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WY Stat § 2-7-808 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 8 - Final Report, Accounting, Distribution and Discharge|Section 2-7-808 - Order of Abatement.

2-7-808. Order of abatement.| (a) Except as provided in the will, shares of the distributees shall abate for the payment of debts and charges, federal and state taxes, legacies and the share of the surviving spouse who elects to take against the will without any preference or priority as between real and personal property, in the following order:  (i) Property not disposed of by the will;  (ii) Property devised to the residuary devisee, except property devised to a surviving spouse who takes under the will;  (iii) Property disposed of by the will but not specifically devised and not devised to the residuary devisee, except property devised to a surviving spouse who takes under the will;  (iv) Property specifically devised, except property devised to a surviving spouse who takes under the will;  (v) Property devised to a surviving spouse who takes under the will.  (b) If the provisions of the will, the testamentary plan or the express or implied purpose of the devise would be defeated by the order of abatement stated in subsection (a), the shares of distributees shall abate in the manner necessary to give effect to the intention of the testator.
WY Stat § 2-7-809 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 8 - Final Report, Accounting, Distribution and Discharge|Section 2-7-809 - Contribution Among Legatees.

2-7-809. Contribution among legatees.| When property specifically given by will has been sold for the payment of debts, taxes or expenses of administration, all of the distributees shall contribute according to their respective interests, subject to W.S. 2-7-808, to the distributee whose devise or legacy has been sold. When distribution is made, the court shall settle the amount of the several liabilities, decree the amount each person shall contribute and reserve that amount from their distributive shares for the purpose of paying the contribution.
WY Stat § 2-7-810 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 8 - Final Report, Accounting, Distribution and Discharge|Section 2-7-810 - Federal Capital Gains Tax; Minimum Preference Tax; Apportionment.

2-7-810. Federal capital gains tax; minimum preference tax; apportionment.| (a) Unless otherwise provided by will, when as a consequence of sale of property by the personal representative a federal capital gains tax or federal minimum preference tax is owed by the estate, the tax shall be apportioned as follows:  (i) That portion of the tax attributable to the percentage of net sale proceeds used to pay debts and costs of administration shall be charged and allocated in accordance with W.S. 2-7-808;  (ii) That portion of the tax attributable to the percentage of net sale proceeds used to pay federal estate tax shall be charged and allocated and collected in accordance with W.S. 2-10-101 through 2-10-110;  (iii) The remaining portion of the tax shall be allocated to the distributee who would have received the property had it not been sold;  (iv) The distributee of the property had it not been sold shall be credited for distribution before the allocation of other debts, costs and taxes, with the net proceeds after capital gains and preference taxes plus the contributions required from other parties.
WY Stat § 2-7-811 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 8 - Final Report, Accounting, Distribution and Discharge|Section 2-7-811 - Final Report and Accounting and Petition for Distribution; Contents; Notice and Hearing Thereon.

2-7-811. Final report and accounting and petition for distribution; contents; notice and hearing thereon.| (a) When the estate is ready to be closed, the personal representative shall file with the clerk of court, under oath, his final report and accounting and petition for distribution.  (b) The final report and accounting and petition for distribution shall set forth the following:  (i) An accurate description of all the real estate of which the decedent died seized, stating the nature and extent of his interest therein, which has not been sold and conveyed by the personal representative;  (ii) Whether the deceased died testate or intestate;  (iii) The name and place of residence of the surviving spouse, or that none survived the deceased;  (iv) In intestate estates, the name and place of residence of each of the heirs and their relationship to the deceased;  (v) In testate estates, the name and place of residence of each of the devisees and their relationship to the deceased;  (vi) Whether any legacy or devise remains in charge on the real estate, and the nature and amount thereof;  (vii) Whether any distributee is under any legal disability;  (viii) The name of the conservator or trustee for any distributee and the court from which his letters were issued;  (ix) An accounting of all the monies and personal property coming into the hands of the personal representative unless such accounting is waived by all interested parties;  (x) A statement as to whether or not all statutory requirements pertaining to taxes, including the requirements of W.S. 2-7-812(a), have been complied with;  (xi) The personal representative's proposed distribution of the estate.  (c) The final report and accounting and petition for distribution shall be set down for hearing before the court. A copy thereof together with a notice of hearing shall be served as provided in W.S. 2-7-204 and 2-7-205.  (d) At or prior to the time fixed in the notice of hearing, any interested party who wishes to object shall file his objections in writing, in duplicate, with the clerk.  (e) Upon the hearing, any matter appearing in the final report and accounting and petition for distribution and any matter improperly omitted therefrom may be called in question by written objection timely filed except only such matters as to which there has previously been a final adjudication. The personal representative shall have the burden of proof as to any issue of fact or law raised at the hearing. Upon conclusion of the hearing the court shall make and enter such order as the facts and the law require.
WY Stat § 2-7-812 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 8 - Final Report, Accounting, Distribution and Discharge|Section 2-7-812 - Payment of All Taxes Prerequisite; Filing of Documents.

