(b) Publication of Orders and Opinions in Trust Cases

(1) General Rule. Balancing the publication requirement of Wyo. Stat. § 5‑13‑104(f) with the confidentiality protections of Wyo. Stat. § 4‑10‑205, the chancery court may publish anonymized orders and opinions in contested trust proceedings, and may publish court-drafted orders in uncontested trust proceedings that foster predictability and certainty in Uniform Trust Code proceedings. The court will not publish proposed orders drafted and submitted by the parties in uncontested cases. (2) Anonymization. (A) The court may anonymize orders and opinions by removing or replacing with neutral identifiers the following: (i) the case number and any e-filing document numbers; (ii) names of trusts, settlors, trustees, beneficiaries, and fiduciaries; (iii) dates, places, names of third parties, references to assets, values or amounts; and (iv) any other information that may reveal the identity of the trust, settlors, trustees, beneficiaries, fiduciaries, or trust assets. (3) Procedure. (A) The court shall first enter its original, unaltered order or opinion in the case subject to the confidentiality protections of Wyo. Stat. § 4-10-205. (B) The court shall then prepare and file an anonymized version of the order or opinion for review by the parties before publication. (C) The parties will have fourteen (14) days from the date of such filing to request that additional information or detail be altered to protect the privacy of those who have established a trust. A party may request an extension of the 14-day review period before publication for good cause shown. Upon such a request, the court may grant additional time as necessary to ensure privacy concerns are adequately addressed. (D) The court will consider any timely request and may make further revisions as appropriate before publishing the anonymized order. (E) If no request is filed, the court may proceed with publication, and the absence of a request will be treated as consent to publication. History: Adopted September 21, 2021, effective De- cember 1, 2021; amended December 6, 2023, effective February 5, 2024; amended January 27, 2026, effective March 30, 2026.