The creditor claim period of 3 monthsW.S. §§ 2-7-201, 2-7-205, 2-7-701, 2-7-702, 2-7-703, 2-7-704Verified Sep 15, 2026View source runs from the first publication of the creditor notice, which follows the executor's appointment.
Within 120 daysW.S. §§ 2-7-403, 2-7-404, 2-7-410Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of the personal representative's appointment.
The personal representative closes the estate by filing, under oath, a final report and accounting and petition for distribution with the clerk of court (W.S. §§ 2-7-204, 2-7-811); after notice and a hearing the court approves it and enters a final decree of distribution naming each distributee and share (W.S. § 2-7-813), and the PR is discharged only by a separate court decree on his petition for final discharge after distribution is complete (W.S. § 2-7-814)W.S. §§ 2-7-204, 2-7-811, 2-7-812, 2-7-813, 2-7-814, 2-7-815Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
Wyoming law recognizes that a person named as executor may renounce the appointment but prescribes no particular document. A signed written renunciation filed with the court states the refusal on the record.
Final settlement may not be noticed until the estate is in condition for final settlement and not less than three months after the first publication of the notice of opening the probate (the same event that starts the three-month creditor-claim period)W.S. § 2-7-204(a)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.