Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 20-2-310 (2026)

Enforcement of child support.

✓ current as of May 2026

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     (a) In any proceeding to enforce the decree concerning the
maintenance of children, any required notice or pleading shall
be served as provided by the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.

     (b) A court may, upon appropriate motion, require a parent
to appear before the court and show just cause why the parent
should not be held in contempt and, upon a showing that the
parent has willfully violated a child support order, make such
order or orders as the court deems necessary and appropriate.

     (c) In any case in which child support has been ordered to
be paid to the clerk, any periodic payment or installment under
the provisions of an order concerning maintenance is, on the
date it is due, a judgment by operation of law.

     (d) If an able-bodied obligor is unemployed and otherwise
unable to fulfill his court-ordered child support obligation,
the court may order the obligor to participate in the personal
opportunities with employment responsibilities (POWER) work
program administered by the department of workforce services,
excluding the benefit portion of that program, without regard to
the program eligibility requirements under title 42 or the
department rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

     (e) The court in order to enforce and require future
compliance with an order, may find that the parent is in
contempt of court, award attorney fees, costs and any other
relief as the court may deem necessary under the circumstances.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 2013–2020 · leading case: Carline Adelle Lew v. Frank W. Lew, 2019 WY 99 (Wyo. 2019).

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Carline Adelle Lew v. Frank W. Lew, 2019 WY 99 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 19× “Did the district court err as a matter of law when it awarded 10% post-judgment interest from September 2007? [¶15] The district court concluded that its order requiring Mother to reimburse JL’s college fund was child support and applied the child support enforcement statute,…”

Kimberly D. Rambo v. Jeffrey D. Rambo, 2017 WY 32 (Wyo. 2017). · cites it 26× “Mother’s primary claim is that the delinquent child support amounts became a “judgment by operation of law” under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 20-2-310 (c). She contends the district court erred by failing to recognize the child support arrears became a judgment on the dates they were due.”

Est. of Weeks v. Weeks-Rohner, 427 P.3d 729 (Wyo. 2018). · cites it 2× “Since the decree's trust requirement imposes no deadlines for either the creation of the trust or the transfer of the property to the trust, it is impossible to find a due date on which the requirement became a judgment by operation of law.”

Clint Raymond Webb v. State of Wyoming, Ex Rel. Dep't of Fam. Servs., Child Support Enf't Div. & Julie Alia Webb, 2020 WY 111 (Wyo. 2020). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 20-2-310 (c) (LexisNexis 2019) (“In any case in which child support has been ordered to be paid to the clerk, any periodic payment or installment under the provisions of an order concerning maintenance is, on the date it is due, a judgment by operation of law.”

State of Wyoming, Dep't of Fam. Servs. v. Tanya S. Currier & Ronnie Hauck, 2013 WY 16 (Wyo. 2013). “§ 20-2-310 (LexisNexis 2011) codifies the ability to pay requirement by requiring a showing that the parent has "willfully" violated a child support order.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 20-2-310(b) — 1 case

Kimberly D. Rambo v. Jeffrey D. Rambo, 2017 WY 32 (Wyo. 2017). “Mother’s primary claim is that the delinquent child support amounts became a “judgment by operation of law” under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 20-2-310 (c). She contends the district court erred by failing to recognize the child support arrears became a judgment on the dates they were due.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 20-2-310(c) — 1 case

Carline Adelle Lew v. Frank W. Lew, 2019 WY 99 (Wyo. 2019). “Did the district court err as a matter of law when it awarded 10% post-judgment interest from September 2007? [¶15] The district court concluded that its order requiring Mother to reimburse JL’s college fund was child support and applied the child support enforcement statute,…”

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