Updated September 3, 2026. Quick answer: Wyoming’s alimony sentence is a single brief grant of discretion with no itemized factors list and no length-of-marriage language of any kind, despite secondary sources commonly attributing a multi-factor checklist to it.
The rule that changes the answer in Wyoming
Under Wyo. Stat. § 20-2-114: “The court may decree to either party reasonable alimony out of the estate of the other having regard for the other’s ability to pay and may order so much of the other’s real estate or the rents and profits thereof as is necessary be assigned and set out to either party for life, or may decree a specific sum be paid by either party.”
What this means for duration
No statutory duration formula or length-of-marriage threshold anywhere in the section.
Why this matters for a later-life divorce
Several secondary sources describe Wyoming’s alimony analysis as weighing length of marriage, earning capacity, standard of living, and self-support ability as if these were statutory factors; the actual codified text of § 20-2-114 contains none of that; it is case law and practice guidance layered on a bare grant of discretion.
Read it yourself
Read the full official text before relying on any figure here. Alimony law is fact-specific and this rule is only one input to a court’s decision, not a guaranteed outcome. This is a source-backed planning guide, not individualized legal advice.
Read directly from the Wyoming Legislative Service Office’s official compiled Title 20 statutes PDF (wyoleg.gov), extracted and hand-checked against the extracted text.
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