ARTICLE 4 - OFFENSES AGAINST THE FAMILY
 
6-4-401.  Bigamy; penalties; defense.
 
(a)  A person commits bigamy if, being married and knowing that his spouse is alive, he marries again.
 
(b)  It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that he was eligible to remarry.
 
(c)  Bigamy is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
 
6-4-402.  Incest; penalties; disclosure or publication of identifying information; "minor victim".
 
(a)  A person is guilty of incest if he knowingly commits sexual intrusion, as defined by W.S. 6-2-301(a)(vii), or sexual contact, as defined by W.S. 6-2-301(a)(vi), with an ancestor or descendant or a brother or sister of the whole or half blood. The relationships referred to herein include relationships of:
 
(i)  Parent and child by adoption;
 
(ii)  Blood relationships without regard to legitimacy; and
 
(iii)  Stepparent and stepchild.
 
(b)  Incest is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than fifteen (15) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
 
(c)  Prior to the filing of an information or indictment charging a violation under this section, neither the name of the person accused or the victim nor any other information reasonably likely to disclose their identity shall be released or negligently allowed to be released to the public by any public employee, except as authorized by the judge with jurisdiction over the criminal charges. The name of the person accused may be released to the public to aid or facilitate an arrest.
 
(d)  After the filing of an information or indictment and absent a request to release the identity of a minor victim by the victim or another acting on behalf of a minor victim, the trial court shall restrict the disclosure or publication of information reasonably likely to identify the minor victim.
 
(e)  Any person who willfully violates subsection (c) or (d) of this section or who willfully neglects or refuses to obey any court order made pursuant thereto is guilty of contempt and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than ninety (90) days, or both.
 
(f)  A release of a name or other information to the public in violation of the proscriptions of subsection (c) or (d) of this section shall not stand as a bar to the prosecution of a defendant nor be grounds for dismissal of any charges against a defendant.
 
(g)  As used in this section, "minor victim" means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
 
6-4-403.  Abandoning or endangering children; penalties; "child"; disclosure or publication of identifying information; "minor victim".
 
(a)  No parent, guardian or custodian of a child shall:
 
(i)  Abandon the child without just cause; or
 
(ii)  Knowingly or with criminal negligence cause, permit or contribute to the endangering of the child's life or health by violating a duty of care, protection or support.
 
(b)  No person shall knowingly:
 
(i)  Cause, encourage, aid or contribute to a child's violation of any law of this state;
 
(ii)  Cause, encourage, aid or permit a child to enter, remain or be employed in any place or premises used for prostitution or for professional gambling;
 
(iii)  Commit any indecent or obscene act in the presence of a child;
 
(iv)  Sell, give or otherwise furnish a child any drug prohibited by law without a physician's prescription;
 
(v)  Conceal or refuse to reveal to the parent, guardian, lawful custodian or to a peace officer the location of a child knowing that the child has run away from a parent, guardian or lawful custodian, except when the action of the defendant is necessary to protect the child from an immediate danger to the child's welfare; or
 
(vi)  Cause, encourage, aid or contribute to the endangering of a child's health, welfare or morals, by using, employing or permitting a child:
 
(A)  In any business enterprise which is injurious or dangerous to the health, morals, life or physical safety of the child;
 
(B)  In any place for purposes of begging;
 
(C)  To be exhibited for the purpose of displaying any deformity of a child, except to physicians, nurses or other health professionals; or
 
(D)  In a place used for prostitution.
 
(E)  Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 180, § 3.
 
(c)  A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both. A person convicted of a second violation of this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
 
(d)  As used in this section, "child" means a person under the age of sixteen (16) years.
 
(e)  Paragraph (b)(ii) of this section does not apply to crimes chargeable under W.S. 6-4-103(a)(i). Paragraph (b)(iv) of this section does not apply to crimes chargeable under W.S. 35-7-1036.
 
(f)  Prior to the filing of an information or indictment charging a violation of W.S. 6-4-403(b)(ii), (iii) or (vi)(D), neither the name of the person accused or the victim nor any other information reasonably likely to disclose the identity of the victim shall be released or negligently allowed to be released to the public by any public employee, except as authorized by the judge with jurisdiction over the criminal charges. The name of the person accused may be released to the public to aid or facilitate an arrest.
 
(g)  After the filing of an information or indictment and absent a request to release the identity of a minor victim by the victim or another acting on behalf of a minor victim, the trial court shall restrict the disclosure or publication of information reasonably likely to identify the minor victim.
 
(h)  Any person who willfully violates subsection (f) or (g) of this section or who willfully neglects or refuses to obey any court order made pursuant thereto is guilty of contempt and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than ninety (90) days, or both.
 
(j)  A release of a name or other information to the public in violation of the proscriptions of subsection (f) or (g) of this section shall not stand as a bar to the prosecution of a defendant or be grounds for dismissal of any charges against a defendant.
 
(k)  As used in subsection (g) of this section, "minor victim" means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
 
6-4-404.  Violation of domestic violence order of protection; penalty.
 
(a)  Any person who willfully violates a protection order issued pursuant to W.S. 35-21-104 or 35-21-105 or valid injunction or order for protection against domestic violence as defined in W.S. 35-21-109(a), is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
 
(b)  Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 97, § 2.
 
6-4-405.  Endangering children; controlled substances; penalty.
 
(a)  Notwithstanding W.S. 6-4-403(b)(iv), no person shall knowingly and willfully cause or permit any child to:
 
(i)  Absorb, inhale or otherwise ingest any amount of methamphetamine;
 
(ii)  Remain in a room, dwelling or vehicle where the person knows methamphetamine is being manufactured or sold; or
 
(iii)  Enter and remain in a room, dwelling or vehicle that the person knows is being used to manufacture or store methamphetamines, or the hazardous waste created by the manufacture of methamphetamines.
 
(b)  No person having the care or custody of a child shall knowingly and willfully permit the child to remain in a room, dwelling or vehicle where that person knows that methamphetamine is possessed, stored or ingested.
 
(c)  Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section is guilty of endangering a child punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
 
6-4-406.  Permitting house parties where minors are present; exceptions; penalties.
 
(a)  No person who owns, rents, leases, subleases or has control of any residence or premises shall allow a house party to take place at the residence or premises if any alcoholic liquor, malt beverage or drug prohibited by law to be possessed by a minor is possessed or consumed at the residence or premises by any minor and the person knowingly permitted the residence or premises to be used for that purpose.
 
(b)  The provision of this section shall not apply to:
 
(i)  The furnishing or giving of any alcoholic liquor or malt beverage by an adult to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, if the recipient is the legal ward, medical patient or member of the immediate family of the adult furnishing or giving the alcoholic liquor or malt beverage;
 
(ii)  The consumption, use or possession of a drug pursuant to a lawful prescription issued for the drug;
 
(iii)  Religious observance or prescribed medical treatment;
 
(iv)  The possession of alcoholic liquor, malt beverage or lawfully prescribed drugs incidental to lawful employment.
 
(c)  Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
 
(d)  For purposes of this section:
 
(i)  "Minor" means as defined in W.S. 8-1-102(a)(iii)(B);
 
(ii)  "Premises" includes, but is not limited to, a rented, leased or donated hotel or motel room, a manufactured home or any other public or private facility that is not licensed under chapter 4, title 12 of the Wyoming statutes.