2-7-812. Payment of all taxes prerequisite; filing of documents.| (a) Before a final decree of distribution is entered the court shall be satisfied by presentation of receipts, cancelled checks, certificates, closing letters and other proof that all federal, state, county and municipal taxes legally levied upon the property of the estate or due on account of the estate or death of the decedent have been fully paid. The court shall not discharge any personal representative nor release his bond nor issue a decree of final distribution of the estate until:  (i) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 125, § 2.  (ii) All inheritance and estate taxes and interest have been paid; or  (iii) The court finds that no inheritance tax or estate tax is chargeable against the estate.  (b) All documents presented to the court shall be filed with the clerk to be preserved as a permanent part of the court file relating to the estate.
WY Stat § 2-7-813 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 8 - Final Report, Accounting, Distribution and Discharge|Section 2-7-813 - Final Decree of Distribution.

2-7-813. Final decree of distribution.| Upon approval by the court of the final report and accounting and petition for distribution with any changes, corrections, amendments or supplements as may be required, the court shall enter a final decree of distribution. In the decree the court shall name the persons and the proportions or parts of the estate to which each is entitled. The personal representative shall proceed forthwith to make the distributions. The distributees may demand, sue for and recover their respective shares from the personal representative or any person having the same in possession.
WY Stat § 2-7-814 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 8 - Final Report, Accounting, Distribution and Discharge|Section 2-7-814 - Discharge of Personal Representative.

2-7-814. Discharge of personal representative.| When the estate has been fully administered the personal representative may petition the court for his final discharge. Upon showing proof of payment or receipt that he has paid all sums of money due from him and delivered under order of the court all property of the estate to the parties entitled, and upon showing that he has performed all the acts lawfully required of him, the court shall make a decree discharging him and his bondsman, if any, from all further liability.
WY Stat § 2-7-815 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 8 - Final Report, Accounting, Distribution and Discharge|Section 2-7-815 - Closing of Estates.

2-7-815. Closing of estates.| The court, upon its own motion, or upon the application of any party, may enter an order closing any pending estate when it appears from the court files or otherwise that no known assets belonging to the estate remain for administration or distribution. Such order shall not be deemed to exonerate the personal representative or his surety unless the order specifically so provides.
WY Stat § 2-9-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 9 - Proceedings to Establish Title Without Administration|Article 1 - Surviving Remainderman or Joint Tenants|Section 2-9-101 - Petition to Establish Rights Upon Death of Owner of Life Estate or Joint Interest in Realty; Notice; Decree; Recording and Effect Thereof.

2-9-101. Petition to establish rights upon death of owner of life estate or joint interest in realty; notice; decree; recording and effect thereof.| If any person dies seized of a life estate which terminates by reason of his death, or of an estate by the entireties, or of an estate by joint tenancy or joint estate with another, any person interested in the property or in the title thereto may file in the district court of the county in which the property is situated a verified petition setting forth such facts. After two (2) weeks notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, or otherwise as the court may order, the court shall hear the petition and the evidence offered in support thereof. If upon hearing it appears to the court that such life estate, estate by entireties, estate by joint tenancy or joint estate was created and vested, and that the life estate of the deceased person terminated by reason of death, or that the estate by entireties remains vested solely in the surviving spouse by reason of death, or that the estate by joint tenancy or joint estate remains vested solely in the surviving joint tenant or joint tenants, the court shall so decree. A certified copy of the decree shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk and thereafter the decree and the record thereof together with the record of the instrument or instruments purporting to create the life estate, estate by entireties, estate by joint tenancy or joint estate, shall be presumptive evidence of the creation of such estate, the termination thereof and the survivorship of the estate by entireties, estates by joint tenancy or joint estate.
WY Stat § 2-9-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 9 - Proceedings to Establish Title Without Administration|Article 1 - Surviving Remainderman or Joint Tenants|Section 2-9-102 - Affidavit of Survivorship; Recordation; Copy of Death Certificate to Be Attached.

