Wyoming § 2-6-202 Failure of executor to petition; appointment of
administrator

Wyoming Statutes

§ 2-6-202 — Failure of executor to petition; appointment of administrator

Wyoming § 2-6-202

Title 02Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code

Ch. 6WILLS

Art. 2PROCEDURE FOR PROBATE

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Bluebook

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-6-202 (2026).

Text

If the person named in a will as executor, for thirty (30) days
after he has knowledge of the death of the testator and that he
is named as executor, fails to petition the proper court for
probate of the will and that letters testamentary be issued to
him, he may be held to have renounced his right to letters and
the court may appoint any other competent person administrator
unless good cause for delay is shown.

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If the person named in a will as executor, for thirty (30) days
after he has knowledge of the death of the testator and that he
is named as executor, fails to petition the proper court for
probate of the will and that letters testamentary be issued to
him, he may be held to have renounced his right to letters and
the court may appoint any other competent person administrator
unless good cause for delay is shown.