20-4-206 lacks authenticity or integrity;

20-4-206 lacks authenticity or integrity;

(vi) A proceeding between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of this state and that proceeding was the first to be filed;

(vii) The order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose if the more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this act in this state;

(viii) Payment, to the extent alleged arrearages have been paid in whole or in part;

(ix) In a case in which the respondent neither appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing foreign country:

(A) If the law of that country provides for prior notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard; or

(B) If the law of that country does not provide for prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal; or  (x) The order was made in violation of W.S. 20-4-211.

(c) If a tribunal of this state does not recognize a convention support order under paragraph (b)(ii), (iv) or (ix) of this section:

(i) The tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new convention support order; and

(ii) The support enforcement agency shall take all appropriate measures to request a child support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under W.S. 20-4-204.

20-4-209. Partial enforcement.

If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a convention support order.

20-4-210. Foreign support agreement.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state.

(b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement shall be accompanied by:

(i) A complete text of the foreign support agreement; and

(ii) A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.

(c) A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.  (d) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:

(i) Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;

(ii) The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;

(iii) The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this state, another state or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this act in this state; or

(iv) The record submitted under subsection (b) of this section lacks authenticity or integrity.

(e) A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement shall be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

20-4-211. Modification of a convention child support order.

(a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:

(i) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or

(ii) The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.

(b) If a tribunal of this state does not modify a convention child support order because the order is not recognized in this state, W.S. 20-4-208(c) applies.

20-4-212. Personal information; limit on use. Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.

20-4-213. Record in original language; English.

A record filed with a tribunal of this state under this article shall be in the original language and, if not English, shall be accompanied by an English translation.

CHAPTER 5 - CHILD CUSTODY

ARTICLE 1 - [UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION ACT]

20-5-101. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-102. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-103. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-104. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-105. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-106. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-107. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-108. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-109. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-110. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-111. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-112. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-113. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-114. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-115. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-116. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-117. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.  20-5-118. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-119. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-120. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-121. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-122. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-123. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-124. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

20-5-125. Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 11, § 3.

ARTICLE 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

20-5-201. Short title.

This act may be cited as the "Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act."

20-5-202. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act:

(i) "Abandoned" means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision;

(ii) "Child" means an individual who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age;

(iii) "Child custody determination" means a judgment, decree or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child, including a permanent, temporary, initial or modification order. "Child custody determination" shall not include an order relating to child support or other monetary obligation of an individual;

(iv) "Child custody proceeding" means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child is an issue, including a proceeding for divorce, separation, neglect, abuse, dependency, guardianship, paternity, termination of parental rights or protection from domestic violence in which the issue may appear. "Child custody proceeding" shall not include a proceeding involving juvenile delinquency, contractual emancipation or enforcement under article 4 of this act;

(v) "Commencement" means the filing of the first pleading in a proceeding;

(vi) "Court" means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce or modify a child custody determination;

(vii) "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least six (6) consecutive months immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding or, in the case of a child less than six (6) months of age, the state in which the child lived from birth with a parent or a person acting as a parent. A period of temporary absence of any of the persons mentioned is part of the period;

(viii) "Initial determination" means the first child custody determination concerning a particular child;

(ix) "Issuing court" means the court that makes a child custody determination for which enforcement is sought under this act;

(x) "Issuing state" means the state in which a child custody determination is made;

(xi) "Modification" means a child custody determination that changes, replaces, supersedes or is otherwise made after a previous determination concerning the same child, whether or not it is made by the court that made the previous determination;

(xii) "Person" means as defined by W.S.