Wyo. Stat. § 2-6-201
This is the official text of Wyo. Stat. § 2-6-201, part of Wyoming’s Wyoming Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wyoming, organized into 40+ numbered titles by subject. This particular section falls under Title 2, “Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code.”
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Contents of petition; defect in jurisdictional statement inconsequential
Official statutory text
(a) A petition for the probate of a will shall show:
(i) The jurisdictional facts;
(ii) Whether the person named as executor consents to act, or renounces his right to letters testamentary;
(iii) The names, ages and residences of the heirs and devisees of the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner;
(iv) The probable value and character of the property of the estate;
(v) The name of the person for whom letters testamentary are prayed.
(b) No defect of form or in the statement of jurisdictional facts actually existing shall make void the probate of a will.
(i) The jurisdictional facts;
(ii) Whether the person named as executor consents to act, or renounces his right to letters testamentary;
(iii) The names, ages and residences of the heirs and devisees of the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner;
(iv) The probable value and character of the property of the estate;
(v) The name of the person for whom letters testamentary are prayed.
(b) No defect of form or in the statement of jurisdictional facts actually existing shall make void the probate of a will.
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