Wyoming Court & Family Education Guide
Information for anyone navigating a court order, custody case, or probation requirement in Wyoming that involves anger management, parenting, co-parenting, or substance-abuse education.
What does Clearway offer?
People are sometimes ordered or referred to an educational program as part of a family-law, custody, probation, or other Wyoming court-related matter. The type of program required can depend on the circumstances of the case and the exact wording of the court order.
Clearway Institute offers four self-paced online courses: anger management, parenting, co-parenting, and substance-abuse education. Not every course is appropriate for every court order, and completing an online course does not automatically mean a particular Wyoming court, probation department, or agency will accept it — always read your order carefully and confirm the required program with the court, probation officer, attorney, or other referring agency when you're not sure.
Which type of class do you need?
Start with whichever matches your order or situation — each course page has the full curriculum before you enroll.
What if a Wyoming court ordered it?
The Wyoming statutes reviewed for this page do not set a statewide required anger-management or batterer-intervention class after a battery conviction, so conditions are left to the sentencing judge and probation. Wyoming's protection-order statute, W.S. § 35-21-105, does allow a court to require the respondent to participate in counseling or other appropriate treatment for a specified period, and to require an intervention program or designated counseling as a condition of visitation.
Under W.S. § 35-21-106, an order of protection lasts a fixed period of no more than three years and can be extended repeatedly for good cause. Willful violation is a crime under W.S. § 6-4-404. Orders differ from case to case, so confirm exactly what your own order or sentence requires before enrolling in any course.
What's the difference between classes?
Parenting vs. co-parenting. Parenting covers general child-development, discipline, and communication skills, and comes up in a wide range of family cases. Co-parenting is built specifically for separated or divorcing parents — coordinating two households, handling custody transitions, and keeping kids out of the middle — and is the more common requirement in a custody or divorce order.
Anger management vs. a certified intervention program. Many states, Wyoming included, treat general educational anger-management coursework as legally distinct from a state-certified batterer intervention, family-violence intervention, or abuser-treatment program ordered specifically in a domestic-violence case — see “What if a Wyoming court ordered it?” above for how that distinction works here. If your order names a specific certified program by name, an educational anger-management course usually isn't an automatic substitute — check with your court.
Where can I verify requirements?
The most reliable answer always comes from whoever issued your order — the court clerk, your probation or parole officer, your attorney, or the agency that referred you. Below are free, Wyoming-specific places to start if you need legal help, counseling, or crisis support along the way.
Legal reference material
For anyone who wants to read the underlying statutes for themselves, here is the reference material this guide is based on — Wyoming civil and family-law sections first, then criminal law.
Civil & family law
Order of protection remediesW.S. § 35-21-105
After a hearing, a court that finds domestic abuse or a danger of further abuse may order counseling or treatment, temporary custody when in the children's best interests, and visitation only with safety conditions such as supervision, exchanges in a protected setting, or completing an intervention program.
Duration and extension of ordersW.S. § 35-21-106
An order of protection lasts a fixed period of no more than three years. Either party may ask to modify, end, or extend it, and the court may extend it repeatedly, each time for up to three more years, on a showing of good cause.
What counts as domestic abuseW.S. § 35-21-102
Domestic abuse covers physically abusing or threatening a household member, placing them in reasonable fear of imminent physical harm, and forcing sexual activity. Household members include spouses, former spouses, cohabitants, parents of a shared child, and people in a dating relationship.
Criminal law
BatteryW.S. § 6-2-501
Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury to another person through physical force. It is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail, a fine of up to $750, or both.
Domestic batteryW.S. § 6-2-511
Knowingly or recklessly causing bodily injury to a household member by physical force. The sources reviewed describe higher penalty tiers for repeat convictions within set time periods, but those details were not confirmed in the current text.
StalkingW.S. § 6-2-506
Acting with intent to harass through a pattern of acts such as harassing communication, following, watching, or electronic tracking. It is a misdemeanor with up to 12 months in jail and a $750 fine, and a felony with up to 10 years in listed cases, such as violating a protection order.
Violation of an order of protectionW.S. §§ 35-21-106, 6-4-404
Willfully violating an order of protection is a crime under W.S. § 6-4-404, and prosecution can occur in any county where the violation happens. The penalty terms of § 6-4-404 were not reviewed.