State, Department of Family Services v. Peterson

MACY, Justice.

Appellant State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services (the State) appeals from the order which the district court entered in favor of Appellee Randy Peterson (the father). The district court found that the oral modification agreement entered into fourteen years earlier by the father and the custodial grandparent to lower the father’s child support obligations was valid even though the custodial grandparent was receiving public assistance.

We reverse and remand.

ISSUE

The State presents a single issue for our review:

Did the district court err when it determined that the…