2-6-202. Failure of executor to petition; appointment of administrator.
If the person named in a will as executor, for thirty (30) days after he has knowledge of the death of the testator and that he is named as executor, fails to petition the proper court for probate of the will and that letters testamentary be issued to him, he may be held to have renounced his right to letters and the court may appoint any other competent person administrator unless good cause for delay is shown.
Structure Wyoming Statutes
Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code
Article 2 - Procedure for Probate
Section 2-6-201 - Contents of Petition; Defect in Jurisdictional Statement Inconsequential.
Section 2-6-202 - Failure of Executor to Petition; Appointment of Administrator.
Section 2-6-203 - Hearing Upon Petition; Notice Not Required.
Section 2-6-204 - Proof; Self-Proving Will.
Section 2-6-205 - Proof; Wills Not Self-Proving.
Section 2-6-206 - Proof; Holographic Wills.
Section 2-6-208 - Order of Preference for Appointment of Executor.
Section 2-6-209 - Order Admitting or Disallowing Probate; Mailing of Copies.
Section 2-6-210 - Form of Letters Testamentary.
Section 2-6-211 - Authority of Executor Not Designated in Will.