Chapter

Guardianships and Conservatorships Generally

Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-101— Chapter 1-3 definitions
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-102— Parents as joint and equal natural guardians of minors — Custody of minors — Support of minors over eighteen (18) years of age in high school — Property of minor — Incapacity of parents — Divorce — Commitment of guardianship to county — Guardianship instrument
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-103— Duties of department of children's services when no natural guardian, or child abandoned
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-104— Letters of guardianship or conservatorship — Disposition of funds of minor under $25,000 — Discharge of paying entities — Order of distribution — Distribution of funds — Direction of funds into trust
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-105— Bond
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-106— Petition for appointment of fiduciary
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-107— Guardian ad litem
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-108— Hearings on petitions — Notice
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-109— When fiduciary's appointment becomes effective — Evidence of appointment — Liability — Fiduciary oath
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-110— Management of property — Inventory — Filing — Failure to file or appear — Revocation of authority
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-111— Accounting with court — Failure to account
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-112— Compensation to fiduciary
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-113— Payments by fiduciary
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-114— Charging of costs of proceedings
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-115— Investments — Trust — Management plan — Court approval — Waiver
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-116— Sale of property
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-117— Resignation of fiduciary — Transfer of fiduciary relationship
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-118— Persons receiving property — Receipt for property — Filing
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-119— Standby fiduciary
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-120— When people may be appointed fiduciary — Eligible persons
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-121— Powers of court — Additional actions — Waiver of requirements — Compromise
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-122— Distributions to persons other than minor — Gift program
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-123— Summons to appear for abuse, mismanagement or failure to perform — Removal — Submission of matter to district attorney general's office
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-124— No fiduciary appointed — Expunction of record
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-125— Attorney ad litem
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-126— Finding of disablement and need of assistance prerequisite for appointment of fiduciary
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-127— Least restrictive alternative to be imposed
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-128— Duties of court clerk — Records — Index — Deadlines — Notices and summons
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-129— Letters of conservatorship or guardianship — Limited
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-130— Forms or instructions — Inventory, receipts and expenditures
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-131— Examination of annual accounting — Report to judge
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-132— Appointment of emergency guardian or conservator
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-1-133— Expedited limited healthcare fiduciary