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WY Stat § 2-1-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - Citations, Construction and General Procedure|Section 2-1-101 - Short Title.

2-1-101. Short title.| This act may be cited as the "Wyoming Probate Code".
WY Stat § 2-1-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - Citations, Construction and General Procedure|Section 2-1-102 - Rules of Construction and Applicability.

2-1-102. Rules of construction and applicability.| (a) This code shall be liberally construed and applied, to promote the following purposes and policies to:  (i) Simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors and incapacitated persons;  (ii) Discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of his property;  (iii) Promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to his successors;  (iv) Facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts.  (b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this code, the principles of law and equity supplement the code provisions.  (c) This code is a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter and no part of it shall be deemed impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if it can reasonably be avoided.  (d) The procedure herein prescribed shall govern all proceedings in probate brought after the effective date of this code. It shall also govern further procedure in proceedings in probate then pending unless the court determines its application in particular proceedings or parts thereof is not feasible or will work an injustice, in which event the former procedure shall apply.
WY Stat § 2-1-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1 - Citations, Construction and General Procedure|Section 2-1-103 - Objections to Appointments.

2-1-103. Objections to appointments.| For appointments made pursuant to the Wyoming Probate Code, unless a shorter period of time is specified in the code or by the court, or where an appointment will be made with no hearing or no notice, all persons having an objection to the appointment of any person as a personal representative, administrator, executor, trustee, conservator, fiduciary or receiver shall file the objection in the court considering the appointment no less than five (5) days prior to any hearing scheduled to consider the appointment. A court may waive this requirement upon a showing of good cause.
WY Stat § 2-1-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Distribution by Affidavit and Summary Procedure|Section 2-1-202 - Effect; Refusal to Pay, Deliver.

2-1-202. Effect; refusal to pay, deliver.| (a) The person having custody of the decedent's property or a holder of the decedent's property:  (i) Paying, delivering, transferring or issuing personal property or the evidence thereof pursuant to affidavit is discharged and released to the same extent as if he dealt with a personal representative of the decedent; and  (ii) Is not required to see to the application of the personal property or evidence thereof or to inquire into the truth of any statement in the affidavit.  (b) If any person having custody of the decedent's property or a holder of decedent's property to whom an affidavit is delivered refuses to pay, deliver, transfer or issue any personal property or evidence thereof, the property may be recovered or its payment, delivery, transfer or issuance compelled upon proof of right in an action by or on behalf of the persons entitled thereto. If an action is brought under this subsection, the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees and costs of the action to the plaintiff if the court finds that the decedent's property was not paid, delivered, transferred or issued within forty-five (45) days after presentation of the affidavit under W.S. 2-1-201 unless the court finds just cause for the refusal to pay, deliver or transfer the property.  (c) Any person to whom payment, delivery, transfer or issuance is made is answerable and accountable to a personal representative of the estate or to any other person having a like or superior right.  (d) For purposes of this article, "holder" means any person who is in possession of property of the decedent and includes but is not limited to a security broker, security dealer, bank, savings and loan institution, credit union or any other like depository.
WY Stat § 2-1-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Distribution by Affidavit and Summary Procedure|Section 2-1-203 - Deposits by Minors or Persons Under a Disability; Joint and Trust Deposits; Pay-on-Death Accounts.

2-1-203. Deposits by minors or persons under a disability; joint and trust deposits; pay-on-death accounts.| (a) Deposits by minors or other persons under a legal disability may be paid on the order of the depositor and the payments are legally valid.  (b) Any portion of a deposit by two (2) or more persons payable to either or any depositor, or to the survivor of the depositors, and interest or dividends thereon, may be paid in accordance with the contract of deposit. The receipt of the payment by the person paid is a valid and sufficient release and discharge to the financial institution for any payment made.  (c) Any portion of a deposit by any person in trust for another and interest or dividends thereon, in the absence of other written notice to the financial institution of the existence and terms of a legal and valid trust, may be paid to the persons for whom the deposit was made in the event of death of the depositor.  (d) Any payable on death (P.O.D.) account may be paid, on request, to any original party to the account. Payment may be made, on request, to the P.O.D. payee or in equal proportions to multiple P.O.D. payees upon presentation to the financial institution of proof of death showing that the P.O.D. payee or payees survived all persons named as original payees. Payment may be made to the personal representative or heirs of a deceased original payee if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that his decedent was the survivor of all other persons named on the account either as an original payee or as P.O.D. payee. The receipt of the payment by the person paid is a valid and sufficient release and discharge to the financial institution for any payment made. A person named as a payee in a P.O.D. account has no enforceable rights therein during the lifetime of the person or persons creating the account. As used in this subsection:  (i) "P.O.D. account" means an account payable on request to one (1) person during his lifetime and on his death to one (1) or more P.O.D. payees, or to one (1) or more persons during their lifetimes and on the death of all of them to one (1) or more P.O.D. payees;  (ii) "P.O.D. payee" means a person designated on a P.O.D. account as one to whom the account is payable on request after the death of all original payees.
WY Stat § 2-1-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Distribution by Affidavit and Summary Procedure|Section 2-1-204 - Collection of Claims of Certain Creditors of Decedent by Affidavit.

2-1-204. Collection of claims of certain creditors of decedent by affidavit.| (a) Not earlier than ninety (90) days after the death of a decedent, the United States, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or the state of Wyoming, or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, to whom the decedent was indebted or to whom the decedent's estate would be indebted if the estate were being administered upon, may collect all of the assets of the decedent referred to in W.S. 2-1-201, upon presentation of an affidavit to the parties referred to in W.S. 2-1-201, stating:  (i) The value of the entire estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00);  (ii) Ninety (90) days have elapsed since the death of the decedent;  (iii) No application for appointment of a personal representative is pending or has been granted in any jurisdiction;  (iv) To the best knowledge of the affiant, no affidavit pursuant to W.S. 2-1-201, in connection with the decedent, has been presented to any party referred to in W.S. 2-1-201;  (v) The facts concerning the creditor's claim being made by the party on behalf of whom the affidavit is presented, the total amount of the claim, and any payments received thereon from any source whatsoever; and  (vi) That by presentation of the affidavit the party on behalf of whom the affidavit is presented:  (A) Waives any immunities from suit or levy of execution it might otherwise have;  (B) Agrees to indemnify and hold harmless from all claims whatsoever any party delivering assets on the basis of such affidavit, to the extent of the full value of the assets so delivered; and  (C) Is answerable and accountable to a personal representative of the estate, if appointed, or to any other person or party having a superior right.  (b) When filed with the county clerk and a certified copy thereof is presented to a party with custody of assets, the affidavit shall be honored and shall have the effects as provided for in W.S. 2-1-201(b), (c) and (d) and 2-1-202.  (c) If the total assets collected by a creditor designated in this section, by virtue of the affidavit or affidavits, exceed the net balance of the creditor's claim, then the creditor shall:  (i) Pay the overplus to any other creditor who proceeds properly under this section or, if there is no such creditor;  (ii) Pay the overplus to the distributees named in an affidavit prepared and presented pursuant to W.S. 2-1-201, or, if none such be presented;  (iii) Obtain an order from the probate court which would have jurisdiction were the estate being administered upon, designating itself the agent pursuant to W.S. 2-15-101, and thereupon proceed as provided in Chapter 15 of the Wyoming Probate Code.
WY Stat § 2-1-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Distribution by Affidavit and Summary Procedure|Section 2-1-206 - Proof of Publication and Service; Filing With Clerk.

2-1-206. Proof of publication and service; filing with clerk.| (a) The proof of publication of the notice required under W.S. 2-1-205(d) shall be by affidavit of the publisher.  (b) The proof of service under W.S. 2-1-205(d) shall be signed by a distributee who signed the application or his attorney and shall state the name and address of the person served and the manner of service.  (c) The affidavit for proof of publication and the proof of service shall be filed with the clerk of court prior to the court taking action on the application.  (d) Proof of service by a distributee shall be signed under penalty of perjury.
WY Stat § 2-1-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Distribution by Affidavit and Summary Procedure|Section 2-1-207 - Missing Distributees.

