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WY Stat § 2-7-717 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-717 - Action Precluded Until Claim Rejected; Exception.

2-7-717. Action precluded until claim rejected; exception.| No holder of any claim against an estate shall maintain any action thereon unless the claim is first rejected in whole or in part by the personal representative and the rejection filed with the clerk, except an action may be brought by any holder of a mortgage or lien, including liens under W.S. 42-4-207, to enforce the same against the property of the estate subject thereto where all recourse against the other property of the estate is expressly waived in the complaint or no claim for deficiency is made in proceedings for foreclosure by advertisement and sale under W.S. 34-4-101 through 34-4-113.
WY Stat § 2-7-718 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-718 - Action on Rejected Claim; Limitations.

2-7-718. Action on rejected claim; limitations.| When a claim is rejected and notice given as required, the holder shall bring suit in the proper court against the personal representative within thirty (30) days after the date of mailing the notice, otherwise the claim is forever barred.
WY Stat § 2-7-719 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-719 - Certified Copy of Judgments to Be Filed; Effect Thereof.

2-7-719. Certified copy of judgments to be filed; effect thereof.| (a) A certified copy of any judgment rendered as contemplated by W.S. 2-7-709, 2-7-710, 2-7-711 or 2-7-717 shall be filed upon its rendition with the clerk.  (b) Any judgment rendered upon any claim for money only establishes the claim as if it had been allowed by the personal representative. The judgment shall be that the personal representative pay, to the extent of assets available to satisfy claims of that class augmented by any liability insurance proceeds available as to the claim, in due course of administration the amount ascertained to be due. No execution shall issue upon the judgment, nor shall it create any lien upon the property of the estate or give to the judgment creditor any priority of payment.  (c) If judgment is for the recovery of real or personal property or the enforcement of a lien thereon, no execution shall issue until ten (10) days after a certified copy of the judgment has been filed pursuant to W.S. 2-7-719(a).
WY Stat § 2-7-720 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-720 - Short Title; Citation.

2-7-720. Short title; citation.| (a) This act may be cited as the "Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act".  (b) As used in W.S. 2-7-720 through 2-7-729 "this act" means W.S. 2-7-720 through 2-7-729.
WY Stat § 2-7-721 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-721 - Application of Act.

2-7-721. Application of act.| (a) This act applies to the disposition at death of the following property acquired by a married person:  (i) All personal property, wherever situated which was acquired as or became, and remained, community property under the laws of another jurisdiction, and:  (A) All or the proportionate part of any property acquired with the rents, issues or income of, or the proceeds from, or in exchange for, that community property; or  (B) Any property otherwise traceable to that community property.  (ii) All or the proportionate part of any real property situated in this state which was acquired with the rents, issues or income of, the proceeds from, or in exchange for, property acquired as or which became, and remained, community property under the laws of another jurisdiction, or property traceable to that community property.
WY Stat § 2-7-722 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-722 - Presumptions as to Applicability of Act.

2-7-722. Presumptions as to applicability of act.| (a) In determining whether this act applies to specific property the following rebuttable presumptions apply:  (i) Property acquired during marriage by a spouse of that marriage while domiciled in a jurisdiction under the laws of which property could then be acquired as community property, is presumed to have been acquired as or to have become and remained property to which this act applies; and  (ii) Real property situated in this state and personal property wherever situated acquired by a married person while domiciled in a jurisdiction under the laws of which property could not then be acquired as community property, title to which was taken in a form which created rights of survivorship, is presumed not to be property to which this act applies.
WY Stat § 2-7-723 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-723 - Distribution of Property Upon Death of a Married Person.

2-7-723. Distribution of property upon death of a married person.| Upon death of a married person, one-half (1/2) of the property to which this act applies is the property of the surviving spouse and is not subject to testamentary disposition by the decedent or distribution under the laws of succession of this state. One-half (1/2) of that property is the property of the decedent and is subject to testamentary disposition or distribution under the laws of succession of this state. With respect to property to which this act applies, the one-half (1/2) of the property which is the property of the decedent is not subject to the surviving spouse's right to elect against the will.
WY Stat § 2-7-724 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-724 - Claim to Community Property; Perfection of Title in Surviving Spouse.

2-7-724. Claim to community property; perfection of title in surviving spouse.| (a) If the title to any property to which this act applies was held by the decedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by an order of the court or by execution of an instrument by the personal representative with the approval of the court. Neither the personal representative nor the court in which the decedent's estate is being administered has a duty to discover or attempt to discover whether property held by the decedent is property to which this act applies.  (b) If the surviving spouse or the spouse's successor in interest claims that there is any property to which this section applies, then a claim in writing with respect thereto shall be filed in duplicate with the clerk of court within the time limited in the notice to creditors and any such claim not so filed is barred forever.  (c) When such a claim is so filed, the personal representative shall proceed as provided in W.S. 2-7-712(a) and (d), and if such claim is rejected, the provisions of W.S. 2-7-717 and 2-7-718 will apply.
WY Stat § 2-7-725 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-725 - Claim to Community Property; Perfection of Title to Decedent's Interest in Community Property.

