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            SUMMARY OF STATE LIVING WILL LEGISLATION

WYOMING

Synopsis: Wyoming has a strong living will statute. In addition 
to providing for a living will, the law allows a person to 
designate another to make treatment decisions should the 
declarant be unable to do so. The statute provides that if 
notified, a physician shall include the fact of the execution of 
a living will in the patient's records. The statute excludes 
pregnant women from its operation, whether or not the woman has 
executed a living will. A physician unwilling to comply with a 
living will must make a good faith effort to transfer the 
patient.  To prepare a Wyoming living will using the state
suggested form, please slect this option from the main menu.  
Remember that the publisher recommends preparing a "uniform" 
living will in addition to the form suggested with by the State 
of Wyoming. Please also consider executing a living will for any 
State that you spend more than a few weeks per year, or where you 
are a temporary resident.

Statute number: Wyoming Statutes 1977 35-22-101 
Statute title: Living Will Law

Governmental Agency to contact for more information: None 
specified

A specific form of living will is provided by the statute 

Witness requirements: Number: 2 adults Relationship: Witnesses 
may not be related by blood or marriage, may not be directly 
responsible for the medical costs of the declarant, entitled to 
any part of the declarant's estate or under the laws of 
intestacy.

Recording of the living will is not provided 

Revocation of the living will may be made by writing or by any 
act which is consistent with a revocation.