3. What criteria for rebutting your presumptive guidelines have been established in your state?
    A court may deviate from the presumptive child support established by W.S. 20-2-304 upon a specific finding that the application of the presumptive child support would be unjust or inappropriate in that particular case.
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    4. Will your state establish support orders for prior periods of support? If yes, please describe (for example, from the birth of the child, from date of separation, prenatal expenses, five years retroactive).
    Retro support will only be addressed to application date or if child is less then 1 year old, to date of birth
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    4.1. What information or documentation does your state require to proceed with establishing support for prior periods?
    Wyoming shall inform each of the parties to the establishment action that he or she may petition the court to establish retroactive support prior to the date of application
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    4.2. Will your state allow a petition for support for a minor child when the only issue is retroactive support?
    No
    4.3. If there are limitations upon your state's ability to establish support for prior periods, specify those limitations.
    Retro support will only be addressed to application date or if child is less then 1 year old, to date of birth
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    5. Does your state require that a custodial party, who is not a biological parent, have legal custody of a child before establishing an order for support when public assistance is being expended?
    No
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    5.1. What about when public assistance is not being expended?
    No
    6. When your state has issued an order that reserves support, and now child support should be ordered, does your state require establishment or modification?
    Establishment
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    7. When there is an existing support order between the parents of a child and the child's residence changes from one parent to the other, does your state require that the new custodial parent obtain legal custody before child support is addressed? Please describe.
    Yes, Wyoming has the ability to suspend support when a child changes residence from one parent to the other. To establish a support order for that situation requires a legal custody change.
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    7. Income Withholding

    1. What are specific sources of income not subject to withholding?
    ANY SOURCE THAT IS MEANS TESTED
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    2. Does your state law adopt the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) income withholding limits? Please provide the statutory citation.
    YES, Wyoming follows 15 U.S.C. 1673.
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    2.1. Does your state have policies or procedures allowing the agency to use lower limits than the CCPA?
    NO
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    2.2. What are the withholding limits for non-employees?
    WYOMING HAS NOT LIMITS ON NON-EMPLOYEES
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    3. What is the maximum fee for the administrative cost that an employer may charge for processing income withholding orders? (45 CFR 303.100 (e)(iii).
    $5.00 FOR EACH WITHHOLDING PAYMENT
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    4. Does your state charge any fees to the noncustodial parent that the employer must withhold and remit to the state? If yes, please explain.
    NO
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    5. Is an employer required to begin withholding after the date of service, receipt, or mailing of an income withholding order?
    UPON RECEIPT
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    5.1. How many days following the first pay period that occurs after service, receipt, or mailing of an income withholding order is an employer required to begin withholding?
    7 DAYS AFTER PAY PERIOD
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    6. When must an employer remit amounts withheld from an employee's pay?
    7 DAYS AFTER PAY PERIOD
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    7. What are your state's sanctions for employers for not implementing income withholding?
    Before the court imposes a civil penalty, the payor accused of a violation shall be notified, in writing, of the specific nature of the alleged violation and the time and place, at least ten(10) days from the date of the notice, when a hearing of the matter shall be held. After hearing or upon failure of the accused to appear at the hearing, the court shall determine the amount of the civil penalty to be imposed in accordance with the limitation in this section.
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    7.1. What are the penalties to an employer for failure to remit payments withheld?
    LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT UP TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT WITHHELD
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    8. Does your state allow other jurisdictions to send income withholding orders for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits directly to your state's UI agency? If yes, please explain your process and include any additional required documents.
    NO
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    8.1. If no, what is your state's process to aid the other jurisdictions in withholding UI benefits? Please describe and include the required documents.
    LIMITED SERVICES REQUEST TO WITHHOLD FROM UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ONLY
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    9. Does your state allow other jurisdictions to send income withholding orders directly to a noncustodial parent's financial institution in your state? If yes, please explain your process and include any additional required documents.
    YES, A LIEN/LEVY OR GARNISHMENT WILL NEED TO BE SENT TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
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    9.1. If no, what is your state's process to aid the other jurisdiction in collecting from a financial institution? Please describe and include the required documents.
    10. How does a noncustodial parent contest an income withholding in your state?
    Within twenty (20) days from the date of service of the notice of delinquency the obligor may file with the clerk a petition to stay service of the income withholding order. Grounds for disputes are limited to: amount of current support or arrearage; or identity of alleged obligor named
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    11. How does your state allocate payments when there is more than one claim against the noncustodial parent's income? Should the payment be divided equally or pro-rated among the cases? (See 45 CFR 303.100(a)(5).)
    PAYMENT ARE PRO-RATED BASED ON AMOUNTS OWED ON EACH CLAIM
    12. When calculating disposable income for child support purposes, what are the mandatory deductions from gross income required by state law, such as union dues or medical insurance premiums?
    Yes, personal income taxes, social security, Medicare deductions, cost of dependent health care coverage for all dependent children and mandatory pension deductions.
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    13. When does your state require the employer to send notice of an employee's termination?
    WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE OBLIGORS EMPLOYMENT TERMINATES
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    14. When your state is enforcing an order and receives payment through income withholding that is not enough to cover the full amount ordered, how does your state apply the payment to the types of support (for example, current, arrears, medical, spousal support, other)? Please describe and provide the statutory citations, if appropriate.
    CURRENT SUPPORT PAID FIRST, IF ARREARS ONLY OBLIGEES ARREARS WILL BE PAID FIRST, ASSIGNED ARREARS SECOND AND LAST IS ANY ARREARS OWED TO ANOTHER STATE ON A RESPONDING CASE
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    8. Distribution

