Summary 2006 WY 115

Summary of Decision issued September 15, 2006

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Case Name: SLU v. State

Citation: 2006 WY 115

Docket Number: C-06-1

Appeal from the District Court of Laramie County, the Honorable Thomas T.C. Campbell, Judge

Representing Appellant (Respondent): Walter Urbigkit, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee (Petitioner): Patrick J. Crank, Attorney General; Robin Sessions Cooley, Deputy Attorney General; Dan Wilde, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Ellen Rutledge, Assistant Attorney General.

The Wyoming DFS filed a petition to establish paternity and child support, pursuant to which a child support order was entered against SLU. Accompanying the order were several documents including, “Child Support Computation Form” and “Affidavit of Income Determination” which were submitted by DFS without prior approval or knowledge of SLU. SLU moved to strike the documents and her motion was denied. SLU appealed.
The Court relied on SLU’s own argument in determining that the order denying her motion to strike did not meet the definition of an appealable order. The Court only has jurisdiction to entertain appeals from final appealable orders, therefore the appeal was dismissed.

J. Golden delivered the order for the court.

Link to the case: http://tinyurl.com/ner7x .