Wyoming Statutes
§ 2-1-102 — Rules of construction and applicability
Wyoming·Title 02 Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code·Ch. 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS·Art. 1 CITATIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL PROCEDURE
(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impliedly repealed by subseque
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