    1. Does your state pass through collections (and disregard collections for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) eligibility purposes) in current assistance cases? If yes, provide the amount and explain.
    Yes, one child $100 or up to current support amount in one month or two or more children $200 or up to current support amount in one month
    2. Does your state participate in the pass-through in former assistance cases? If yes, provide the date and explain.
    No, only towards active assistance effective May 1, 2021
    3. In former assistance cases, are federal income tax refund offset payments applied to families first (DRA distribution) or state arrears first (PRWORA distribution)?
    families first (DRA distribution)
    4. How does your state distribute payments when the noncustodial parent has arrears due to your state and another state?
    arrears on the Wyoming only case will be paid first, then the other state arrears
    4.1. If there are no arrears due to your state, how does your state distribute payments when the noncustodial parent has arrears due to multiple states?
    arrears would be pro-rated based on balance owed to each state
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    9. Enforcement

    1. What data matches (for example, financial institution, state lottery) and enforcement remedies are available through Automated Administrative Enforcement in Interstate Cases (AEI) in your state? (See AT-08-06: Implementing Section 466(a)(14) of the Social Security Act, High-Volume, Automated Administrative Enforcement in Interstate Cases.)
    None, Wyoming requires a full UIFSA packet. Wyoming is judicial state and has limited automated administrative enforcement options
    2. What criteria must be met, and in addition to Transmittal #3, what documentation does your state require to proceed with an AEI request?
    N/A
    3. What are your state's criteria for reporting a noncustodial parent's child support information to credit bureaus?
    At least $1,000 owed in past due support & notice of reporting going to NCP at least 30 days prior
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    4. To which credit bureaus does your state report a noncustodial parent's child support information?
    Experian
    5. Is the method for credit bureau reporting judicial, administrative, or both?
    Administrative
    6. Can a noncustodial parent who no longer has a past-due account have the report removed from the credit bureau? If so, what must the noncustodial parent do?"
    Yes, noncustodial parent will need to dispute with Experian, who will then provide the dispute form to our State office to review and complete, returning form to Experian.
    7. When your state is the responding state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for federal administrative offset? If yes, what is the minimum required past-due amount?
    Yes, at least $25.00 in arrears & at least 30 days past due with the noncustodial parent being notified at least 30 days in advance of any certification.
    8. When your state is the initiating state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for federal administrative offset? If yes, what is the minimum required past-due amount?
    Yes, at least $25.00 in arrears & at least 30 days past due with the noncustodial parent being notified at least 30 days in advance of any certification.
    9. When your state is the responding state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for insurance match? If yes, what is the minimum required past-due amount?
    No
    10. When your state is the initiating state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for insurance match? If yes, what is the minimum required past-due amount?
    Yes, there is no minimum to be submitted. Insurance match information will be reviewed to determine if lien/levy or wage withholding is appropriate
    11. When your state is the responding state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for MSFIDM? If yes, what is the minimum required past-due amount?
    No
    12. When your state is the initiating state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for MSFIDM? If yes, what is the minimum past-due amount?
    Yes, there is no minimum to be submitted. MSFIDM information will be reviewed to determine if lien/levy is appropriate
    13. When your state is the responding state, does it submit past-due cases to OCSE for passport denial?
    Yes
    14. Are the financial institution attachment procedures in your state judicial, administrative, or both?
    Both, lien/levy process is administrative and garnishment process is judicial
    15. Are there specific account types exempt from the administrative financial institution attachment process in your state? If yes, which account types are exempt?
    Interest on Lawyers Trust Account (IOLTA), UTMA/UGMA (Uniform Transfer or Gifts to Minos Act) accounts, mortgage escrow accounts and security deposit/real estate accounts
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    16. Is the financial institution attachment process in your state centralized and/or automated?
    No
    17. What are the criteria to attach an account in a financial institution in your state?
    Noncustodial parent is the only account holder and arrearage equal to at least 3 months of current support
    18. Does your state's law require financial institutions doing business in your state to accept enforcement actions directly from other states? If yes, provide the statutory citation. Please explain.
    No
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    19. If there are no statutory criteria required to attach an account, describe the process for requesting a financial institution attachment from another child support agency (for example, a Transmittal #3) and list additional documentation required.
