Title 5 Courts

5-13-116. Powers generally; expenses of judges when acting in a circuit court or in a district court.

(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. (b) A judge of the chancery court may hear any case or proceeding assigned to the chancery court by a district court in accordance with W.S. 5-3-112(a) or a circuit court in accordance with W.S. 5-9-131. (c) The expenses of any chancery court judge holding court in any circuit court pursuant to assignment under W.S. 5-9-131 or in any district court pursuant to assignment under W.S. 5-3-112(a), including the judge's traveling expenses, and the judge's expenses while holding court, shall be charged to the fund of the court where the judge is holding court pursuant to assignment under W.S. 5-3-112(a) or 5-9-131.