2-1-207. Missing distributees.| (a) The person or persons claiming to be the distributee or distributees of the decedent who filed the application shall make reasonable efforts to identify and locate all living distributees of the decedent having a right to succeed to the interests of the decedent in the property described in the application. If all distributees are not located, the distributee or distributees filing the application shall advise the court of the efforts made to locate missing distributees. "Missing distributees" means distributees who were identified pursuant to this subsection but who could not be located. If a distributee cannot be located, the court shall grant the application as follows:  (i) In the case of an interest in real property, the interest shall be set over to the missing distributee or distributees if known; and  (ii) In the case of all other interests, the court may direct that the share of the missing distributee or distributees be paid to the state treasurer under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, W.S. 34-24-101 through 34-24-140.  (b) The person or persons claiming to be a distributee or distributees of the decedent who filed the application shall report to the court upon payment of the share of the missing distributee or distributees.  (c) The court may order the missing distributee's or distributees' share to be liquidated for value.
WY Stat § 2-1-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Distribution by Affidavit and Summary Procedure|Section 2-1-208 - Venue Generally.

2-1-208. Venue generally.| (a) An application for a decree under W.S. 2-1-205 shall be filed as follows:  (i) If the decedent was a resident of Wyoming at the time of his death, in the county of which the decedent was a resident;  (ii) If the decedent was not a resident of Wyoming at the time of his death, in a county in which any part of the estate is located.
WY Stat § 2-1-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Distribution by Affidavit and Summary Procedure|Section 2-1-209 - "Distributee" Defined.

2-1-209. "Distributee" defined.| (a) As used in this article, "distributee" means as defined in W.S. 2-1-301(a)(xiii) and includes any person who is a successor in interest to the decedent:  (i) As an heir;  (ii) As a beneficiary;  (iii) Through the intervening estates of the decedent's heirs, beneficiaries, successors or assigns; or  (iv) Through an established record of ownership.
WY Stat § 2-1-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 4 - Disclaimers|Section 2-1-401 - Right to Disclaim.

2-1-401. Right to disclaim.| (a) Any person may disclaim any interest in property which without a disclaimer he would receive by gift, bequest, devise, inheritance, beneficiary designation, the exercise of a power of appointment or would pass by right of survivorship.  (b) Except to the extent a fiduciary's right to disclaim is expressly restricted or limited by another statute of this state or by the instrument creating the fiduciary relationship, a fiduciary may disclaim any interest in property which without a disclaimer he would receive by gift, bequest, devise, inheritance, beneficiary designation, the exercise of a power of appointment or would pass by right of survivorship, whether acting in a personal or representative capacity. A fiduciary acting under a power of attorney shall have the right to disclaim an interest in property if expressly authorized to disclaim the interest under the terms of the instrument creating the power of attorney.
WY Stat § 2-1-402 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 4 - Disclaimers|Section 2-1-402 - Definitions.

2-1-402. Definitions.| (a) As used in Article 4:  (i) "Any interest in property" includes, but is not limited to an undivided portion of an interest and a power with respect to property;  (ii) "Disclaimer" means an irrevocable and unqualified refusal by a person to accept an interest in property;  (iii) "Fiduciary" means a personal representative, trustee, agent acting under a power of attorney or other person authorized to act as a fiduciary with respect to the property of another person.
WY Stat § 2-1-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 4 - Disclaimers|Section 2-1-403 - Qualification; Effective Date.

2-1-403. Qualification; effective date.| (a) To qualify as a disclaimer:  (i) There shall be a written irrevocable and unqualified refusal by the disclaimant to accept an interest in property; and  (ii) The writing shall be received by the transferor of the interest, his legal representative or the holder of the legal title to the property to which the interest relates within nine (9) months after the later of:  (A) The day on which the transfer creating the interest in the person is made; or  (B) The day on which the person attains age twenty-one (21); and  (iii) The disclaimant has not accepted the interest or any of its benefits; and  (iv) As a result of a refusal under this subsection, the interest passes without any direction on the part of the person making the disclaimer and passes either:  (A) To the spouse of the decedent; or  (B) To a person other than the person making the disclaimer.  (b) A written transfer of the transferor's entire interest in the property shall be treated as a qualified disclaimer if the written transfer:  (i) Meets requirements similar to the requirements of paragraphs (a)(ii) and (iii) of this section; and  (ii) Is to a person who would have received the property if the transferor had made a qualified disclaimer within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section.  (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the disclaimant from benefits as an income beneficiary of any trust established by the transferor's will.
WY Stat § 2-1-404 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 4 - Disclaimers|Section 2-1-404 - Disposition of Disclaimed Interest.

