2-7-725. Claim to community property; perfection of title to decedent's interest in community property.
(a) If the title to any property to which this act applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving spouse is property to which this act applies unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee or creditor of the decedent.
(b) If an heir, devisee or creditor of the decedent claims that there is any property to which this section applies, the party shall file a written demand in duplicate with the clerk of court within the time limited in the notice to creditors, demanding that the personal representative investigate such matter and report thereon to the court. Any demand not filed within the time limited shall be forever barred, and all claims and causes of action arising out of such demand shall likewise be forever barred.
Structure Wyoming Statutes
Title 2 - Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code
Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates
Article 7 - Claims Against Estate
Section 2-7-701 - Debts and Charges; Classification.
Section 2-7-702 - Debts and Charges; Order of Payment.
Section 2-7-703 - Filing Required; Failure to Do So Constitutes Bar; Exceptions.
Section 2-7-704 - Affidavit and Other Required Supporting Documentation.
Section 2-7-705 - Future, Contingent and Unliquidated Claims.
Section 2-7-706 - Claim Based on Cause of Action Surviving Decedent's Death.
Section 2-7-707 - Repayment of Public Assistance.
Section 2-7-708 - Personal Claims of Personal Representatives.
Section 2-7-709 - Actions Pending Against Decedent at Time of Death.
Section 2-7-710 - Judgments Rendered Against Decedent Before Death; Execution Thereon Limited.
Section 2-7-711 - Judgments Rendered Against Decedent After Death.
Section 2-7-712 - Allowance and Rejection of Claims.
Section 2-7-713 - Claims Allowed in Part.
Section 2-7-714 - Claims Barred by Statute of Limitations Precluded.
Section 2-7-715 - Adjudication of Propriety in Handling Claims Prior to Final Report.
Section 2-7-716 - Stay of Probate Proceedings Pending Final Disposition of Claims and Litigation.
Section 2-7-717 - Action Precluded Until Claim Rejected; Exception.
Section 2-7-718 - Action on Rejected Claim; Limitations.
Section 2-7-719 - Certified Copy of Judgments to Be Filed; Effect Thereof.
Section 2-7-720 - Short Title; Citation.
Section 2-7-721 - Application of Act.
Section 2-7-722 - Presumptions as to Applicability of Act.
Section 2-7-723 - Distribution of Property Upon Death of a Married Person.
Section 2-7-724 - Claim to Community Property; Perfection of Title in Surviving Spouse.
Section 2-7-727 - Rights of Creditors Not Affected.
Section 2-7-728 - Rights of Spouses to Alter Interests in Community Property.