14-2-308 through 14-2-319, to appoint one (1) or more

14-2-308 through 14-2-319, to appoint one (1) or more confidential intermediaries for the purpose of determining the whereabouts of the unknown biological relative or relatives, except that no one shall seek to determine the whereabouts of a relative who is a minor. The court may rule on the motion and affidavit without hearing and may appoint a confidential intermediary. Costs related to the proceeding and investigation shall be the responsibility of the party filing the motion for appointment and investigation.  (c) Any information obtained by the confidential intermediary during the course of his investigation shall be kept strictly confidential and shall be utilized only for the purpose of arranging a contact between the individual who initiated the search and the sought-after biological relative.

(d) When a sought-after biological relative is located by a confidential intermediary on behalf of the individual who initiated the search:

(i) Contact shall be made between the parties involved in the investigation only when written consent for such contact has been obtained from both parties and filed with the court;

(ii) If consent for personal communication is not obtained from both parties, all relinquishment and adoption records and any information obtained by any confidential intermediary during the course of his investigation shall be returned to the court and shall remain confidential.

(e) Any person acting as a confidential intermediary who knowingly fails to comply with the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall be subject to citation and punishment for contempt as provided by Rule 42, Wyoming Rules of Criminal Procedure.

CHAPTER 23 - MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACTS AND ACTIONS; STATUTE OF FRAUDS

1-23-101. Right of actions abolished.

The rights of action to recover money as damage for the alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction or breach of contract to marry are abolished. No act done in this state shall give rise, either in or out of this state, to any of the rights of action abolished. No contract to marry made in this state shall give rise, either in or out of this state, to any right of action for the breach thereof.

1-23-102. Contracts or instruments based on right of action declared void; execution of instruments, settling claims or bringing action prohibited.

All instruments executed within this state in payment, satisfaction, settlement or compromise of any claim or cause of action abolished or barred by W.S. 1-23-101, whether the claim or cause of action arose in or out of this state, are void. It is unlawful to cause any person to execute a contract or instrument or cause any person to give, pay, transfer or deliver any money or thing of value in payment, satisfaction, settlement or compromise of any such claim or cause of action, or to receive, take or accept any money or thing of value as payment, satisfaction, settlement or compromise of any such claim or cause of action. It is unlawful to commence or cause to be commenced, either as party, attorney or as agent of either in any court of this state, any proceeding or action seeking to enforce or recover upon any such contract or instrument, knowing it to be such, whether executed in or out of this state.

1-23-103. Filing pleading or service of process prohibited.

It is unlawful for a person either as a party, attorney or an agent of either, to file or serve or threaten to cause to be filed or served, any process or pleading in any court of the state, setting forth or seeking to recover money upon any cause of action abolished or barred by W.S. 1-23-101, whether the cause of action arose in or out of the state.

1-23-104. Penalty for violation of provisions.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of W.S. 1-23-102 or 1-23-103, is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years, or both.

1-23-105. Agreements void unless in writing.

(a) In the following cases every agreement shall be void unless such agreement, or some note or memorandum thereof be in writing, and subscribed by the party to be charged therewith:

(i) Every agreement that by its terms is not to be performed within one (1) year from the making thereof;

(ii) Every special promise to answer for the debt, default or miscarriage of another person;

(iii) Every agreement, promise or undertaking made upon consideration of marriage, except mutual promise to marry;  (iv) Every special promise by an executor or administrator, to answer any demand out of his own estate;

(v) Every agreement or contract for the sale of real estate, or the lease thereof, for more than one (1) year;

(vi) To charge any person upon, or by reason of a representation or assurance concerning the character, conduct, credit, ability, trade or dealings of another, to the intent or purpose that such other may obtain thereby, credit, money or goods.

1-23-106. Gambling contracts void.

All contracts, promises, agreements, conveyances, securities, and notes, made, given, granted, executed, drawn or entered into, where the whole or any part of the consideration thereof shall be for any money, property or other valuable thing won by any gaming, or by playing cards or any gambling device or game of chance, or by betting on the side or hands of any person gaming or for the reimbursing or paying any money or property knowingly lent or advanced at the time and place of such play, to any person or persons so gaming or betting, shall be utterly void and of no effect. No assignment of any bill, bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, where the whole or any part of the consideration for such assignment shall arise out of any gaming transaction, shall in any manner offset the defense of the person or persons making, entering into, executing or giving such instrument so assigned, or the remedies of any person interested therein.

1-23-107. Individual liability of members of governmental agencies.

(a) Notwithstanding W.S. 1-39-101 through 1-39-120, the members of any governmental board, agency, council, commission or governing body are not individually liable for any actions, inactions or omissions by the governmental board, agency, council, commission or governing body.

(b) This section does not affect individual liability for intentional torts or illegal acts.

