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WY Stat § 2-4-212 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 4 - Intestate Succession|Article 2 - Procedure for Administration|Section 2-4-212 - Creditors; When Claims Barred; Effect on Liens.

2-4-212. Creditors; when claims barred; effect on liens.| If the letters are not issued within the time specified, all claims of creditors are forever barred and the purchasers of the property of the decedent from the heirs of the decedent shall take the title free from any claim of creditors. This act does not affect the lien upon encumbered property secured by valid mortgage or deed of trust in the case of real property, or by security agreement or interest valid under the Wyoming Uniform Commercial Code, but the secured creditor is not entitled to any deficiency judgment.
WY Stat § 2-4-213 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 4 - Intestate Succession|Article 2 - Procedure for Administration|Section 2-4-213 - Transcript of Court Minutes to Be Evidence of Appointment.

2-4-213. Transcript of court minutes to be evidence of appointment.| A transcript from the minutes of the court showing the appointment of any person as administrator, together with the certificate of the clerk under his hand and the seal of the court, that the person has given bond and been qualified and that letters of administration have been issued to him and have not been revoked, shall have the same effect in evidence as the letters themselves.
WY Stat § 2-4-214 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 4 - Intestate Succession|Article 2 - Procedure for Administration|Section 2-4-214 - Form of Letters of Administration .

2-4-214. Form of letters of administration .| Letters of administration shall be signed by the clerk under the seal of the court, and substantially in the following form:  State of Wyoming )  )ss  County of .... )  C. D. is hereby appointed administrator of the estate of A. B., deceased. Witness, G. H., clerk of the district court within and for the county of .... with the seal thereto affixed, the .... day of .... A. D. ....  .... Clerk.
WY Stat § 2-6-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-101 - Right to Make and Dispose; Exception.

2-6-101. Right to make and dispose; exception.| Any person of legal age and sound mind may make a will and dispose of all of his property by will except what is sufficient to pay his debts, and subject to the rights of the surviving spouse and children.
WY Stat § 2-6-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-102 - All Property Deemed Passed; "Property" Defined.

2-6-102. All property deemed passed; "property" defined.| A will is construed to pass all property which the testator owns at his death including property acquired after the execution of the will, unless a contrary intention is indicated by the will. "Property", as used in this section, includes both real and personal property, or any interest therein, and means anything that may be the subject of ownership.
WY Stat § 2-6-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-103 - Property Passed May Be Governed by Trust Instrument.

2-6-103. Property passed may be governed by trust instrument.| By a will signed and attested as provided in this article a testator may devise and bequeath real and personal estate to a trustee of a trust which is evidenced by a written instrument in existence when the will is made and which is identified in the will, even though the trust is subject to amendment, modification, revocation or termination. Unless the will provides otherwise the estate so devised and bequeathed is governed by the terms and provisions of the instrument creating the trust including any amendments or modifications in writing made before or after the making of the will and before the death of the testator.
WY Stat § 2-6-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-104 - Law Governing Meaning and Effect.

2-6-104. Law governing meaning and effect.| The meaning and legal effect of a disposition in a will is determined by the law of the state in which the will was executed, unless the will otherwise provides or unless the application of that law is contrary to the public policy of this state otherwise applicable to the disposition.
WY Stat § 2-6-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-105 - Rules of Construction and Intention.

2-6-105. Rules of construction and intention.| The intention of a testator as expressed in his will controls the legal effect of his dispositions. The rules of construction expressed in the succeeding sections of this article apply unless a contrary intention is indicated by the will.
WY Stat § 2-6-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-106 - Antilapse; Deceased Devisees; Class Gifts.

2-6-106. Antilapse; deceased devisees; class gifts.| If a devisee who is a grandparent or a lineal descendent of a grandparent of the testator is dead at the time of execution of the will, fails to survive the testator, or is treated as if he predeceased the testator, the issue of the deceased devisee take in place of the deceased devisee and if they are all of the same degree of kinship to the devisee they take equally, but if of unequal degree then those of more remote degree take per stirpes. One who would have been a devisee under a class gift if he had survived the testator is treated as a devisee for purposes of this section whether his death occurred before or after the execution of the will.
WY Stat § 2-6-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-107 - Failure of a Testamentary Provision.