2-1-404. Disposition of disclaimed interest.| (a) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the deed of gift or will:  (i) The interest disclaimed reverts to the transferor if he is living on the date of disclaimer; or  (ii) The interest disclaimed passes under the residuary clause of transferor's will if he died prior to the disclaimer. If the disclaimant is a residuary beneficiary under the will the interest disclaimed passes as though the disclaimant did not survive the transferor.  (b) If the transferor died intestate prior to the disclaimer, the interest disclaimed passes under the laws of descent and distribution as though the disclaimant did not survive the transferor.  (c) If the interest disclaimed would have passed by right of survivorship, the interest shall pass as though the disclaimant was not a survivor.
WY Stat § 2-1-405 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 4 - Disclaimers|Section 2-1-405 - Disclaimer on Behalf of Person Under Disability.

2-1-405. Disclaimer on behalf of person under disability.| A duly appointed, qualified and acting guardian of the property of an incompetent or a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years may make a disclaimer on behalf of his ward, upon a showing satisfactory to the court having jurisdiction over the guardianship that the disclaimer is in the best interests of the ward. A guardian of the property may be appointed by the court for the sole purpose of filing with the court an application for approval of a disclaimer.
WY Stat § 2-1-501 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 5 - Disposal of Property|Section 2-1-501 - Disposal of Controlled Substances.

2-1-501. Disposal of controlled substances.| A person is authorized to collect any controlled substances of the decedent for purposes of disposal in accordance with 21 C.F.R. part 1317.30 and 21 C.F.R. part 1317.35.
WY Stat § 2-2-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 2 - Probate Court|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-2-101 - Exclusive Jurisdiction Conferred on District Courts.

2-2-101. Exclusive jurisdiction conferred on district courts.| The district courts of the state have exclusive original jurisdiction of all matters relating to the probate and contest of wills and testaments, the granting of letters testamentary and of administration, and the settlement and distribution of decedents' estates. The court granting the letters has exclusive jurisdiction of all matters touching the settlement and distribution of the estates for which letters have been granted. The jurisdiction over subject matter of the district court sitting in probate, sometimes referred to in this Title 2 as the "probate court", is coextensive with the jurisdiction over subject matter of the district court in any civil action. A decree of distribution entered by the district court in probate, pursuant to W.S. 2-7-807 or 2-7-813, shall be a final determination of title as to assets described therein, as to all distributees served with notice, or who have waived notice, of the hearing provided for in W.S. 2-7-807 or 2-7-811, as the case may be. As to all other parties, an action may be brought and maintained at any time prior to the entry of final decree of distribution under W.S. 2-7-813, by or against the personal representative in the district court, sitting in probate, seeking any legal or equitable remedy as to any interest in property, real or personal, in which the estate asserts or claims any interest. In addition, all causes cognizable in the district court in any civil action may be brought and maintained, at any time prior to the entry of final decree of distribution under W.S. 2-7-813, by or against a personal representative in the district court sitting in probate which granted the letters to the personal representative.
WY Stat § 2-2-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 2 - Probate Court|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-2-102 - Venue Generally.

2-2-102. Venue generally.| (a) Wills shall be proved and letters testamentary or of administration granted:  (i) In the county of which the decedent was a resident at the time of his death, regardless of where he may have died;  (ii) In the county in which the decedent died, leaving estate therein, if the decedent was not a resident of the state at the time of his death;  (iii) In the county in which any part of the estate may be, if the decedent died out of the state and was not resident thereof at the time of his death;  (iv) In the county in which any part of the estate may be, if the decedent was not a resident of the state and did not leave estate in the county in which he died;  (v) In all other cases, in the county in which the decedent died, and application for letters is made.
WY Stat § 2-2-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 2 - Probate Court|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-2-103 - Jurisdiction of Estate of Nonresident.

2-2-103. Jurisdiction of estate of nonresident.| When the estate of the decedent is in more than one (1) county, the decedent having died out of the state and not being a resident thereof at the time of his death, or being a nonresident and dying within the state but not leaving estate in the county where he died, the district court of that county in which application is first made for letters testamentary or of administration has exclusive jurisdiction of the settlement of the estate.
WY Stat § 2-2-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 2 - Probate Court|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-2-104 - Court to Remain Open.

2-2-104. Court to remain open.| For the purpose of granting probate of wills, issuing letters testamentary and of administration, filing reports, accounts and petitions of personal representatives, filing claims against the estate and issuing process and notices required by the Probate Code, the court shall operate under the same term of court as specified in W.S. 5-3-101(b).