- Married with no children
- The spouse is entitled to the entire estate.
- Married with child or children
- If the deceased leaves a surviving spouse and children, or the descendants of any children surviving, one half of the estate goes to the surviving spouse and the remainder goes to the surviving children and the descendants of those children.
- Order of estate distribution if spouse survives
- The portion of the estate not going to the surviving spouse passes in the following order:
1) Children or descendants of any children
2) Descendant’s parents, siblings and descendants of sibling who are deceased
3) Grandparents, uncles, aunts and their descendants - No spouse survives but there are other relatives
- 1) Children or descendants of any children
2) Descendant’s parents, siblings and descendants of sibling who are deceased
3) Grandparents, uncles, aunts and their descendants - Order of estate distribution if decedent not married, widow or widower
- 1) Children or descendants of any children
2) Descendant’s parents, siblings and descendants of sibling who are deceased
3) Grandparents, uncles, aunts and their descendants - No surviving relatives
- The decedent’s property will got o the state of Wyoming.
- State link
- http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/statutes.aspx?file=titles/Title2/Title2.htm
- Other links
- None
- Special notes
- None
