Rule 81 Applicability in General
X. General Provisions
Rule Text
Statutory provisions shall not apply whenever inconsistent with these rules, provided:
(a) that in special statutory proceedings any rule shall not apply insofar as it is clearly inapplicable; and
(b) where the statute creating a special proceeding provides the form, content, time of service or filing of any pleading, writ, notice or process, either the statutory provisions relating thereto or these rules may be followed.
Amendment history: Added February 2, 2017, effective March 1, 2017. Petition for post-conviction relief was continuation of criminal case and not civil action, and it was not appropriate to apply the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure to the extent urged. Specifically, the filing of the petition was not, in itself, sufficient to create entitlement to a evidentiary hearing; supporting documents were required to be attached. State ex rel. Hopkinson v. District Court, 696 P.2d 54, 1985 Wyo. LEXIS 455 (Wyo.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 865, 106 S. Ct. 187, 88 L. Ed. 2d 155, 1985 U.S. LEXIS 4988 (U.S. 1985).