Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-701 (2026)

Debts and charges; classification.

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(a) In any estate in which the assets are or appear to be
insufficient to pay in full all debts and charges of the estate,
the personal representative shall classify debts and charges as
follows:

           (i)    Court costs;

           (ii)    Other costs of administration;

           (iii)    Reasonable funeral and burial expenses;

           (iv)    Allowances payable under W.S. 2-7-503 and
2-7-504;

          (v) All debts and taxes having preference under the
laws of the United States;

          (vi) Reasonable and necessary medical and hospital
expenses of the last illness of the decedent, including
compensation of persons attending him at his last illness;
          (vii)     All taxes having preferences under the laws of
this state;

          (viii) All debts owing to employees for labor
performed during the ninety (90) days next preceding the death
of the decedent;

           (ix)    All claims allowed under W.S. 2-7-707;

           (x)    All other claims allowed.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2018–2023 · leading case: Britain v. Britain (In re Est. of Britain), 425 P.3d 978 (Wyo. 2018).
Britain v. Britain (In re Est. of Britain), 425 P.3d 978 (Wyo. 2018). “…627 (LexisNexis 2017) (personal representative duties with regard to the sale and disposition of estate property); §§ 2-7-701 through 729 (LexisNexis 2017) (personal representative's duties with regard to claims against the estate); §§ 2-7-801 through 815 (LexisNexis 2017)…”
In the Matter of the Est. of Mary Mae Fisher, Deceased: Dwight Lyman & Betty L. Lyman, Trs. of the Dwight Lyman Living Trust Dated November 11, 2016, & Betty L. Lyman & Dwight Lyman, Trs. of the Betty L. Lyman Living Trust Dated November 11, 2016 v. George Wayne Fisher, 2023 WY 25 (Wyo. 2023). · cites it 2× “§ 2-1-301 (a)(xiii) (LexisNexis 2021) (“[d]istributee’ means a person entitled to any property of the decedent under his will or under the statutes of intestate succession”); Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 2-7-701 to 2-7-119 (LexisNexis 2021) (probate claims process).”
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