W.R.C.P. 77

(a) District Courts Always Open. — The district courts shall be deemed

always open for the purpose of filing any pleading or other paper, of issuing and

returning any mesne or final process, and of making and directing all

interlocutory motions, orders and rules.

(b) Trials and Hearings; Orders in Chambers. — All trials upon the merits

shall be conducted in open court and, so far as convenient, in a regular

courtroom. Any other act or proceeding may be done or conducted in chambers

without the attendance of the clerk or other court officials and at any place

within the state; but no hearing, other than one ex parte, may be conducted

outside of the county in which the action is pending without the consent of all

parties affected thereby who are not in default.

(c) The Clerk’s Office Hours; Clerk’s Orders. —

(1) Hours. — The clerk’s office, with the clerk or a deputy in attendance,

must be open during all business hours every day except Saturdays,

Sundays, and legal holidays (by designation of the legislature, appointment

as a holiday by the governor or the chief justice of the Wyoming Supreme

Court, or any day designated as such by local officials).

(2) Orders. — All motions and applications in the clerk’s office for issuing

mesne process, for issuing final process to enforce and execute judgments, for

entering defaults or judgments by default, and for other proceedings which

do not require allowance or order of the court are grantable of course by the

clerk; but the clerk’s action may be suspended, altered or rescinded by the

court upon cause shown.

(d) Service of Orders or Judgments. —

(1) Service. — Immediately upon the entry of an order or judgment the

clerk shall provide and serve a copy thereof to every party who is not in

default for failure to appear. The clerk shall record the date of service and

the parties served in the docket. Service by the clerk may be accomplished by

mail, hand delivery, clerk’s boxes, or electronic means, including service by

efiling, if available. The clerk shall provide envelopes and postage for the

mailings. If service is accomplished by electronic means, this rule supersedes

the requirements of W.S. § 5-3-210 to attach the seal of the court to all writs

and orders. Any party may in addition serve a notice of such entry in the

manner provided in Rule 5(b) for the service of papers.

(2) Time to Appeal Not Affected by Lack of Notice. — Lack of notice of the

entry by the clerk does not affect the time to appeal or relieve, or authorize

the court to relieve, a party for failure to appeal within the time allowed,

except as permitted by the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure.