Court Jurisdiction and Venue for Adoption Petitions - Wyoming
Date: January 2022
Jurisdiction
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 1-22-104
Adoption proceedings shall be commenced by a petition filed in district court. The district court may transfer jurisdiction of a petition to adopt a child to the juvenile court if the child proposed for adoption in the petition is under the prior and continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
Venue
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 1-5-108
The petition shall be filed in the county in which the petitioner resides.