Wyoming Co-Personal Representatives: How Is the Fee Split?

One total statutory fee per estate — and Wyoming's statute says so in plain language, with a clear order of priority for how it gets divided.

W.S. § 2-7-805(b) FigureMyTax Editorial Team

Quick answer: No, Wyoming co-personal representatives don't each collect a separate full statutory fee. W.S. § 2-7-805(b) is explicit about this — unusually so for this cluster: only one total fee for ordinary services is allowed per estate, and the court apportions it among everyone who served, following their own agreement first, or its own sense of what's fair and just if they have none. Estimate the underlying tiered schedule first with the Wyoming executor fee calculator.

The rule, in the statute's own words

W.S. § 2-7-805(b): "Only one (1) total fee for ordinary services of a domiciliary personal representative... shall be allowed for any estate. Where more than one (1) person serves as a domiciliary personal representative either as co-fiduciaries or as a successor domiciliary personal representative, the court shall apportion the total fee among the parties in accordance with their agreement with each other, or absent any agreement as the court deems fair and just."

Their own agreement comes first

The statute gives co-personal representatives real control: if they agree among themselves on how to divide the single total fee, the court follows that agreement. Only when there's no agreement does the court step in and impose its own sense of what's fair and just — presumably weighing what each person actually did, though the statute doesn't spell out specific factors for that determination the way it does for the schedule itself.

Successor personal representatives, same rule

§ 2-7-805(b), continued: a successor domiciliary personal representative — someone who takes over after the original one leaves the role — is grouped under the identical single-fee rule as co-fiduciaries. The one total statutory fee gets apportioned between the original and the successor, rather than each generating their own full fee for the same estate.

The identical rule applies to multiple attorneys

§ 2-7-805(b), continued: "The same rule shall prevail as to attorneys' fees for ordinary services in domiciliary administration... where more than one (1) attorney renders ordinary services to the domiciliary estate." If more than one attorney works on the estate, they share the single attorney fee under the same agreement-first, court-decides-otherwise structure.

Worked example

Two siblings serve as co-personal representatives of a Wyoming estate with a $500,000 probate estate, producing a $10,350 total fee under W.S. § 2-7-803.

Co-personal representativeShare of workIllustrative apportionment
Sibling A (primary administrator)80%$8,280
Sibling B (occasional support)20%$2,070

Illustrative only — the 80/20 split shown reflects an agreement the siblings might reach themselves; absent agreement, the court would apportion the same $10,350 total as it deems fair and just.

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Wyoming co-personal representatives — frequently asked questions

Does Wyoming law say exactly how co-personal representatives split the statutory fee?

Yes, explicitly. Only one total fee is allowed, apportioned by their agreement or, absent one, by the court.

Does the same one-fee rule apply to multiple attorneys on a Wyoming estate?

Yes — the identical rule governs multiple attorneys rendering ordinary services.

Does a successor personal representative in Wyoming get their own separate fee on top of the original one?

No — successors are grouped with co-fiduciaries under the same single-fee rule.

What happens if Wyoming co-personal representatives can't agree on how to split the fee?

The court apportions the total fee as it deems fair and just.

Do Wyoming co-personal representatives need a written agreement on how to split the fee?

Not required, but their agreement takes priority over a court-imposed split.

Estimate for general guidance only, not legal advice. Based on W.S. § 2-7-803 and § 2-7-805. The illustrative 80/20 split above is not a required division; Wyoming's statute gives co-personal representatives' own agreement priority, with the court deciding only absent one. Consult a Wyoming probate attorney to resolve a specific dispute over apportionment.