Minimum period or timing rule
A divorce decree cannot be entered earlier than 20 days after the Complaint is filed. Completion of service, response periods and hearing/judgment requirements may take longer.
Prepare for a divorce case in Wyoming.
This page organizes the recorded statewide starting rules and official sources for Wyoming. Court location, local forms, fees, service, deadlines and individual eligibility still require confirmation before filing.
Source record reviewed: 2026-10-29 · Page updated: 2026-11-03 · Not attorney-certified legal advice
STATE SNAPSHOT
Timing and financial issues need separate review.
Classification and division
Property and debt classification and division must be separately verified under local law.
Guidance and official links
Divorce Filing Path provides an intake roadmap and source links for this jurisdiction. Selected official PDF drafting is not currently offered for this state; do not purchase expecting state-form generation.
PREPARATION ROADMAP
Use this order before filing.
- 01
Confirm residence and filing eligibility
The general rule requires one spouse to have lived in Wyoming for at least 60 days immediately before filing. A statutory exception applies if the marriage took place in the state and one spouse has lived there ever since. Record actual dates and do not combine two people’s residence periods unless the controlling rule expressly allows it.
- 02
Identify the correct court and county
Use the official statewide source to locate the trial court or clerk. Confirm venue, the family-law filing location, accepted filing method, current fee and required local packet.
- 03
Select the procedure that matches the facts
Check whether the state distinguishes regular, joint, simplified, summary, contested or uncontested procedures. Agreement alone does not prove eligibility for a shorter procedure.
- 04
Collect the facts requested by the forms
Prepare legal names, marriage and separation dates, residence history, children’s information, income, expenses, assets, debts, requested relief and existing orders.
- 05
Prepare opening documents without inventing events
Complete only facts you know. Leave clerk, court, signature, notarization, service and later-event fields for the correct person and stage.
- 06
File and complete valid notice
A draft or download is not a filed case. Follow the clerk’s instructions and record service or waiver only after the legally effective event occurs.
- 07
Address disclosure, children and unresolved issues
Use current financial, child-jurisdiction, parenting and support documents. Settlement terms should match the procedure and be reviewed before rights are waived.
- 08
Obtain and review the final judgment
A waiting or separation period does not itself end a marriage. Confirm entry and the effective date from the court’s signed or entered order.
RESIDENCE CHECK
Which spouse has lived in Wyoming for at least 60 days immediately before filing?
An alternative applies if the marriage took place in Wyoming and either spouse has lived there continuously from marriage through filing. A 20-day period before a decree is a different rule.
This intake question helps organize facts; it does not decide domicile, jurisdiction or venue for an individual case.
IMPORTANT STATE NOTES
Questions to verify before relying on a packet
- Separate official packets are available with and without children, and for plaintiffs and defendants.
- For child custody, a 6-month home-state connection is generally reviewed; emergency jurisdiction and other exceptions require individual evaluation.
- The case may be filed in a county where either party lives; service on the spouse and financial disclosures must also be completed.
OFFICIAL FORM STARTING POINTS
Forms and packets identified in the current review
Open the official page and read the current instructions. A listed document may be conditional or require local additions.
Complaint for Divorce — appropriate packet
Starting complaint and summons appropriate to whether children are involved.
Open official starting point ↗Divorce with Minor Children — plaintiff packet
Custody, support and child health-insurance requests.
Open official starting point ↗Initial Disclosures / Financial Affidavit
Disclosure of income, expenses and financial information required by the packet.
Open official starting point ↗Fee Waiver (Packet 10)
Appropriate fee-waiver application when unable to pay.
Open official starting point ↗PRIMARY SOURCES
Verify with the official source
Rules, forms, fees and local procedures can change. These links are the controlling starting points; the explanations on this site are preparation guidance, not a substitute for the current source.
- Wyoming Judicial Branch — Divorce ↗Official or recorded public starting source
- Wyoming Judicial Branch — Self-help forms ↗Official or recorded public starting source
- Wyoming Legislature — Title 20, §§20-2-107 and 20-2-108 ↗Official or recorded public starting source