Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 20-1-201 (2026)

Separate estate of real and personal property;

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not subject to control of spouse; exceptions.

All property belonging to a married person as his separate
property which he owns at the time of his marriage or which
during marriage he acquires in good faith from any person by
descent or otherwise, together with all rents, issues, increase
and profits thereof, is during marriage his sole and separate
property under his sole control and may be held, owned,
possessed and enjoyed by him the same as though he were single.
Such property is not subject to the disposal, control or
interference of his spouse and is exempt from execution or
attachment for the debts of his spouse if the property was not
conveyed to him by his spouse in fraud of his creditors. The
necessary expenses of the family and the education of the
children are chargeable upon the property of both husband and
wife, or either of them, for which they may be sued jointly or
separately.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases, 1979–2012 · leading case: Metz v. Metz, 2003 WY 3 (Wyo. 2003).

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Metz v. Metz, 2003 WY 3 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 4× “He further argues that the disability benefits were separate property not subject to division under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 20-1-201 (LexisNexis 2001).”

Mann v. Mann, 979 P.2d 497 (Wyo. 1999). · cites it 6× “Mann) contends that Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 20-1-201 (Mi-chie 1997) required the district court to find that property he purchased with his own money and on which he made all mortgage payments was his separately owned property and not subject to distribution to his wife, Appellee…”

Odegard v. Odegard, 2003 WY 67 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 20-1-201 (LexisNexis 2001) provides that married persons may retain as their separate estate, property that a spouse owns at the time of the marriage (together with its increased value).”

McMurry v. McMurry, 2010 WY 163 (Wyo. 2010). · cites it 3× “In support of his argument, Husband relies in part on Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 20-1-201 (LexisNexis 2009).”

Crowson v. Zubrod (In Re Crowson), 431 B.R. 484 (10th Cir. BAP 2010). “” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 20-1-201 . Section 20-1-202 provides that "[a]ny married person may transfer his separate property in the same manner and to the same extent as if he were unmarried.”

Michael's Constr., Inc. v. Am. Nat'l Bank, 2012 WY 76 (Wyo. 2012). “[124] First, we note that the definitions stated in § 20-1-201 use the term "work" *708 instead of "construction work" as used in § 29-1-805(c).”

Coyne v. State Ex Rel. Thomas, 595 P.2d 970 (Wyo. 1979). · cites it 2× “See §§ 20-1-201 and 20-1-202, W.S.1977. Similar provisions have been in Wyoming law since territorial times.”

West v. Wyoming State Treasurer, 822 P.2d 1269 (Wyo. 1991). · cites it 2× “The Family Expenses Doctrine, codified in our statutes at W.S. 20-1-201 (June 1987 Repl.), states that "[t]he necessary expenses of the family and the education of the children are chargeable upon the property of both husband and wife, or either of them, for which they may be…”

Kane v. Kane, 706 P.2d 676 (Wyo. 1985). “Sections 20-1-201 and 20-l-202(a), W.S.1977.”

Nielson v. Thompson, 982 P.2d 709 (Wyo. 1999). “Sections 20-1-201 and 20-l-202(a), W.S.1977.”

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