Nation v. Nation

The majority state that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear the grandparents’ petition, because they did not move to intervene or file an independent action. I do not agree.

It is well established that the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure do not abridge, enlarge or modify the jurisdiction of the court but merely govern procedure. Rule 82, W.R.C.P.; State ex rel. Frederick v. District Court of Fifth Judicial District in and for County of Big Horn, Wyo., 399 P.2d 583, 12 A.L.R.3d 1 (1965).

In the present case the grandparents did precisely what the statute required them to do for the…