1-23-108. Contractual provisions in restraint of trade generally void; exceptions; unlawful intimidation.  (a) Any covenant not to compete that restricts the right of any person to receive compensation for performance of skilled or unskilled labor shall be void. This subsection shall not apply to:

(i) Any covenant not to compete contained in a contract for the purchase and sale of a business or the assets of a business;

(ii) Any covenant not to compete to the extent the covenant provides for the protection of trade secrets as defined by W.S. 6-3-501(a)(xi);

(iii) Any contractual provision providing for the recovery of all or a portion of the expense of relocating, educating and training an employee as follows:

(A) Recovery of not more than one hundred percent (100%) of the expense for an employee who has served an employer for a period of less than two (2) years;

(B) Recovery of not more than sixty-six percent (66%) of the expense for an employee who has served an employer for between two (2) and less than three (3) years;

(C) Recovery of not more than thirty-three percent (33%) of the expense for an employee who has served an employer for between three (3) and less than four (4) years.

(iv) Executive and management personnel and officers and employees who constitute professional staff to executive and management personnel.

(b) Any covenant not to compete provision of an employment, partnership or corporate agreement between physicians that restricts the right of a physician to practice medicine as defined in W.S. 33-26-102(a)(xi), upon termination of the physician's employment, partnership or corporate affiliation, is void, provided that all other provisions of the agreement enforceable at law shall remain enforceable.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, upon termination of the employment, partnership or corporate affiliation, or upon the voiding of an agreement not to compete specified in subsection (b) of this section, a physician may disclose his continuing practice of medicine and new professional contact information to any patient with a rare disorder as defined in accordance with the national organization for rare disorders, or a successor organization, to whom the physician was providing consultation or treatment before termination of the employment, partnership or corporate affiliation. Neither the physician nor the physician's employer shall be liable to any party to the prior agreement for damages alleged to have resulted from the disclosure or from the physician's treatment of the patient after termination of the prior agreement or employment, partnership or corporate affiliation.

CHAPTER 24 - AMERCEMENT

1-24-101. Causes for amercement.

(a) On motion in court and notice in writing as provided in W.S. 1-24-102, an officer shall be amerced in the amount of the judgment including costs, and ten percent (10%) thereon for the plaintiff or defendant when:

(i) An execution or order of sale is directed and delivered to him to be executed, and he neglects or refuses to execute it;

(ii) He neglects or refuses to sell any property which by any writ or order he is directed to sell;

(iii) He fails to call an inquest, or to return to the clerk's office a copy of the certificate of inquisition made by the inquest;

(iv) He neglects to return to the proper court on or before the return day an execution or order of sale directed and delivered to him;

(v) He neglects to return a correct inventory of personal property taken on execution, unless he returns that the amount of the judgment, including costs, has been paid to him;

(vi) He neglects, on demand, to pay to the person entitled thereto, any money collected or received by him for the use of such person, at any time after he collects or receives the same; or

(vii) He neglects or refuses to pay to the judgment debtor on demand all money received by him on any sale made beyond what is sufficient to satisfy the writ or order of sale, with interest and costs.

1-24-102. Notice of motion for amercement.

If the officer resides in the county in which the motion is made, the notice shall be served upon him at least two (2) days before the motion is heard. If he is an officer of another county, the notice shall be served upon him or left at his office at least fifteen (15) days before the motion is heard, or sent to him by certified mail at least sixty (60) days before the motion is heard.

1-24-103. Amercement for failure to serve or return process.

If an officer fails to execute any summons or other process directed to him, or to return the same as required by law, unless he is prevented by unavoidable accident from doing so, he shall be amerced, upon motion and notice in writing as provided by law in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and be liable to the action of any person aggrieved by the failure. He is not liable to an action or amercement for failure to execute any process directed to him from any county other than that in which he was elected unless his fees are deposited with the clerk who issued the process and an endorsement of that fact is made and subscribed by the clerk on the process at the time of its issue.

1-24-104. Amercement of clerks of court.

If a clerk of court neglects or refuses on demand to pay to the person entitled thereto any money received by him in his official capacity for the use of that person, he may be amerced, on motion and notice as provided by law.

1-24-105. Amount of amercement for not paying over money.

When the cause of amercement is the refusal to pay over money collected, the officer shall not be amerced in a greater sum than the amount withheld, with ten percent (10%) thereon.

1-24-106. Surety of officer may be made party to judgment.

A surety of an officer may be made party to a judgment of amercement against the officer, but the goods, chattels, lands and tenements of the surety are not liable to execution when sufficient goods, chattels, lands and tenements of the officer against whom judgment is rendered can be found to satisfy the execution. Either party may proceed against the officer by attachment.

1-24-107. Officer may have execution on original judgment.

If an officer who is amerced has not collected the amount of the original judgment, he may sue out an execution and collect for his own use the amount of the judgment, in the name of the original plaintiff.

CHAPTER 25 - CHANGE OF NAME

1-25-101. Verified petition to be presented; information to be shown in petition; order of court making change; record to be made.

Every person desiring to change his name may petition the district court of the county of the petitioner's residence for the desired change. The petition shall be verified by affidavit setting forth the petitioner's full name, the name desired, a concise statement of the reason for the desired change, the place of his birth, his place of residence and the length of time he has been an actual bona fide resident of the county in which the petition is filed. If the court is satisfied that the desired change is proper and not detrimental to the interests of any other person, it shall order the change to be made, and record the proceedings in the records of the court. In the event a confidentiality order has been entered pursuant to W.S.