2-9-102. Affidavit of survivorship; recordation; copy of death certificate to be attached.| If any person dies who is the owner of a life estate which terminates by reason of his death, or if any person dies who is the owner with his surviving spouse of an estate by entireties, or if any person dies who is the owner with another of a joint estate or an estate in joint tenancy, any person interested in the affected property or the title thereto may make the death a matter of record by recording in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the property is situate an affidavit describing the property, the instrument under which the estate was vested with appropriate references to its recording data if the instrument was recorded, and certifying under oath to the death of the decedent as the party who was named in and whose death terminated his previous estate in the property under the vesting instrument. The affidavit shall have attached thereto a copy of the official death certificate of the decedent, certified to by the public authority in which the original death certificate is a matter of record.
WY Stat § 2-9-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 9 - Proceedings to Establish Title Without Administration|Article 1 - Surviving Remainderman or Joint Tenants|Section 2-9-103 - Affidavit of Survivorship; Prima Facie Evidence; Procedure Deemed Independent.

2-9-103. Affidavit of survivorship; prima facie evidence; procedure deemed independent.| Each affidavit signed, sworn to and recorded substantially in compliance with the provisions of W.S. 2-9-102, constitutes prima facie evidence that all facts recited therein are true. The permissive and nonjudicial procedure provided by W.S. 2-9-102 and 2-9-103 shall be independent of and shall not affect or be affected by the procedure provided under W.S. 2-9-101.
WY Stat § 2-9-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 9 - Proceedings to Establish Title Without Administration|Article 2 - Determination of Heirship|Section 2-9-201 - Application by Petition Two Years After Death; Where Filed.

2-9-201. Application by petition two years after death; where filed.| When more than two (2) years have elapsed since the death of a person residing in this state, or residing outside of this state but owning real estate or any interest therein situated within this state, or who has made entry on any government lands and has not received patent therefor, and there has been no previous, record judicial determination of the decedent's heirs or the right of descent of the real property interest, any heir of the deceased or other person having derived title to any real property or any interest therein from the deceased or from any of his heirs either by direct or mesne conveyances, may make application by petition to the court or commissioner of the county in which the deceased was a resident at the time of his death, or if a nonresident of the state at the time of his death then in the district court of the county where the real estate or some part thereof belonging to the deceased in his lifetime is situated, for determination of the time of death of the decedent and a determination of the heirs of the deceased, the degree of kinship and the right of descent of the real property belonging to the deceased.
WY Stat § 2-9-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 9 - Proceedings to Establish Title Without Administration|Article 2 - Determination of Heirship|Section 2-9-202 - Application by Petition Two Years After Death; Fixing Time for Hearing; Notice Thereof; Contents.

2-9-202. Application by petition two years after death; fixing time for hearing; notice thereof; contents.| Upon filing the petition the court shall fix a time for hearing the petition not less than thirty (30) days after the filing thereof. Notice of the time and place of hearing shall be given to all persons interested in the proceeding including creditors, heirs and devisees, setting forth the filing of the petition, the date of the supposed death of the deceased, his place of residence, a description of the real property or interest therein of which he died seized or a description of the real property on which he had made an entry but had not yet received patent and the interest in the real estate of the petitioner. The notice shall be published once a week in a newspaper of general circulation in the county for four (4) consecutive weeks prior to the hearing, and shall be mailed simultaneously with the first publication to those persons designated in W.S. 2-7-205.
WY Stat § 2-9-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 9 - Proceedings to Establish Title Without Administration|Article 2 - Determination of Heirship|Section 2-9-203 - Application by Petition Two Years After Death; Hearing; Determination and Decree.