2-6-107. Failure of a testamentary provision.| (a) Except as provided in W.S. 2-6-106, if a devise other than a residuary devise fails for any reason, it becomes a part of the residue.  (b) Except as provided in W.S. 2-6-106, if the residue is devised to two (2) or more persons and the share of one (1) of the residuary devisees fails for any reason, his share passes to the residuary devisee, or to other residuary devisees in proportion to their interests in the residue.
WY Stat § 2-6-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-108 - Specific Devise of Securities; Accessions; Nonademption.

2-6-108. Specific devise of securities; accessions; nonademption.| (a) If the testator intended a specific devise of certain securities rather than the equivalent value thereof, the specific devisee is entitled only to:  (i) As much of the devised securities as are a part of the estate at time of the testator's death;  (ii) Any additional or other securities of the same entity owned by the testator by reason of action initiated by the entity excluding any acquired by exercise of purchase options;  (iii) Securities of another entity owned by the testator as a result of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or other similar action initiated by the entity; and  (iv) Any additional securities of the entity owned by the testator as a result of a plan of reinvestment.  (b) Distributions prior to death with respect to a specifically devised security not provided for in subsection (a) of this section are not part of the specific devise.
WY Stat § 2-6-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-109 - Nonademption of Specific Devises Where Sold by Conservator; Exception; Rights of Specific Devisee.

2-6-109. Nonademption of specific devises where sold by conservator; exception; rights of specific devisee.| (a) If specifically devised property is sold by a conservator, or if a condemnation award or insurance proceeds are paid to a conservator as a result of a condemnation, fire or casualty, the specific devisee has the right to a general pecuniary devise equal to the net sale price, the condemnation award or the insurance proceeds. This subsection does not apply if after the sale, condemnation or casualty, it is adjudicated that the disability of the testator has ceased and the testator survives the adjudication by one (1) year. The right of the specific devisee under this subsection is reduced by any right he has under subsection (b) of this section.  (b) A specific devisee has the right to the remaining specifically devised property and:  (i) Any balance of the purchase price together with any security interest owing from a purchaser to the testator at death by reason of sale of the property;  (ii) Any amount of a condemnation award for the taking of the property unpaid at death;  (iii) Any proceeds unpaid at death on a fire or casualty insurance on the property; and  (iv) Property owned by testator at his death as a result of foreclosure, or obtained in lieu of foreclosure, of the security for a specifically devised obligation.
WY Stat § 2-6-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-110 - Exercise of Power of Appointment.

2-6-110. Exercise of power of appointment.| A general residuary clause in a will, or a will making general disposition of all of the testator's property, does not exercise a power of appointment held by the testator unless specific reference is made to the power or there is some other indication of intention to include the property subject to the power.
WY Stat § 2-6-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-111 - Nonexoneration.

2-6-111. Nonexoneration.| A specific devise passes subject to any mortgage, security, interest or lien existing at the date of death, without right of exoneration, regardless of a general directive in the will to pay debts.
WY Stat § 2-6-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-112 - Will to Be in Writing; Number and Competency of Witnesses; Signature of Testator; Subscribing Witness Not to Benefit; Exception.

2-6-112. Will to be in writing; number and competency of witnesses; signature of testator; subscribing witness not to benefit; exception.| Except as provided in the next section, all wills to be valid shall be in writing, or typewritten, witnessed by two (2) competent witnesses and signed by the testator or by some person in his presence and by his express direction. If the witnesses are competent at the time of attesting the execution of the will, their subsequent incompetency shall not prevent the probate and allowance of the will. No subscribing witness to any will can derive any benefit therefrom unless there are two (2) disinterested and competent witnesses to the same, but if without a will the witness would be entitled to any portion of the testator's estate, the witness may still receive the portion to the extent and value of the amount devised.
WY Stat § 2-6-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-113 - Holographic Will.

2-6-113. Holographic will.| A will which does not comply with W.S. 2-6-112 is valid as an holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if it is entirely in the handwriting of the testator and signed by the hand of the testator himself.
WY Stat § 2-6-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-115 - Who May Witness.