    Transmittal#3 Limited Services Request, all information on the account (including name of institution, address, account number), certified payment history.
    20. Does your state's income withholding definition include amounts in financial institutions?
    No
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    21. Does your state require sending a notice of intent to the noncustodial parent when attaching an account in a financial institution? Who notifies the noncustodial parent - the state, the financial institution, or both?
    Yes, noncustodial parent will be mailed a copy of the Lien/Levy packet by child support office 10 days after its mailed the financial institution
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    22. How long does the financial institution have to hold funds before sending the noncustodial parent's assets to your child support agency?
    No set timeframe, Wyoming State Disbursement Unit will hold payment for 20 days
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    23. Does your state law or policy require the financial institution and/or state to hold the attached assets during the challenge or appeal time frame? If yes, provide the statutory citation and time frames.
    No
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    24. What amount or percentage of the noncustodial parent's financial assets are eligible for attachment? Is this different for joint accounts? Please explain.
    No stated limit or percentage
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    25. What are the criteria for a noncustodial parent and/or joint account holder to contest a financial institution attachment?
    Non-custodial parent has 10 days to file a written request to contest with the court
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    26. Does your state have procedures to liquidate non-liquid assets (for example, stocks, bonds, etc.)? If yes, provide the statutory citation and the procedures to follow.
    No
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    27. What are your state's criteria for driver's license revocation/suspension for nonpayment of support?
    Wyoming drivers license, minimum arrears balance of $2,500, has not paid current support in full in the last 90 days, and is not receiving AFDC Wyo. Stat. § 20-6-11
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    28. What are your state's criteria for driver's license restoration/reinstatement, including hardship exemptions?
    The non-custodial parent pays the arrears in full or if the non-custodial parent has not paid the arrears in full, but is determined to be in compliance with the payment plan.
    29. Does your state allow temporary or conditional driver's licenses? If yes, what are the criteria?
    Noncustodial parent can request a probationary license. A written request is required and $15.00 for records review. If probationary license is approved, forms must be returned along with $55.00 for license to be issued.
    30. What are your state's criteria for professional license revocation/suspension for nonpayment of support? Specify the professional license types.
    Child support can petition a court for an order to withhold, suspend or restrict any professional, occupational or hunting or fishing license, certificate or permit issued to a noncustodial parent. The court will determine whether noncustodial parent has a license that is subject to withholding, suspend or restriction
    31. What are your state's criteria for professional license restoration/reinstatement, including hardship exemptions?
    Noncustodial parent pays the entire arrearage or enters into a payment plan approved by child support
    32. Does your state allow temporary or conditional professional licenses? If yes, what are the criteria?
    No
    33. What are your state's criteria for recreational license revocation/suspension for nonpayment of support? Specify the recreational license types.
    Recreational license (hunting, trapping or fishing) can only be suspended by judicial process.
    34. What are your state's criteria for recreational license restoration/reinstatement, including hardship exemptions?
    Criteria is that there are arrears and that the noncustodial parent will be served in Wyoming for either a Order to Show Cause (Contempt) or if petition to suspend field with the District Court.
    35. Does your state allow temporary or conditional recreational licenses? If yes, what are the criteria?
    No
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    36. What are the criteria for initiating/filing a lien in your state?
    Lien/Levy packet certified mailed to the financial institution.
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    37. Is the lien process in your state primarily judicial, administrative, or both? Please describe.
    Administrative
    38. Does your state enforce property seizure and sale? If so, is this process primarily judicial, administrative, or both? Please describe.
    Wyoming can place a lien on real property, it will not be executed until the property is transferred or sold.
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    39. Does your state have a state income tax refund offset as an enforcement remedy? If yes, describe whether the process for this remedy is primarily judicial, administrative, or a combination.
    No, there is not a Wyoming Income Tax
    40. Does your state intercept lottery or other types of gaming/gambling winnings in your state? If so, what kind of winnings are included?
    Yes, Wyoming State lottery
    40.1. If yes, is this enforcement judicial, administrative, or both?
    Administrative
    41. What other administrative enforcement procedures are available in your state that are not otherwise described in the IRG?
    None
    42. What other judicial enforcement procedures are available in your state that are not otherwise described in the IRG?
    Order to Show Cause (Contempt) and Bench Warrants

