11.3.3 Responding Enforcement

State Authority:

Wyoming Statue

Wyo. Stat. § 20-4-155 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal

Wyo. Stat. § 20-4-157 - Duties support enforcement agency

Wyo. Stat. § 20-4-173 - Registration of order for enforcement

Wyo. Stat. § 20-4-174 - Procedure to register order for enforcement

Wyo. Stat. § 20-4-175 - Effect of registration for enforcement

Wyo. Stat. § 20-4-176 - Choice of law

Wyo. Stat. § 20-4-177 - Notice of registration of order

Wyoming Child Support Enforcement Rules

Chapter 4 - General Services

Chapter 16 - Services in Intergovernmental Cases

Overview

The Wyoming Child Support Program (CSP) is required to provide the same IV-D services for incoming intergovernmental cases as it does for intrastate cases.  For this reason, the District CSP Office will follow policy established in Chapter 9 Enforcement.

Policy

When a District CSP Office receives a request from another state to enforce a child support order, there are 3 possible alternatives for enforcement based upon the situation:

1) Enforcing a Wyoming order;

2) Registering and enforcing another state’s order; or

3) Registering multiple orders for a determination of controlling order, arrears calculation, and enforcement of the controlling order.

Wyoming Order

If the Initiating State requests enforcement of a Wyoming order, the case worker will review the case for appropriate enforcement action as discussed in Chapter 9 -  Enforcement and update the Initiating State as required by the timeframes discussed in 11.1 – Intergovernmental Introduction and as appropriate for CSENet or non-CSENet states.

Another State’s Order

If the request from the Initiating State is to register and enforce another’s states order for enforcement, the case worker will:

• Ensure the intergovernmental packet includes all of the documents needed to register the order with the District Court and enforce the order as listed in Appendix 11.C – Intergovernmental Forms; 

• File the intergovernmental packet with the Clerk of District Court; 

• Proceed with the enforcement action according to Chapter - 9 Enforcement after the order is registered; and

• Monitor the intergovernmental case within the timeframes noted in 11.1 – Intergovernmental Introduction and as appropriate for CSENet or non-CSENet states.

Multiple Orders

If the request from the Initiating State is to register multiple orders and request a determination of controlling order prior to enforcement , the case worker will:

• Ensure the intergovernmental packet includes all of the documents (Appendix 11.C – Intergovernmental Forms) needed to make a determination of controlling order (DCO) described in Appendix 11.A – Determination of Controlling Order; 

• File the intergovernmental packet with the Clerk of District Court and request a DCO and arrears calculation as shown in Appendix 11.D – Arrears Calculation; 

• Proceed with the enforcement action according to Chapter 9 Enforcement after the DCO and the controlling order are registered; and

• Monitor the intergovernmental case within the timeframes noted in 11.1 – Intergovernmental Introduction and as appropriate for CSENet or non-CSENet states.

Cross Reference

Appendix 11.A – Determination of Controlling Order

Appendix 11.C – Intergovernmental Forms

Appendix 11.D – Arrears Calculation