2-6-115. Who may witness.| Any person generally competent to be a witness may act as a witness to a will.
WY Stat § 2-6-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-116 - Validity of Execution.

2-6-116. Validity of execution.| A written will is valid if executed in compliance with W.S. 2-6-112 or 2-6-113 or if its execution complies with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed, or of the law of the place where at the time of execution or at the time of death the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode or is a national.
WY Stat § 2-6-117 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-117 - Revocation by Writing or by Act.

2-6-117. Revocation by writing or by act.| (a) A will or any part thereof is revoked:  (i) By a subsequent will which revokes the prior will or part expressly or by inconsistence; or  (ii) By being burned, torn, cancelled, obliterated or destroyed with the intent and for the purpose of revoking it by the testator or by another person in his presence and by his direction.
WY Stat § 2-6-118 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-118 - Revocation by Divorce or Annulment; Effect; Revival; Other Changes Excluded.

2-6-118. Revocation by divorce or annulment; effect; revival; other changes excluded.| If after executing a will the testator is divorced or his marriage annulled, the divorce or annulment revokes any disposition or appointment of property made by the will to the former spouse, any provision conferring a general or special power of appointment on the former spouse, and any nomination of the former spouse as executor, trustee, conservator or guardian, unless the will expressly provides otherwise. Property prevented from passing to a former spouse because of revocation by divorce or annulment passes as if the former spouse failed to survive the decedent, and other provisions conferring some power or office on the former spouse are interpreted as if the spouse failed to survive the decedent. If provisions are revoked solely by this section, they are revived by testator's remarriage to the former spouse. For purposes of this section, divorce or annulment means any divorce or annulment which would exclude the spouse as a surviving spouse. A decree of separation which does not terminate the status of husband and wife is not a divorce for purposes of this section. No change of circumstances other than as described in this section revokes a will.
WY Stat § 2-6-119 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-119 - Duty of Custodian to Deliver Will; Failure to Comply; Order to Third Persons.

2-6-119. Duty of custodian to deliver will; failure to comply; order to third persons.| (a) Every custodian of a will, within ten (10) days after receipt of information that the maker thereof is dead, shall deliver the same to the clerk of the district court having jurisdiction of the estate or to the executor named therein. A failure to comply with the provisions of this section makes the person failing responsible for all damages sustained by anyone injured thereby.  (b) If it is brought to the attention of the court that any will is in the possession of a third person, and the court or the commissioner is satisfied that the information is correct, an order shall be issued and served upon the person having possession of the will, and if he neglects or refuses to produce it in obedience to the order he may be punished by the court for contempt.
WY Stat § 2-6-120 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-120 - Notification of Executor; Disposition Where No Petition Filed.

2-6-120. Notification of executor; disposition where no petition filed.| Upon receipt of a will for filing, with information that the maker thereof is dead, the clerk shall notify the party, if any, named as executor of the will, and as many of the distributees named therein as may be readily located. If no action pursuant to W.S. 2-6-121, 2-6-122 or 2-6-201 is taken by any party within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice, the clerk shall report the matter to the court and the court may make orders as it deems appropriate for the disposition of the will.
WY Stat § 2-6-121 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-121 - Petition and Procedure for Filing of Will Without Probate or Administration.

2-6-121. Petition and procedure for filing of will without probate or administration.| (a) Concurrently with the filing with the clerk of a will of a deceased person, or at any time thereafter, the executor or any distributee named therein may file a sworn petition for filing of the will without probate or administration. The petition shall show:  (i) The date and place of death of the decedent, and county and state of last residence of the decedent;  (ii) The names, ages and residences of the heirs and devisees of the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner;  (iii) That a true copy of the will and a true copy of the petition have been mailed to each of the heirs and devisees; and  (iv) That, pending possible subsequent action, the petition and the will are to be filed and indexed by the clerk, without further proceedings.  (b) The clerk shall receive, file and index the petition, and annex the will thereto, and maintain same as part of the permanent files. No filing fee shall be charged.  (c) No proceedings under this section may be commenced after the filing of a petition under W.S. 2-6-122 or 2-6-201, nor after the entry of an order by the court pursuant to W.S. 2-6-120 making other provisions for the disposition of the will.
WY Stat § 2-6-122 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-122 - Petition and Procedure for Filing and Probate of Will Without Administration.

