In Wyoming, estates valued at $400,000Wyo. Stat. § 2-1-201Verified Sep 9, 2026View source or less use the Affidavit for Distribution of Personal PropertyWyo. Stat. § 2-1-201Verified Sep 9, 2026View source, 30 daysWyo. Stat. § 2-1-201Verified Sep 9, 2026View source after death, a court filing short of full probate. Real property counts toward the limitWyo. Stat. § 2-1-201Verified Sep 9, 2026View source. Wyoming sets the limit by the decedent's date of deathWyo. Stat. § 2-1-201Verified Sep 9, 2026View source; an earlier death may be measured against a lower figure. An estate over the limit does not qualify, and no affidavit is prepared for it.

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.

No. Wyoming publishes no official formWyoming Judicial Branch, Self-Help FormsVerified Sep 23, 2026View source, so the renunciation is a signed writing.