Wyo. Stat. » Wyo. Stat. / Title 20 - Domestic Relations / Chapter 5 - CHILD CUSTODY / Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 20-5-201 (2026)

Short title.

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WY-LEGwyoleg.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar 
This act may be cited as the "Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction
and Enforcement Act."
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2007–2022 · leading case: Renee Michelle Tracy, n/k/a Renee Michelle Buchli v. Shane Elwood Tracy, 2017 WY 17 (Wyo. 2017).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Renee Michelle Tracy, n/k/a Renee Michelle Buchli v. Shane Elwood Tracy, 2017 WY 17 (Wyo. 2017). · cites it 2× “12 , This opinion does not deal with a court's authority under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 20-5-201 et. seq. The Act governs jurisdictional conflicts between states, and contains very specific guidelines as to when the courts of…”
Ekaterina Nicholaevna Pokrovskaya, a/k/a Yekaterina Pokrovskaia v. Eric Van Genderen Sr., 2021 WY 68 (Wyo. 2021). · cites it 4× “[¶10] The UCCJEA, adopted by Wyoming in 2005 and codified at Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 20-5-201 through -502, is a jurisdictional statute governing child custody disputes.”
Saunders v. Saunders, 445 P.3d 991 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 2× “If child custody had been an issue in this case, the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 20-5-201 through 20-5-502 (LexisNexis 2017), would have governed the choice of forum for the child custody determination.”
Gjertsen v. Haar, 2015 WY 56 (Wyo. 2015). · cites it 2× “[¶19] In addition, all of the states in the union have adopted some version of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), which in Wyoming is codified at Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 20-5-201 through § 20-5-502.”
In the Interest of Nc & Am, Minor Child., Sc & Fc, Iii v. State of Wyoming, Dep't of Fam. Servs., 2013 WY 2 (Wyo. 2013). · cites it 2× “The question we must answer is whether the court properly acted pursuant to its authority under that Act, or alternatively whether the court should have acted pursuant to its authority under Wyoming's Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), Wyo. Stat.…”
Waldron v. Waldron, 349 P.3d 974 (Wyo. 2015). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 20-5-201 through 20-5-502 (LexisNexis 2013).”
Mitchell v. Preston, 439 P.3d 718 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 2× “The May 29, 2017 order was comprehensive, examining the ICWA; the PKPA; the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (codified in Wyoming at Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 20-5-201 , et seq. ) (UCCJEA); the Cheyenne River Children's Code; and the Cheyenne River Law and Order…”
Zeitner v. Shank, 290 P.3d 180 (Wyo. 2012). · cites it 2× “Wyoming's version of the UCCJEA is codified at Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 20-5-201 through 20-5-502 (LexisNexis 2011).”
Brett L. Ruiz v. Phoenix A. Fribourg, 2022 WY 157 (Wyo. 2022). · cites it 2× “Under Wyoming Statute § 20-5- 302(a), a district court that made the initial child custody determination maintains exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over that case until the following conditions occur: (i) A court of this state determines that the child, the child’s parents and…”
Davis v. Gill, 150 P.3d 1181 (Wyo. 2007). · cites it 2× “[18] While Wyoming has enacted the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), see Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 20-5-201 et seq. (LexisNexis 2005), the effective date of that act fell after Mother filed her modification motion in the instant case.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.