Parental rights-repealing conflicting statute.
SF 161 repeals a Wyoming law (W.S. 20-7-101) that allowed grandparents to seek court-ordered visitation with a child even when fit parents objected. The bill aims to resolve conflicts between parental rights (protected under W.S. 14-2-206) and grandparents' visitation rights, ensuring parental decisions about their child’s care take priority. It also amends adoption procedures to require affidavits about existing visitation rights and specifies that the repeal does not affect grandparents’ visitation rights granted before the law takes effect. This directly affects parents making custody decisions and grandparents seeking visitation against parental wishes.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2023
Last action Feb 8, 2023
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6
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Committee
2
Feb 8, 2023
Committee
S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
upper
Feb 1, 2023
Committee
S01 - Judiciary:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-0
upper
Jan 24, 2023
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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