Modifies custody law requirements for courts to consider shared custody and establishes standards for determining child custody arrangements.
AN ACT relating to domestic relations; amending considerations for determining the child's best interests for custody matters; specifying requirements for shared custody considerations for child custody dispositions; providing definitions; requiring court findings for specified child custody dispositions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
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Co-sponsors: Representative(s) Andrew, Heiner, Lucas, McCann, Schmid, Singh, Smith, Wharff, Senator(s) Boner, Hutchings, Steinmetz
Amends Wyoming child custody law to require shared custody consideration in custody determinations and mandates specific court findings when custody is not allocated equally between parents.
Effective: July 1, 2026
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2/11/2026(Senate)
S Failed Introduction 19-12-0-0-0
2/10/2026(Senate)
S Received for Introduction
2/9/2026(LSO)
Bill Number Assigned
S Failed Introduction 19-12-0-0-0
FailedYea: Boner, Brennan, Dockstader, French, Gierau, Hicks, Ide, Hutchings, Kolb, Laursen, Love, McKeown, Nethercott, Pearson, Rothfuss, Salazar, Schuler, Steinmetz, Biteman
Nay: Anderson, Barlow, Case, Cooper, Crago, Crum, Driskill, Jones, Landen, Olsen, Pappas, Scott