2-9-203. Application by petition two years after death; hearing; determination and decree.| (a) Upon hearing, if it appears to the court that more than two (2) years have elapsed since the death of the deceased, that he died seized of an interest in lands in this state or that he died intestate having entered government lands and not having received a patent therefor, and there has been no previous record judicial determination of the decedent's heirs or the right of descent of the real property interest, the court shall determine the date of the decedent's death, who were the heirs of the deceased upon the date of death, their degree of kinship, the right of descent of the real property or interest therein of which the deceased died seized or on which he had made an entry but had not yet received a patent therefor and the distribution each heir is entitled to receive from the known and unknown real property interests of the decedent based on the determination of the right of descent, and shall make and enter its decree accordingly.  (b) The findings of the court relating to a decedent's date of death, intestacy, heirs, degree of kinship and right of descent shall apply to any other real property in this state subsequently discovered in which the decedent had a property interest at the time of his death as identified by an affidavit recorded pursuant to W.S. 34-11-101, provided that:  (i) A copy of the judicial determination of the decedent's heirs or right of descent shall be included with an affidavit filed under W.S. 34-11-101 for the subsequently discovered property;  (ii) No other recorded judicial determination has been made relating to the right of descent for that property.
WY Stat § 2-9-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 9 - Proceedings to Establish Title Without Administration|Article 2 - Determination of Heirship|Section 2-9-204 - Procedure When Applicant for Public Land Dies and Patent Issued to Heirs.

2-9-204. Procedure when applicant for public land dies and patent issued to heirs.| (a) Whenever any person makes entry on any land in the United States and dies before patent for the same is issued and patent thereafter is issued to the heirs at law of the decedent, any person interested in the lands as heir at law or devisee or as grantee or assignee of such heirs at law or devisee, or the personal representative of any of them if deceased, may file a petition in the district court in and for the county wherein the land or any part thereof is situate, setting forth the date of death of the decedent, the date of issuance of the patent and that the patent was issued to the heirs at law of the deceased person, the land described therein, the names, ages and residence if known of the heirs at law of the deceased persons and a request that a decree be entered by the court establishing who are the heirs at law of the deceased person. Upon filing of the petition the clerk of court shall make an order fixing the time and place of hearing of the petition not less than thirty (30) days from the filing of the petition.  (b) Notice of the time and place for hearing the petition shall be given by publishing notice thereof at least once each week for three (3) successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county and the mailing of true copies to all known heirs of the deceased person at least ten (10) days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. Proof of publication and mailing shall be made to the court upon the hearing. Any time before the date fixed for the hearing any person interested in the lands as heir at law or devisee of the decedent or as the grantee of any such heir at law or devisee, may answer the petition and deny any of the matters contained therein. At the time fixed for the hearing or at such time thereafter as may be fixed by the court, the court shall hear the proofs offered by petitioner and any person answering the same, and shall make a decree conformable to the proofs. The decree shall have the same force and effect as decrees entered in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure.
WY Stat § 2-11-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 11 - Foreign Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-11-101 - Short Title and Construction.

2-11-101. Short title and construction.| W.S. 2-11-101 through 2-11-105 may be cited as the "Uniform Foreign Probate Act", and shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of the states which enact it.
WY Stat § 2-11-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 11 - Foreign Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-11-102 - Where Allowed and Recorded.

2-11-102. Where allowed and recorded.| A will duly proved, allowed and admitted to probate outside of this state may be allowed and recorded in the proper court of any county in this state in which the testator shall have left any estate.
WY Stat § 2-11-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 11 - Foreign Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-11-103 - When to Be Filed.

2-11-103. When to be filed.| When a copy of the will and the probate thereof duly authenticated is presented by the executor or by any other person interested in the will with a petition for probate, the same shall be filed.
WY Stat § 2-11-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 11 - Foreign Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-11-104 - Admission to Probate; Effect.

2-11-104. Admission to probate; effect.| If upon presentation it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the will has been duly proved, allowed and admitted to probate outside of this state and that it was executed according to the law of the place in which the same was made, or in which the testator was at the time domiciled, or in conformity with the laws of this state, it shall be admitted to probate, which probate has the same force and effect as the original probate of a domestic will.