HomeMy WebLinkAbout971343GARY KNIGHT, a/k/a
GARY R. KNIGHT, a/k/a
GARY ROBERT KNIGHT,
IN THE DISTRICT COURT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COUNTY OF LINCOLN, STATE OF WYOMING
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE,
OF
Deceased.
been granted in any jurisdiction in this state.
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Probate No. 2013 -23 -DC
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BY
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MAY 1 3 2013
KENNETH D. ROBERTS
OLCRK or DISTRICT COI RI
3rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DECREE ESTABLISHING RIGHT AND �I couNTY, STATE of WYOMWG
TO REAL PROPERTY 11 l L L
This matter came on for hearing before this Court upon the Application for Decree of
Distribution filed herein by Raymond Knight, as Successor Trustee of the Gary Knight Trust
dated June 25, 2002, as amended, the distributee of the real property interests of the Estate of
Gary Knight, a/k/a Gary R. Knight, a/k/a Gary Robert Knight, deceased, in accordance with
Wyo. Stat. Ann. 2 -1 -205 (2011). After having reviewed the file of record herein, including the
Application, and after being duly and fully advised in the premises, the Court finds as follows:
1. Gary Robert Knight (hereinafter referred to as "decedent died on August 18,
2012 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
2. The value of the entire estate, located in Wyoming or otherwise subject to probate
administration in this state, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00).
3. Thirty (30) days have elapsed since the death of the decedent.
4. No application for appointment of a personal representative is pending or has
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5. The decedent left a Last Will and Testament, dated June 25, 2002, in which he
made the following disposition of his residuary estate, which includes the real property subject to
this Application:
RESIDUE OF ESTATE
I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my property of
every kind and description (including lapsed legacies and devises), wherever
situated and whether acquired before or after the execution of this Will, to the
Trustee under that certain Trust executed by me on the same date of the execution
of this Will. The Trustee shall add the property bequeathed and devised by this
item to the corpus of the above described Trust and shall hold, administer and
distribute said property in accordance with the provisions of said Trust, including
any amendments thereto made before my death.
6. A certified copy of the Last Will and Testament of the decedent was attached to
the Application, the original of which is on file with the Superior Court, Santa Clara County,
California.
7. Pursuant to the Last Will and Testament of the decedent, the distributee of the real
property subject to the Application is the Trustee of the Gary Knight Trust dated June 25, 2002,
as amended. Raymond Knight is the current acting Successor Trustee of the Trust.
8. The decedent, at the time of his death, owned a mineral interest in the following
described real property situate in Lincoln County, State of Wyoming:
Township 21 North, Range 117 West, 6 P.M.
Section 8: N' /2NW' /4, NW' /4SW1/4, SE1/4SE SW'/4NW1/4
Section 9: W' /2SW' /4, W %2SE' /4
Section 17: NE1/4NE%
Section 18: WANE'/4, NE1/4SW1/4, NW' /4SE'/4
Containing 560.00 acres, more or less
Lincoln County, Wyoming
9. Pursuant to the Last Will and Testament of the decedent, the above described real
property interest, and any real property located in the State of Wyoming discovered later to have
been owned by the decedent, should be distributed in its entirety to the above -named distributee.
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10. There are no other distributees of the decedent having a right to succeed to the
real property subject to the Application under probate proceedings.
11. Publication of the Notice of Application for Decree of Distribution has been duly
made and given by the Kemmerer Gazette, a newspaper of general circulation in Lincoln County,
Wyoming, under the dates of April 25 and May 2" d 2013, and an Affidavit of Publication of the
publisher has been filed herein, all pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. 2- 1- 205(c) (2011).
12. It appearing to the Court from a review of the file that no written objections were
filed to the Application, no objectors have appeared to assert oral objections at the time of the
hearing, and further that the facts stated in the Application are not in dispute and the claiming
distributee is entitled to delivery of the real property interest as found above and to a Decree
establishing the right and title to the above described property, which Decree should set over
such real property interest, together with any later discovered real property in the State of
Wyoming, to the named distributee as found above in this Decree, the same as if probate had
applied.
IT IS, THEREFORE, HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED by the
Court that all of the decedent's right, title, and interest in the following- described property situate
in Lincoln County, State of Wyoming:
Township 21 North, Range 117 West, 6 P.M.
Section 8: N1/2NW1/4, NW' /4SW1/4, SE'/4SE1/4, SW1/4NW1/4
Section 9: W1/4SW1/4, W' /2SE'/4
Section 17: NE' /4NE1/4
Section 18: W' /2NE' /4, NE'/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4
Containing 560.00 acres, more or less
Lincoln County, Wyoming
together with any other real property owned by the decedent and situate in the State of
Wyoming, and not described herein, be, and the same hereby is, established and confirmed in its
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entirety in Raymond Knight, as Successor Trustee of the Gary Knight Trust dated June 25, 2002,
as amended.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED by the Court that a
certified copy of this Decree shall be recorded in the Office of the Lincoln County Clerk, and
thereafter said Decree and record thereof shall be presumptive evidence of title to the real
property described above.
DONE IN OPEN COURT this
TATE OF WYOMING 1
COUNTY OF LINCOLN 47
1, Kenneth D. Roberts, Clerk of the Thg
ludic [:strict Court within and foresaid
and in the State of foresaid, do
•cIreby certify th^ foregoing to be a full,
ue, and com.lete copy.
SIGNE
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