Bill No.:                     SF0117                                   Drafter:  MDO

LSO No.:                   13LSO-0390                         Effective Date:  7/1/2013

Enrolled Act No.:    SEA0039

Chapter No.:            CH0098

Prime Sponsor:       Senator Bebout

Catch Title:              Confidentiality of domestic abuse victim information.

Subject:                     Courts orders allowing for nondisclosure of information relating to victims of domestic abuse.

Summary/Major Elements:

· This Act creates a procedure to allow for an order in any court proceeding in the State of Wyoming to keep the address, city and state of residence or any other information identifying the residence of a victim of domestic abuse confidential during the court proceedings.

· The order shall be issued if:

§ The victim of domestic abuse has been granted a protective order against a household member; or

§ The court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the person is a victim of domestic abuse and without the confidentiality order the person may be subject to additional acts of domestic abuse.

· The Act allows the Department of Family Services, Child Support Enforcement Division, to disseminate information protected by a confidentiality order to comply with federal law including the Child Support Enforcement Act and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act in limited circumstances as specified in the Act.

· The Act further makes conforming amendments to statutes currently providing for confidentiality in court proceedings or requiring disclosure of information identifying a domestic victim's residence.

· A confidentiality order issued under this act applies only to the court action in which it is granted and for additional purposes specified by law.