Bill No.:                     HB0051                                 Drafter:  IDS

 

LSO No.:                   13LSO-0029                         Effective Date:  7/1/2013

 

Enrolled Act No.:    HEA0064

 

Chapter No.:            CH0169

 

Prime Sponsor:       Representative Lubnau

 

Catch Title:              Probate-objections to appointment.

 

Subject:                     Appointments under the Wyoming Probate Code.

 

Summary/Major Elements:

 

·        Personal representatives, administrators, executors, trustees, conservators, fiduciaries and receivers are appointed in probate proceedings under the Wyoming Probate Code.

 

·        Pursuant to this act, objections to appointments made under the Wyoming Probate Code must be made no less than five days prior to any hearing scheduled to consider the appointment.

 

·        The five-day deadline is not applicable if a shorter period of time is specified in the Code or by a court, or where an appointment will be made with no hearing or no notice.

 

·        The five-day limit may be waived by a court upon a showing of good cause.

 

·        Previously, no specific objection deadline was stated in the Code.