Section 2-2-201 - Records Required to Be Kept; Probate Docket; Reports to Be Made by Commissioner.

WY Stat § 2-2-201 (2019) (N/A)
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2-2-201. Records required to be kept; probate docket; reports to be made by commissioner.

(a) The clerk of district court in each county shall maintain a system for the recording of wills and probate including:

(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) The clerk of district court shall maintain a system for the recording of each decedent's estate including all proceedings concerning the probate of each will, the entry of the inventory appraisement, all claims allowed, including costs of the final distribution of the estate, and the final settlement of the estate.

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

(i) All appointments made;

(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;

(ii) All claims against the estate pending for trial;

(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.