Continuances

Cases will not be continued upon stipulation of counsel. Continuances will be granted only for good cause shown in writing. Trial court has discretion to grant or deny continuance. — Craver v. Craver, 601 P.2d 999, 1979 Wyo. LEXIS 476 (Wyo. 1979). Continuance denied when problem fault of moving party. — The trial court may deny a continuance if the problem which gives rise to the request for a continuance is the fault of the party moving for the continuance. Craver v. Craver, 601 P.2d 999, 1979 Wyo. LEXIS 476 (Wyo. 1979). A court will deny a continuance where the problem which gives rise to the request is the fault of the movant. Sharp v. Sharp, 671 P.2d 317, 1983 Wyo. LEXIS 381 (Wyo. 1983). Trial court properly denied a husband’s re- quest for a continuance because his counsel’s late withdrawal was due to the husband’s fail- ure to cooperate and his obstruction of an orderly progression of a divorce action. Byrd v. Mahaffey, 2003 WY 137, 78 P.3d 671, 2003 Wyo. LEXIS 167 (Wyo. 2003). Such as when party discharges counsel. — It is not an abuse of discretion to deny a continuance to a party which has discharged its counsel. Bacon v. Carey Co., 669 P.2d 533, 1983 Wyo. LEXIS 361 (Wyo. 1983). Denial of continuance not abuse of dis- cretion. — See Stogner v. State, 674 P.2d 1298, 1984 Wyo. LEXIS 247 (Wyo. 1984). The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant’s motion for a continuance, because all of the information lead counsel gathered was available to the two remaining