    10. Modification And Review/Adjustment

    1. How frequently does your state conduct order reviews in IV-D cases (for example, every year or every three years)? (See 45 CFR 303.8.)
    Right to Review notices sent every 36 months. Either party can request a review 6 months after the last request or last order filed.
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    2. What is your state's modification procedure? Briefly describe.
    The requesting party will be sent a financial affidavit and form on reason requesting a modification review. Once received, a financial affidavit will be sent to the non requesting party. Once received or after 30 days, review will be conducted by staff attorney to see if support should be modified. Then field office will file petition for modification with clerk of court.
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    3. What are the criteria for modification under your state's guidelines (for example, a change that is more than $50 or 20% upward or downward from the current amount ordered)?
    20% change from current order
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    4. Which of the following criteria for demonstrating a change in circumstances apply for modifying an order?

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    4.1. The earnings of the noncustodial parent have substantially increased or decreased.
    yes
    4.2. The earnings of the custodial parent have substantially increased or decreased.
    yes
    4.3. The needs of a party or the child(ren) have substantially increased or decreased.
    yes
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    4.4. The cost of living has changed.
    yes
    4.5. The child(ren) has extraordinary medical expenses not covered by insurance.
    yes
    4.6. There has been a substantial change in childcare expenses.
    yes
    4.7. What other criteria does your state use for demonstrating a change in circumstances for modifying an order?