2-6-122. Petition and procedure for filing and probate of will without administration.| (a) Concurrently with the filing with the clerk of a will of a deceased person, or at any time thereafter prior to the filing of a petition pursuant to W.S. 2-6-201 and prior to the entry of any order by the court pursuant to W.S. 2-6-120 making other provisions for the disposition of the will, any party who would be entitled to letters testamentary under the provisions of W.S. 2-6-208 may file with the clerk a sworn petition for probate of will without administration. The petition shall show:  (i) The date and place of death of the decedent, and county and state of last residence of the decedent;  (ii) The names, ages and residences of the heirs and devisees of the decedent;  (iii) That a true copy of the will and a true copy of the petition have been mailed to each of the heirs and devisees; and  (iv) That the petition prays for probate of the will, without administration.  (b) A filing fee for the petition shall be charged, equal to the minimum fee applicable to proceedings under W.S. 2-6-203.  (c) Upon the filing of the petition, proceedings shall be had as provided in W.S. 2-6-203 through 2-6-206, and order shall issue and notices be given as provided in W.S. 2-6-209 if the will is found entitled to probate, except that the order shall not include the appointment of an executor, but recite that the will is admitted to probate without administration.  (d) After the entry of the order admitting the will to probate, the petitioner shall, at his own expense, cause to be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the probate was granted a notice in substantially the following form:  State of Wyoming )  ) In the District Court  ) ....Judicial District  County of.... ) Probate No. ....  In the Matter of the) Notice of Proof of  Estate of ) Will Without  ) Administration  ......., Deceased. )  TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID ESTATE:  You are hereby notified that on the .... day of ...., (year), the Last Will and Testament of Decedent was admitted to probate by the above named court and there will be no present administration of the estate. Any action to set aside the Will shall be filed in the Court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or thereafter be forever barred.  Dated ...., (year).  Proponent .............  PUBLISH: (once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks)  (e) The provisions of W.S. 2-6-301 through 2-6-306 apply to proceedings under this section.  (f) In the event administration of the estate is desired at any later date, any party designated in W.S. 2-6-208, in the order of preference set forth therein, may petition the court for the issuance of letters testamentary.
WY Stat § 2-6-123 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-123 - Filing of Will, With or Without Probate Not to Bar Collection by Affidavit.

2-6-123. Filing of will, with or without probate not to bar collection by affidavit.| No proceedings pursuant to W.S. 2-6-120 through 2-6-122 shall bar any proceedings pursuant to W.S. 2-1-201 through 2-1-203.
WY Stat § 2-6-124 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 1 - In General|Section 2-6-124 - Written Statement Referred to in Will Disposing of Certain Personal Property.

2-6-124. Written statement referred to in will disposing of certain personal property.| (a) A will may refer to a written statement or list to dispose of items of tangible personal property not otherwise specifically disposed of by the will, other than money, evidences of indebtedness, documents of title, securities and property used in trade or business. To be admissible under this section as evidence of the intended disposition, the writing shall:  (i) Be dated;  (ii) Be in the handwriting of the testator or signed by him; and  (iii) Include a description of the items and devisees with reasonable certainty.  (b) The written statement or list may be prepared before or after execution of the will, and may be altered by the testator after its preparation which alteration shall be signed and dated by the testator.  (c) The written statement or list may be a writing which has no significance apart from the effect upon the disposition made by the will.
WY Stat § 2-6-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 6 - Wills|Article 2 - Procedure for Probate|Section 2-6-201 - Contents of Petition; Defect in Jurisdictional Statement Inconsequential.

2-6-201. Contents of petition; defect in jurisdictional statement inconsequential.| (a) A petition for the probate of a will shall show:  (i) The jurisdictional facts;  (ii) Whether the person named as executor consents to act, or renounces his right to letters testamentary;  (iii) The names, ages and residences of the heirs and devisees of the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner;  (iv) The probable value and character of the property of the estate;  (v) The name of the person for whom letters testamentary are prayed.  (b) No defect of form or in the statement of jurisdictional facts actually existing shall make void the probate of a will.