14-2-601 et seq.;

14-2-601 et seq.;

(vii) The mother of the child; or

(viii) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.

(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to W.S. 20-4-155.

20-4-171. Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state; employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state; compliance with multiple income withholding orders.

(a) An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency to the person defined as the obligor's employer under W.S. 20-6-201 through 20-6-222 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.

(i) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3.

(ii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3.

(iii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3.

(b) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3.

(c) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.

(d) The employer shall treat an income withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state.  (e) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (f) and (g) of this section, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order which specify:

(i) The duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain;

(ii) The person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded;

(iii) Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor’s employment;

(iv) The amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee’s attorney, stated as sums certain; and

(v) The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.

(f) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to:

(i) The employer’s fee for processing an income withholding order;

(ii) The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor’s income; and

(iii) The times within which the employer shall implement the withholding order and forward the child support payment.

(g) If an obligor's employer receives two (2) or more income withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for two (2) or more child support obligees.

20-4-172. Administrative enforcement of orders.  (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state.

(b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this act.

(c) The department of family services shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with federal requirements to implement this section.

20-4-173. Registration of order for enforcement.

A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state for enforcement.

20-4-174. Procedure to register order for enforcement.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 20-4-206, a support order or an income withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in this state:

(i) A letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement;

(ii) Two (2) copies, including one (1) certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order;

(iii) A sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage;

(iv) The name of the obligor and, if known:  (A) The obligor's address and social security number;

(B) The name and address of the obligor's employer or other payor and any other source of income of the obligor; and

(C) A description and the location of property of the obligor in this state not exempt from execution.

(D) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3.

(v) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 20-4-162, the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted.

(b) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order, together with one (1) copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.

(c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that shall be affirmatively sought under other law of this state may be filed at the same time as the request for registration, or later. The pleading shall specify the grounds for the remedy sought.

(d) If two (2) or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall:

(i) Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;

(ii) Specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and

(iii) Specify the amount of consolidated arrearages, if any.

(e) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.

20-4-175. Effect of registration for enforcement.

(a) A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.

(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but shall not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

20-4-176. Choice of law.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs:

(i) The nature, extent, amount and duration of current payments under a registered support order;

(ii) The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support order; and

(iii) The existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support order.

(b) In a proceeding for arrearages under a registered support order, the statute of limitation of this state or of the issuing state or foreign country, whichever is longer, applies.

(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedures and remedies of this state to enforce current support and collect arrearages and interest due on a support order of another state or foreign country registered in this state.

(d) After a tribunal of this or another state determines which is the controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrearages, if any, a tribunal of this state shall prospectively apply the law of the state or foreign country issuing the controlling order, including its law on interest on arrearages, on current and future support, and on consolidated arrearages.

20-4-177. Notice of registration of order.

(a) When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.

(b) A notice shall inform the nonregistering party:

(i) That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;

(ii) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order shall be requested within twenty (20) days after notice unless the registered order is under W.S. 20-4-207;

(iii) That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages and precludes further contest of that order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted; and

(iv) Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.

(c) If the registering party asserts that two (2) or more orders are in effect, a notice shall also:

(i) Identify the two (2) or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrearages, if any;

(ii) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;

(iii) State that the procedures provided in subsection (b) of this section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and  (iv) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.

(d) Upon registration of an income withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to W.S.