Wyoming § 2-1-102 Rules of construction and applicability

Wyoming Statutes

§ 2-1-102 — Rules of construction and applicability

Wyoming § 2-1-102

Title 02Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code

Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Art. 1CITATIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL PROCEDURE

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-1-102 (2026).

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(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code is a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter and no part of it shall be deemed impliedly repealed by subseque

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(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impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if it can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.