2-7-725. Claim to community property; perfection of title to decedent's interest in community property.| (a) If the title to any property to which this act applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving spouse is property to which this act applies unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee or creditor of the decedent.  (b) If an heir, devisee or creditor of the decedent claims that there is any property to which this section applies, the party shall file a written demand in duplicate with the clerk of court within the time limited in the notice to creditors, demanding that the personal representative investigate such matter and report thereon to the court. Any demand not filed within the time limited shall be forever barred, and all claims and causes of action arising out of such demand shall likewise be forever barred.
WY Stat § 2-7-726 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-726 - Rights of a Purchaser for Value; Duty to Inquire; Rights to Proceeds From Sale or Security Interest.

2-7-726. Rights of a purchaser for value; duty to inquire; rights to proceeds from sale or security interest.| (a) If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property to which this act applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent.  (b) If a personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent has apparent title to property to which this act applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the surviving spouse.  (c) A purchaser for value or a lender need not inquire whether a vendor or borrower acted properly.  (d) The proceeds of a sale or creation of a security interest shall be treated in the same manner as the property transferred to the purchaser for value or a lender.
WY Stat § 2-7-727 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-727 - Rights of Creditors Not Affected.

2-7-727. Rights of creditors not affected.| This act does not affect rights of creditors with respect to property to which this act applies.
WY Stat § 2-7-728 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-728 - Rights of Spouses to Alter Interests in Community Property.

2-7-728. Rights of spouses to alter interests in community property.| This act does not prevent married persons from severing or altering their interests in property to which this act applies.
WY Stat § 2-7-729 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code|Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates|Article 7 - Claims Against Estate|Section 2-7-729 - Testamentary Disposition Limited.

2-7-729. Testamentary disposition limited.| This act does not authorize a person to dispose of property by will if it is held under limitations imposed by law preventing testamentary disposition by that person.
WY Stat § 2-7-801 (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 2-7-801 - Declaration of Policy; Clerk to Maintain Calendar; Administration to Be Completed Within One Year; Exception.

2-7-801. Declaration of policy; clerk to maintain calendar; administration to be completed within one year; exception.| (a) It is the policy of the state of Wyoming that the administration of estates of decedents be completed as rapidly as possible consistent with due protection of the interests of creditors, taxing authorities and distributees. To effectuate this policy, this code shall be so construed.  (b) The clerk shall maintain a calendar as to each estate opened and shall bring to the attention of the court for appropriate action by the court on its own motion, any failure of any personal representative to meet any time deadlines provided by this code.  (c) The administration of each estate of a decedent shall be completed within one (1) year from the date of appointment of the personal representative unless good cause is demonstrated to the court by a verified report filed by the personal representative, and a court order approving continuance is entered. Failure to comply with this provision may be dealt with by the court by citation for contempt, order of removal and replacement of the personal representative, or any other remedy the court deems appropriate to bring about prompt closing of the estate.
WY Stat § 2-7-802 (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 2-7-802 - Expenses of Administration; Standard; How Paid.

2-7-802. Expenses of administration; standard; how paid.| (a) The personal representative is authorized to incur and pay at any time, subject to approval upon hearing his final report and accounting, all reasonable and necessary expenses in the care, management and settlement of the estate. The personal representative's authorization shall be exercised with the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing which men of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs. Subject to the foregoing standard, the expenses may include but are not limited to services relating to:  (i) Bank accounts and safekeeping facilities;  (ii) Appraisals;  (iii) Surveys;  (iv) Title and lien searches and certifications as to real or personal property;  (v) Sales of real property and personal property, including broker's commissions, premiums for title insurance, services in connection with abstracts of title and auctioneer's fees;  (vi) Maintenance, repair, care and protection of estate assets, including such expenses as are normally incident to crops and livestock;  (vii) Property insurance of all types and liability insurance;  (viii) Events incident to distribution of estate assets, such as stock transfer fees and other normal expenses incident to transfer of title;  (ix) Preparation of all necessary tax returns and reports, and audit proceedings in connection therewith, relating to the decedent and the estate and the distribution of the estate;  (x) Publications and mailings;  (xi) Location and identification of heirs and beneficiaries; and  (xii) Expenses, fees and costs of ancillary administration in a state other than Wyoming.  (b) Except as otherwise directed by the decedent's will, the expenses shall be paid first out of income of the estate received by the personal representative, then from the residue of the estate.
WY Stat § 2-7-803 (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 2-7-803 - Fees of Personal Representative; Schedule.

