Current through the 2024 legislative session
Section 5-13-116 - Powers generally(a) In exercising the jurisdiction granted under W.S. 5-13-115, the chancery court may: (i) Preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence and in the proceedings before it according to the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure for Chancery Courts;(ii) Compel obedience to its judgments, orders and processes;(iii) Except as otherwise provided, control the conduct of its ministerial officers and of all other persons in any manner connected with judicial proceedings before it;(iv) Issue summonses, subpoenas or other process in chancery court cases;(v) Administer oaths and affirmations and take acknowledgments, affidavits and depositions;(vi) Amend and control its process and orders to make them conformable to law and justice;(vii) Proceed to nonjury trial, render judgment and grant writs of execution to carry into effect any order or judgment of the court; and(viii) Punish for contempt in the same manner as district court.Added by Laws 2019 , ch. 200, § 1, eff. 3/15/2019.