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Lawmakers favor working group to review Wyoming probate code; no immediate overhaul planned
Summary
Practitioners and legislators recommended a measured, section-by-section review of the Wyoming probate code during the interim rather than an immediate wholesale adoption of the Uniform Probate Code. The committee endorsed forming an ad hoc working group of practitioners and stakeholders to report back.
Legislators and probate practitioners on Wednesday agreed the Wyoming probate code could benefit from a structured, measured review and recommended creating a working group to evaluate changes over the interim.
Stakeholders including estate attorneys and trust officers urged the Joint Judiciary Committee to appoint an ad hoc group that would examine probate provisions section by section, identify specific problems and propose targeted fixes instead of pursuing an immediate, full-scale adoption of the Uniform Probate Code.
Lance Harmon, an attorney in Cheyenne who practices probate and estate administration and serves on the estate planning, elder law and probate planning section for the Wyoming State Bar, said the section received broad feedback…
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