2-7-803. Fees of personal representative; schedule.| (a) If the court determines that by reason of unusual circumstances the fee computed hereafter is not equitable after considering the time and effort reasonably expended and the responsibility with which the personal representative was charged, the court may allow such additional fee as the court determines proper. The court shall allow the personal representative fees for ordinary services rendered to the estate unless the personal representative files a written waiver as to a part or all thereof. The fees shall be computed on the basis of the amount of the decedent's probate estate accounted for as follows:  (i) For the first one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of the basis, ten percent (10%);  (ii) For all sums over one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) but not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) of the basis, five percent (5%);  (iii) For all sums over five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) but not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) of the basis, three percent (3%);  (iv) For all sums over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) of the basis, two percent (2%).  (b) In addition, further fees as are just and reasonable may be allowed by the court to the personal representative for extraordinary expenses or services actually incurred or rendered by the personal representative and necessary to the proper administration and distribution of the estate. Extraordinary services shall include but not be limited to services rendered by the personal representative relative to any tax matters and services rendered by the personal representative in connection with any litigation to which the decedent or the estate is a party.  (c) The amount of the decedent's probate estate accounted for shall:  (i) Include items with which the personal representative is chargeable at their inventory value;  (ii) Deduct any loss or add any increase shown by any reappraisement or actual sale occurring during administration;  (iii) Add all accretions to the estate which have come into the possession of the personal representative such as interest, dividends and profits on sales, not including money borrowed or refunds of amounts paid by the personal representative;  (iv) Deduct the value of property lost or destroyed without fault of the personal representative; and  (v) Include accretions in net income, and not the gross income, of any business operated or conducted during administration of the estate.
WY Stat § 2-7-804 (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 2-7-804 - Fees of Attorney for Estate; Schedule.

2-7-804. Fees of attorney for estate; schedule.| (a) If the court determines that by reason of unusual circumstances the fee computed hereafter is not equitable after considering the time and effort reasonably expended and the responsibility with which the personal representative was charged, the court may allow such additional fee as the court determines proper. The court shall allow the attorney for the estate fees for ordinary services rendered to the estate unless the attorney files a written waiver as to a part or all thereof. The fees shall be computed on the basis of the amount of the decedent's probate estate accounted for as follows:  (i) For the first one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of the basis, ten percent (10%);  (ii) For the amount over one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) of the basis, five percent (5%);  (iii) For the amount over five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) of the basis, three percent (3%);  (iv) For all sums over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) of the basis, two percent (2%).  (b) In addition, further fees as are just and reasonable may be allowed by the court to the attorney for the estate for extraordinary expenses or services actually incurred or rendered by the attorney and necessary to the proper administration and distribution of the estate. Extraordinary services shall include but not be limited to services rendered by the attorney relative to any tax matters and services rendered by the attorney in connection with any litigation to which the decedent or the estate is a party.  (c) The amount of the decedent's probate estate accounted for shall be determined pursuant to W.S. 2-7-803(c).  (d) Nothing herein shall prevent the personal representative and the attorney from negotiating lower fees.
WY Stat § 2-7-806 (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 2-7-806 - Verified Interim Report and Accounting.

2-7-806. Verified interim report and accounting.| (a) The personal representative may at any time file a verified interim report and accounting with the court showing the condition of the estate, its debts and property, the amount of money received and the disposition made of any assets of the estate.  (b) If the final report and accounting is not filed by the personal representative within one (1) year from the date of his appointment, then a verified interim report and accounting shall be filed at the end of one (1) year and annually thereafter until the final report and accounting is filed.  (c) On application of any creditor or distributee or upon its own motion, the court may order an interim report and accounting at any time embracing all matters directed by the court. The court may order reports and accountings from time to time as it determines to be in the best interests of the estate.  (d) All interim reports and accountings shall be subject to the provisions of W.S. 2-7-807(c).  (e) No interim report and accounting is binding upon any creditor or distributee unless it has been set down for hearing by the court and notice thereof given to the creditors and distributees by certified mail not less than twenty (20) days before the date of hearing.
WY Stat § 2-7-807 (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 2-7-807 - Distribution Before Final Settlement; Notice; Hearing; Costs.

2-7-807. Distribution before final settlement; notice; hearing; costs.| (a) Any time after thirty (30) days from expiration of time for filing claims the personal representative or any distributee may file a petition with the court for partial or complete distribution of any share of the estate.  (b) Notice of the petition and the time set by the court for hearing shall be given to the personal representative and to all persons entitled to notice as provided in W.S. 2-7-205. At the hearing any other distributee may resist the petition or make a similar petition for himself.  (c) If it appears to the court there is property ready for distribution held by the personal representative over and above the amount necessary to pay the costs of administration and all just claims and taxes of the estate, the court shall direct the personal representative to distribute to each distributee his proportion of the property ready for distribution. The court may require each distributee to give bond to secure payment of his proportion of the debts and taxes of the estate.  (d) All costs, expenses and fees incurred in this proceeding shall be paid by the estate unless the court determines the proceeding was instituted capriciously and without merit, whereupon the court shall order all costs, expenses and fees be paid into the estate by the party instituting the same.