Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-707
This is the official text of Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-707, 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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§ 2-7-707. Repayment of public assistance
Official statutory text
If any recipient of assistance under statutes of Wyoming governing programs of public welfare dies possessed of money or property and a claim for repayment of such assistance is filed against the estate of the deceased, the court in which the estate is being probated shall order the claim to be paid out of the assets of the estate after the claims in W.S. 2-7-701(a)(i) through (viii) are paid and satisfied. No claim for repayment of assistance shall be enforced against any property of the estate that may be necessary for the support, maintenance or education of the decedent's surviving spouse, minor child or other dependent.
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