14-2-907.

14-2-907.

14-2-403. Scope of act; choice of law.

(a) This act applies to every determination of parentage in this state.

(b) The court shall apply the law of this state to adjudicate the parent-child relationship. The applicable law does not depend on:

(i) The place of birth of the child; or

(ii) The past or present residence of the child.

(c) This act does not create, enlarge or diminish parental rights or duties under other law of this state.

(d) This act does not authorize or prohibit an agreement between a woman and a man and another woman in which the woman relinquishes all rights as a parent of a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction, and which provides that the man and the other woman become the parents of the child. If a birth results under such an agreement and the agreement is unenforceable under Wyoming law, the parent-child relationship is determined as provided in article 4 of this act.

14-2-404. Court of this state.

The district court is authorized to adjudicate parentage under this act.  14-2-405. Protection of participants.

Proceedings under this act are subject to other law of this state governing the health, safety, privacy and liberty of a child or other individual who could be jeopardized by disclosure of identifying information, including address, telephone number, place of employment, social security number and the child's day- care facility and school.

14-2-406. Determination of maternity.

Provisions of this act relating to determination of paternity apply to determinations of maternity.

14-2-407. Severability clause.

If any provision of this act or its application to an individual or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.

14-2-408. Free transcript for appeal.

If a party is financially unable to pay the cost of a transcript, the court shall furnish on request a transcript for purposes of appeal under this act.

ARTICLE 5 - PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

14-2-501. Establishment of parent-child relationship.

(a) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:

(i) The woman's having given birth to the child;

(ii) An adjudication of the woman's maternity; or

(iii) Adoption of the child by the woman.

(b) The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:

(i) An unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under W.S. 14-2-504;  (ii) An effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man under article 6 of this act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;

(iii) An adjudication of the man's paternity;

(iv) Adoption of the child by the man; or

(v) The man's having consented to assisted reproduction by his wife under article 9 of this act which resulted in the birth of the child.

14-2-502. No discrimination based on marital status.

A child born to parents who are not married to each other has the same rights under the law as a child born to parents who are married to each other.

14-2-503. Consequences of establishment of parentage.

Unless parental rights are terminated, a parent-child relationship established under this act applies for all purposes, except as otherwise specifically provided by other law of this state.

14-2-504. Presumption of paternity in context of marriage.

(a) A man is presumed to be the father of a child if:

(i) He and the mother of the child are married to each other and the child is born during the marriage;

(ii) He and the mother of the child were married to each other and the child is born within three hundred (300) days after the marriage is terminated by death, annulment, declaration of invalidity, divorce or after the entry of a decree of separation;

(iii) Before the birth of the child, he and the mother of the child married each other in apparent compliance with law, even if the attempted marriage is or could be declared invalid, and the child is born during the invalid marriage or within three hundred (300) days after its termination by death, annulment, declaration of invalidity, divorce or after the entry of a decree of separation;  (iv) After the birth of the child, he and the mother of the child married each other in apparent compliance with law, whether or not the marriage is or could be declared invalid, and he voluntarily asserted his paternity of the child, and:

(A) The assertion is in a record filed with the state office of vital records;

(B) He agreed to be and is named as the child's father on the child's birth certificate; or

(C) He promised in a record to support the child as his own.

(v) For the first two (2) years of the child's life, he resided in the same household with the child and openly held out the child as his own.

(b) A presumption of paternity established under this section may be rebutted only by an adjudication under article 8 of this act.

ARTICLE 6 - VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY

14-2-601. Acknowledgment of paternity.

(a) The mother of a child and a man claiming to be the genetic father of the child may sign an acknowledgment of paternity with intent to establish the man's paternity.

(b) An acknowledgment of paternity of a child born in Wyoming may be filed with the state office of vital records.

14-2-602. Execution of acknowledgment of paternity.

(a) An acknowledgment of paternity shall:

(i) Be in a record;

(ii) Be signed, or otherwise authenticated, under penalty for false swearing by the mother and by the man seeking to establish his paternity;

(iii) State that the child whose paternity is being acknowledged:  (A) Does not have a presumed father, or has a presumed father whose full name is stated; and

(B) Does not have another acknowledged or adjudicated father.

(iv) State whether there has been genetic testing and, if so, that the acknowledging man's claim of paternity is consistent with the results of the testing; and

(v) State that the signatories understand that the acknowledgment is the equivalent of a judicial adjudication of paternity of the child and that a challenge to the acknowledgment is permitted only under limited circumstances and is barred after two (2) years.

(b) An acknowledgment of paternity is void if it:

(i) States that another man is a presumed father, unless a denial of paternity signed or otherwise authenticated by the presumed father or a court order rebutting the presumption is filed with the state office of vital records;

(ii) States that another man is an acknowledged or adjudicated father; or

(iii) Falsely denies the existence of a presumed, acknowledged or adjudicated father of the child.

(c) A presumed father may sign or otherwise authenticate an acknowledgment of paternity.

(d) Before a mother and a man claiming to be the genetic father of a child can sign an acknowledgment of paternity affidavit, the mother and the alleged father shall be provided notice orally or through use of video or audio equipment and in writing of the alternatives to, the legal consequences of, and the rights and responsibilities that arise from, signing the acknowledgment of paternity affidavit. If either the mother or the alleged father is a minor, any rights that attach as a result of the status as a minor shall also be provided orally or through the use of video or audio equipment and in writing, in addition to any other requirements of this subsection.

14-2-603. Denial of paternity.  (a) A presumed father may sign a denial of his paternity. The denial is valid only if:

(i) An acknowledgment of paternity signed, or otherwise authenticated, by another man is filed pursuant to W.S. 14-2-605;

(ii) The denial is in a record, and is signed, or otherwise authenticated, under penalty of perjury; and

(iii) The presumed father has not previously:

(A) Acknowledged his paternity, unless the previous acknowledgment has been rescinded pursuant to W.S.