§ 2-7-201 — Admission of will or estate to probate and appointment of personal representative; contents; form

Wyoming § 2-7-201

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 02: Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code
• Ch. 7: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
• Art. 2: NOTICES

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Upon admission of a will or an estate of an intestate decedent
to probate and issuance of letters, the personal representative
shall 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 is pending, a
notice of admission of the will or estate to probate and of the
appointment of the personal representative. The notice shall
state that any action to set aside the probate of the will shall
be brought within three (3) months from the date of the first
publication of the notice or thereafter be barred. The
publication shall include a notice to debtors to make payment
and to creditors having claims against the decedent to file them
with the necessary vouchers in the office of the clerk of court
from which the letters were issued within three (3) months from
the date of the first publication of the notice, or thereafter
be forever barred. The notice required by this section shall be
substantially in the following form:
State of Wyoming ) In the District Court
)ss ....Judicial District
County of .... ) Probate No. ....
In the Matter of the Estate )
)
of ) Notice of Probate
)
...., Deceased. )
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID ESTATE:
You are hereby notified that on the .... day of ....,
(year), the estate of the above named decedent was admitted to
probate by the above named court, and that .... was appointed
personal representative thereof.
or-
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 .... was appointed
personal representative thereof. Any action to set aside the
Will shall be filed in the Court within three months from the
date of the first publication of this notice, or thereafter be
forever barred.
Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the
decedent or to his Estate are requested to make immediate
payment to the undersigned at ...., Wyoming.
Creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate
are required to file them in duplicate with the necessary
vouchers, in the office of the Clerk of said Court, on or before
three months after the date of the first publication of this
notice, and if such claims are not so filed, unless otherwise
allowed or paid, they will be forever barred.
Dated ...., (year). Personal Representative ....
PUBLISH: (once a week for 3 successive weeks).