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Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-303

Representation by fiduciaries and parents

Known as the Tennessee Uniform Trust Code

The act spans §§ 35-15-1001 to 35-15-901 (113 sections).

Acts 2004, ch. 537, § 20; 2007, ch. 24, §§ 11, 12; 2010, ch. 725, § 4.

To the extent there is no material conflict of interest between the representative and the person represented or among those being represented with respect to a particular question or dispute:

(1) A conservator may represent and bind the estate that the conservator controls;

(2) A guardian may represent and bind the ward if a conservator of the ward's estate has not been appointed;

(3) An agent having authority to act with respect to the particular question or dispute may represent and bind the principal;

(4) A trustee may represent and bind the beneficiaries of the trust;

(5) A personal representative of a decedent's estate may represent and bind persons interested in the estate;

(6) A person may represent and bind the person's minor or unborn descendant if a guardian for the descendant has not been appointed;

(7) A person designated by the settlor in the trust instrument or in a writing delivered to the trustee to represent the beneficiaries of the trust may represent and bind such beneficiaries; and

(8) A person designated by the beneficiaries of the trust to represent them may represent and bind such beneficiaries.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.