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    5. Does your state have a cost of living adjustment (COLAs) for orders? If yes, what index does your state use? (See 45 CFR 303.8(b)(1)(ii).)
    no
    6. After learning that a parent who owes support will be incarcerated for more than 180 calendar days, does your state elect to initiate a review of an order without the need for a specific request, i.e., automatically? (See 45 CFR 303.8(b)(2).)
    No, incarcerated parent would need to request a modification
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    11. Lump Sum Payments

    1. What is your state's definition of a lump sum, if it has one? Provide the statutory citation. (Note: States may define "lump sum" more broadly than only employer- related lump sums.)
    Not defined
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    2. Does your state law require employers to report lump sum payments? If yes, provide the statutory citation or rule.
    No
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    3. How does your state attach different types of lump sum payments? For example, does your state use the OMB-approved income withholding order for employer-issued bonuses, a lien, and levy notice for workers' compensation (if workers' compensation is considered a lump sum payment in your state), etc.?
    Income withholding order, lien and levy process

    12. Cost Recovery And Fees

    1. Does your state elect to recover costs in excess of any fees collected to cover administrative costs in your child support state plan? (See section 454(6) of the Social Security Act and 45 CFR 302.33(d).) If yes, does your state collect excess actual or standardized costs on a case-by-case basis? Please describe.
    No
    1.1. If yes, does your state recover costs from the custodial parent or the noncustodial parent? (Note: No costs can be assessed against a foreign custodial parent applying through a Central Authority in a Hague Convention country, a foreign reciprocating country, or a foreign country with state-level reciprocity.)
    2. Does your state recover costs on behalf of an initiating state that has elected to do cost recovery? If yes, describe.
    No
    3. How does your state impose and collect the mandatory $35 annual fee (after collecting the first $550)? This fee is applicable in IV-D cases in which individuals who never received IV-A assistance are receiving IV-D services. (See 45 CFR 302.33(e).) See options below.
    The fee is retained from the support collected by the custodial party after the first $550.00 has been distributed to the custodial party in the federal fiscal year.
    3.1. Is it retained by the state from support collected?
    Yes
    3.2. Is it paid by the individual applying for child support services?
    3.3. Is it recovered from the noncustodial parent?
    3.4. Is it paid by the state out of its state funds?

    13. Insurance Match

    1. Does your state have legislation requiring insurance companies to work with child support agencies to identify claimants who owe past-due child support? Describe the requirements and provide the statutory citation. How does your state allocate payments when there is more than one claim against the noncustodial parent's income? Should the payment be divided equally or pro-rated among the cases? (See 45 CFR 303.100(a)(5).)
    No
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    2. What criteria must a noncustodial parent meet to be eligible for your state’s participation in the federal insurance match program?
    Obligor must be policyholder, beneficiary or joint policyholder.
    3. What process does your state use to intercept insurance payments?
    Income Withholding or Notice of Interstate Lien & Levy packet.
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    4. How does another state initiate and intercept collections from your state’s workers’ compensation agency?
    Any state can issue a direct withholding to Wyoming Workers Compensation
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    5. Does your state participate in the Child Support Lien Network or CSLN (which provides insurance match services)?
    No

    14. Family Violence

    15. CSENet

    1. When your state is the initiating state, does it send a Child Support Enforcement Network (CSENet) case closure transaction to let the responding state know your state has closed its case (including the reason for closure) and/or the responding state's intergovernmental services are no longer needed? (MSC P GSC15; 45 CFR 303.7(c)(11).)
    Yes
    2. When your state is the responding state, does it send a CSENet case closure transaction to notify the initiating state that its case is closed based on one of the following reasons: (MSC P GSC16)? Initiating state failure to take an action essential for the next steps? (45 CFR 303.11(b)(17).) The initiating state requested the responding state to close the case? (45 CFR 303.7(d)(10).)
    Yes
    3. When your state is the initiating state, does it send a CSENet case closure transaction to notify the responding state that it must stop any income withholding orders or notices and close the intergovernmental case? (MSC P GSC17; 45 CFR 303.7(c)(12).)
    Yes
    4. When your state is the responding state, does it send a CSENet case closure transaction to notify the initiating state that, per its request, the case is closed, and your state has stopped its income withholding order? (MSC P GSC18; 45 CFR 303.7(d)(9).)
    Yes
    5. Does your state send CSENet transactions to request interest information? (MSC R GRINT)
    Yes
    6. Does your state send CSENet transactions to provide another state with interest and arrears information? (MSC P GSTAI)
    Yes

