Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-724

This is the official text of Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-724, 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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Claim to community property; perfection of title in surviving spouse

Official statutory text

(a) If the title to any property to which this act applies was held by the decedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by an order of the court or by execution of an instrument by the personal representative with the approval of the court. Neither the personal representative nor the court in which the decedent's estate is being administered has a duty to discover or attempt to discover whether property held by the decedent is property to which this act applies.

(b) If the surviving spouse or the spouse's successor in interest claims that there is any property to which this section applies, then a claim in writing with respect thereto shall be filed in duplicate with the clerk of court within the time limited in the notice to creditors and any such claim not so filed is barred forever.

(c) When such a claim is so filed, the personal representative shall proceed as provided in W.S. 2-7-712(a) and

(d), and if such claim is rejected, the provisions of W.S. 2-7-717 and 2-7-718 will apply.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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