In all estates, real and personal, held in joint tenancy, the part or share of any tenant dying shall not descend or go to the surviving tenant or tenants, but shall descend or be vested in the heirs, executors, or administrators, respectively, of the tenant so dying, in the same manner as estates held by tenancy in common.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-1-107
Survivorship in joint tenancy abolished
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Darryl F. Bryant, Sr. v. Darryl F. Bryant, Jr. (2017)
Most recently applied in Estate of Ella Mae Haire v. Shelby J. Webster (March 2019)
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