2-4-206. Contest of petition; assertion of own rights to administer.
Any person interested may contest the petition by filing written opposition on the ground of the incompetency of the applicant, or may assert his own rights to the administration and pray that letters be issued to himself. In the latter case the contestant shall file a petition and submit evidence in support thereof, taken and reduced to writing before the clerk or commissioner of the court, and the court shall hear the two (2) petitions together.
Structure Wyoming Statutes
Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code
Chapter 4 - Intestate Succession
Article 2 - Procedure for Administration
Section 2-4-201 - Persons Entitled to Administer.
Section 2-4-202 - Appointment of Administrator(s).
Section 2-4-203 - Persons Incompetent to Administer.
Section 2-4-204 - Married Woman May Be Administratrix.
Section 2-4-206 - Contest of Petition; Assertion of Own Rights to Administer.
Section 2-4-207 - Hearing of Contest; Issuance of Letters.
Section 2-4-208 - When Letters Granted.
Section 2-4-209 - Letters Granted to Any Applicant if Not Contested.
Section 2-4-210 - Letters Granted on Request of Person Entitled.
Section 2-4-211 - Creditors; Right to Apply for Letters.
Section 2-4-212 - Creditors; When Claims Barred; Effect on Liens.
Section 2-4-213 - Transcript of Court Minutes to Be Evidence of Appointment.