Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 1-16-503 (2026)

Revivor of dormant judgments; limitations on

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time to revive.

     (a) No action shall be brought to revive a judgment after
ten (10) years after it becomes dormant, unless the party
entitled to bring the action was:

          (i) A minor or subject to any other legal disability
at the time the judgment became dormant, in which case the
action may be brought within fifteen (15) years after the
disability has ceased; or

          (ii) A party in a child support proceeding, in which
case the action shall be brought within twenty-one (21) years.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1997–2018 · leading case: Est. of Weeks v. Weeks-Rohner, 427 P.3d 729 (Wyo. 2018).

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Est. of Weeks v. Weeks-Rohner, 427 P.3d 729 (Wyo. 2018). · cites it 2× “§ 1-17-307 (LexisNexis 2017) (judgment becomes dormant if not executed on within five years) and Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-16-503 (a)(ii) (LexisNexis 2017) (action to revive dormant child support judgment must be brought within twenty-one years of dormancy).”

Hollingshead v. Hollingshead, 942 P.2d 1104 (Wyo. 1997). · cites it 4× “Wyo. Stat. § 1-16-503 (1988). A period of twenty-one years clearly would justify the recovery of the entire Twenty Thousand Three Hundred Twenty Nine Dollars and Eighty Cents ($20,329.”

Hurlbut v. Scarbrough, 957 P.2d 839 (Wyo. 1998). · cites it 2× “The party entitled to bring an action to revive a dormant judgment has twenty-one years from the date that the judgment became dormant to bring such an action according to Wyo. Stat. § 1-16-503 (1997). The mother has revived the judgments in a timely manner and is entitled to…”

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