2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 2 - WILLS, DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND PROBATE CODE
CHAPTER 2 - PROBATE COURT
2-2-201. Records required to be kept; probate docket; reports to be made by commissioner.


WY Stat § 2-2-201 (through 2012) What's This?

(a) The clerk of district court in each county shall keep a book for the recording of wills and probate containing:

(i) Proceedings of the guardianship of infants and incompetent persons;

(ii) All letters testamentary and of administration;

(iii) All inventories and records of sales of personal estate;

(iv) A general entry, claim and allowance docket.

(b) A separate set of books shall be kept for each decedent's estate recording all proceedings concerning the probate of each will, and showing the entry of the inventory appraisement and all claims allowed, including costs of the final distribution of the estate, and showing the final settlement of the estate.

(c) The clerk of court shall prepare for the use of the court at each term a probate docket containing:

(i) All appointments made in vacation;

(ii) All pending petitions for the sale of real estate, including the parties thereto;

(iii) All pending petitions for the release of sureties;

(iv) All pending petitions for the removal of personal representatives.

(d) The court commissioner is bound to furnish:

(i) The record of all reports and accounts filed in vacation;

(ii) All claims against the estate pending for trial at each term of court;

(iii) All delinquencies of personal representatives to discharge any duty in the manner or within the time required by law or order of the court.

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