Reporting Child Abuse - Wyoming

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Wyoming

Under Wyoming law, any person who knows of or has reasonable cause to suspect child abuse or neglect is required to report that abuse to the child protective agency or to local law enforcement.

Abuse is defined to include physical, mental, or sexual abuse.

To access the entire child abuse chapter in the official Wyoming Code online, follow:

http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/statutes.aspx?file=titles/Title14/T14CH3.htm

To access the specific sections summarized above in the official Wyoming Code online, follow:

http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/statutes.aspx?file=titles/Title14/T14CH3AR2.htm

http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/statutes.aspx?file=titles/Title14/T14CH3AR2.htm

Reports of child abuse should be made to local departments of child protective services. Below is a link to contact information for each office:

http://dfsweb.state.wy.us/dfs/contact.html#offices

http://dfsweb.state.wy.us/protective-services/cps/index.html

For more information on mandatory reporting of child abuse in Wyoming, visit the Department of Family services website at the link below:

http://dfsweb.state.wy.us/protective-services/MandatoryReporting.html