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Wyo. Stat. § 1-22-114 (2026)

Effect of adoption.

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(a) Upon the entry of a final decree of adoption the
former parent, guardian or putative father of the child shall
have no right to the control or custody of the child. The
adopting persons shall have all of the rights and obligations
respecting the child as if they were natural parents.

     (b) Adopted persons may assume the surname of the adoptive
parent. They are entitled to the same rights of person and
property as children and heirs at law of the persons who adopted
them.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1989–2023 · leading case: In Re Est. of Seader, 2003 WY 119 (Wyo. 2003).
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In Re Est. of Seader, 2003 WY 119 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 12× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-22-114 (b) (LexisNexis 2003).”
Hede v. Gilstrap, 2005 WY 24 (Wyo. 2005). · cites it 8× “Furthermore, they suggest that one of the "obligations respecting the child" that adoptive parents take on under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-22-114 (a) is the obligation to honor existing grandparent visitation orders.”
PR v. Shannon, 777 P.2d 1106 (Wyo. 1989). · cites it 14× “We also note, as the culminating effect of these rather convoluted proceedings, that once a final decree of adoption is entered for these children, the remaining parental rights of the natural parents, such as they may be, will come to an end.”
Robert J. Craft & Sabrina Craft, individually & as Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Robert James Anderson v. State of Wyoming ex rel., Wyoming Dep't of Health Wyoming State Hosp. Thomas O. Forslund, individually & in his Off. capacity as Dir. of the Wyoming Dep't of Health Richard Dunkley, individually & in his Off. capacity as Adm'r of the Wyoming State Hosp. David Carrington, M.D. Sarah J. Rogers, Ph.D. James Fleenor, PMHNP-BC Martha Mueller, FNP-BC Sara Young, RN Xandrea Vrooman Steve Billman Michael Saxton Lidia Garcia Edgar Hernandez-Bautista Antoinette \Shelby\" Hutcherson Renita Hurdsman Giovanni Cerda Paul Mullenax Bill Sexton Jennifer Schmidt-Arroyo Jennifer Alexander & Spencer Kimble", 2020 WY 70 (Wyo. 2020). · cites it 5× “” [¶16] The adoption statutes state at Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-22-114 (a) (LexisNexis 2019): (a) Upon the entry of a final decree of adoption the former parent, guardian or putative father of the child shall have no right to the control or custody of the child.”
In Re Est. of Kirkpatrick, 2003 WY 125 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 8× “In addressing the respective rights of the adopted person and the relatives of the adoptive parent, the legislature was silent on the inheritance rights of an adopted person's biological relatives.”
In the Matter of the Adoption of: MAJB, minor child, DLB & DAB v., 2020 WY 157 (Wyo. 2020). · cites it 2× “Wyoming laws make adoptive status equal to the natural parent-child relationship, entitling adopting parents to “all of the rights and obligations respecting the child as if they were natural parents” and the adopted child “the same rights as person and property as children and…”
In the Matter of the Adoption Of: Atws, Minor Child, Ka v., 2021 WY 62 (Wyo. 2021). · cites it 2× “In contrast, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-22-114 (a) provides that “Upon the entry of a final decree of adoption the former parent, guardian or putative father of the child shall have no right to the control or custody of the child.”
Nicole Ward F/K/A Nicole Belden & Andy Ward v. Brett Belden & Isabel Belden, 2023 WY 111 (Wyo. 2023). · cites it 4× “The adopting persons shall have all of the rights and obligations respecting the child as if they were natural parents.”
In the Matter of the Termination of the Parental Rights To: E.R.C.K., Minor Child, V.L.K. v. State of Wyoming, Dep't of Fam. Servs., 2013 WY 160 (Wyo. 2013). · cites it 2× “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-22-114 (a) (LexisNexis 2018); In Re TR, 777 P.”
State Ex Rel. Trl by Avery v. Rlp, 772 P.2d 1054 (Wyo. 1989). “*1058 § 1-22-114 (1977) (entry of final decree of adoption ends parental rights of former parent).”
Shippey v. Marafioti, 77 P.3d 404 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 8× “In addressing the respective rights of the adopted person and the relatives of the adoptive parent, the legislature was silent on the inheritance rights of an adopted person's biological relatives. The adoption statutes, on the other hand, act to terminate the legal relationship…”
State ex rel. TRL ex rel. Avery v. RLP, 772 P.2d 1054 (Wyo. 1989). “*1058 § 1-22-114 (1977) (entry of final decree of adoption ends parental rights of former parent).”
— Wyo. Stat. § 1-22-114(a) — 1 case
PR v. Shannon, 777 P.2d 1106 (Wyo. 1989). “We also note, as the culminating effect of these rather convoluted proceedings, that once a final decree of adoption is entered for these children, the remaining parental rights of the natural parents, such as they may be, will come to an end.”
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