Custody

If you are the child’s grandparent or great-grandparent, then you may be able to get visitation rights. After holding a hearing, the judge will grant you reasonable visitation rights if s/he thinks that it would be in the best interest of the child and that it would not substantially impair the rights of the parents.¹Note: If the child is no longer living with his/her parents because s/he was adopted, the grandparent can only file for visitation if the child was adopted by at least one of his/her blood relatives. If neither adopting parent is related by blood to the child, the grandparent cannot file for visitation.²

Aside from grandparents, the only other person who can file for visitation is someone who:

• is not a blood relative to the child; and
• within the past 18 months, was the child’s primary caregiver for a period of 6 months or more.³

After holding a hearing, the judge will grant you reasonable visitation rights if s/he thinks that it would be in the best interest of the child and that it would not substantially impair the rights of the parents.³

¹ Wyo. Stat. § 20-7-101(e), (a)
² Wyo. Stat. § 20-7-101(c)
³ Wyo. Stat. § 20-7-102(a)