Wyo. Code R. 048-0059-3
Vital Records Services
Chapter 3: Birth Registration
Effective Date: 04/21/2008 to Current
Rule Type: Current Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 048.0059.3.04212008
(a) For births which occur in a health care facility, the person in charge or that person’s representative shall secure all necessary information and signatures on the certificate.
(b) For births which occur either in a health care facility or en route to a health care facility, the physician in attendance shall certify the facts of birth and provide the medical information required by the certificate within seven (7) days after birth. If the attendant has not signed the certificate within seven (7) days of the date of the birth, the person in charge of the institution or a designated representative shall complete and sign the certificate.
(c) When a birth occurs outside a health care facility, the certificate shall be prepared and filed by one of the following in the indicated order of priority:
(i) The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such a person;
(ii) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth; or
(iii) The father, the mother, or in the absence of the father and the inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the birth occurred.
(d) The informant, preferably the mother (or the father, or another adult having personal knowledge of the facts concerning the birth) is responsible for providing the facts and signing the hospital worksheet to certify that the information is correct.
(e) All certificates of birth shall be filed with the local registrar within ten (10) days.
(f) If the birth certificate is filed after ten (10) days, but within one (1) year from the date of birth, the State Registrar of Vital Records may require documentary evidence supporting the facts of birth. This evidence may include evidence of the pregnancy, evidence that the infant was born alive, and evidence that the mother was present in the state on the date of birth.
(a) Requirements when the mother was married at the time of conception or birth of the child, or between conception and birth:
(i) The husband shall be entered on the birth certificate as the father of the child, unless paternity has been determined otherwise by a court of competent jurisdiction; or the husband has signed an affidavit denying that he is the father and the mother and the person to be named as the father have signed an affidavit acknowledging paternity.
(ii) If the husband has signed an affidavit denying that he is the father and the mother and another man have signed an affidavit acknowledging paternity, the man signing the affidavit acknowledging paternity shall be listed as the father.
(iii) If a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that the husband is not the father of the child and the mother and another man have signed an affidavit acknowledging paternity, the man signing the affidavit acknowledging paternity shall be listed as the father. A certified copy of the court order must accompany the affidavit acknowledging paternity.
(iv) If a court of competent jurisdiction has determined paternity, the information stated in the court order concerning the father shall be listed on the birth certificate. A certified copy of the court order must be forwarded to Vital Records Services.
(b) If the mother was not married at the time of conception or birth of the child or between conception and birth, the name of the father shall not be entered on the birth certificate unless an affidavit acknowledging paternity signed by both natural parents is received; or unless paternity has been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Affidavits acknowledging or denying paternity.
(i) Affidavits acknowledging or denying paternity must be on forms supplied by Vital Records Services.
(ii) Affidavits acknowledging or denying paternity must be signed under penalty for false swearing. All signatures must be notarized.
(iii) An affidavit acknowledging paternity or denying paternity signed by a minor must also be signed by the legal guardian of the minor.
(iv) Affidavits acknowledging or denying paternity may be signed before the birth of the child.
(d) After a valid affidavit acknowledging paternity has been filed the father’s name may only be removed from a birth certificate by court order.
(e) If the father is not named on the certificate of birth, no other information about the father shall be entered.
Section 3. Infants of Unknown Parentage. The certificate of an infant of unknown parentage shall be registered by the State Registrar and shall:
(a) Have "Foundling" plainly marked in the top margin of the certificate;
(b) Show the approximate date of birth;
(c) Show the place of birth as the city and county in which the child was found;
(d) Contain no statements on parentage;
(e) In place of the signature of the attendant at birth, show the signature of the custodian of the child and indicate the custodian's title, if any.