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All website list the legal age of consent for sex at 16 and 17 years of age. The Wyoming sexual abuse laws concur with this. However WY Stat § 6-4-303 seems to infer that it is actually 18 in (b) (ii)???
answered on Oct 9, 2015
"Child" means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years. That is in (a) (i) from the 2011 statutes. But a simple internet search reveals, on google, this:The age of consent for sex is 16 years old for women, while it is 18 years old for men. Having sex with a minor below the age of... View More 
Yes. My boyfriend is on probation for unlawful contact (he slapped me on the arm during a argument) terms of his probation is that he sees a counsler and doesn't brake any other law. We got into a heated argument and both said things we didn't mean he theatned to harm me and I left and... View More
my granddaughter is a minor charged with hitting her mother in my back yard
answered on Aug 19, 2015
You witnessed the incident, right? Then yes you have to testify.
or will the state of wyoming refuse to set me up with an id? i don't want a state license, just a state id. i messed up on my probation back home just didn't get everything done in time so the state of iowa put out a bench warrant for my arrest in iowa. but i now need to renew my state id... View More
answered on Aug 17, 2015
With an active warrant for your arrest, you can be arrested at any time, and in any place. That is what you should expect. What you need to do now is hire an attorney in Iowa to address that active warrant. Without doing that, you will be constantly looking over your shoulder.
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