    16. Copies Of Orders And Payment Records

    1. What are the procedures and associated costs for obtaining a certified copy of a court order?
    To request provide a transmittal#3 to Central Registry or through EDE in request documents. There is no charge when requested from Wyoming Child Support Program. If requested directly from Clerk of Courts, some will charge a fee.
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    2. What are the procedures and associated costs for obtaining a certified payment record?
    To request provide a transmittal#3 to Central Registry or through EDE in request documents. There is no charge.
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    17. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)

    1. What is the statutory citation for your state's enactment of UIFSA?
    W.S. 20-4-139 through 197
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    2. How does your state define the tribunal (See UIFSA 103)?
    "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. For purposes of establishing, enforcing or modifying support orders or determining parentage in Wyoming, tribunal means only the district court
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    3. How many copies or sets of documents does your state need for an intergovernmental case referral that is not sent electronically?
    Only one certified copy
    4. Does your state require initiating states to send intergovernmental forms in a one-sided format (when sending paper copies)?
    No

    18. International - Reciprocity

    1. With which foreign countries or other jurisdictions (such as Quebec) does your state have state-level reciprocity for child support? (Do not include federal foreign reciprocating or Hague Convention countries.)
    No
    2. Does your state exercise its option for enforcement of spousal-only orders for a foreign reciprocating country, a Hague Convention country, or a foreign country with which your state has state-level reciprocity? (See section 454(32)(B) of the Social Security Act.)
    No
    3. Does your state agency accept direct applications for services from individuals residing outside the United States (See UIFSA 307 - Alternative A), or does your state's law allow discretion in accepting these applications (See UIFSA 307 - Alternative B)?
    Wyoming does accept applications for services for individuals residing outside the US.

    19. International Information For Hague Convention Countries

    1. When a Hague Convention country seeks registration of a Convention support order in your state, does your state allow the country to send an abstract (or summary) of the order on the Hague Abstract of a Decision form in lieu of the complete text? (See UIFSA 706(b) (1).)
    NO
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    2. Does your state send and receive pleadings and documents electronically in international cases? If yes, specify the types of pleadings and documents your state can send and receive electronically.
    Yes, all documents through secure email
    3. What methods of personal service does your state use?
    by process server or Sheriffs office
    4. When establishing a child support order, what can be included as add-ons to the child support guideline amount? Please provide the relevant statutory or case law citation. (See also question 1 under Support Details.)
    None
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    5. Does your state encourage amicable solutions between parents to promote voluntary payment of support, such as the use of mediation, conciliation, or similar consent processes? If yes, describe.
    Wyoming encourages settlement hearings in most cases to preserve our court time
    6. What circumstances will cause your state to end child support before the normal duration?
    death of custodial party or child, marriage of child, child joins the United States Military
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    20. International Payments

    1. How does your state disburse child support payments to foreign reciprocating and Hague Convention countries when your state is the responding state in a case?
    2. What actions does your state take to reduce the costs and fees associated with international payment processing?
    3. Does your state accept electronic payments from foreign reciprocating or Hague Convention countries in international cases? If so, provide payment instructions.

    21. Tribal Non IV-D

    1. Has your state established cooperative arrangements with any Indian tribes or tribal organizations that don't have a tribal IV-D program?
    No
    1.1. If yes, list the tribes and identify services provided, if less than full services.

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    2. Does your state have any IV-D attorneys licensed to practice in the courts of Indian tribes or tribal organizations that don't have tribal IV-D programs?
    No

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