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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a)(1) The county court has original jurisdiction in the following cases:
(A) The probate of wills;
(B) The granting of letters testamentary and of administration, and the repeal and revocation of letters testamentary and of administration;
(C) All controversies in relation to the right of executorship or of administration;
(D) The settlement of accounts of executors and administrators;
(E) The partition and distribution of the estates of decedents; and for these purposes, the power to sell the real and personal property belonging to the estates, if necessary to make the partition and distribution, or if manifestly for the interest of the parties;
(F) To sell real estate for the payment of debts of a decedent as provided in former §§ 30-602 and 30-603;
(G) The appointment and removal of guardians for minors and conservators for persons adjudicated incompetent, and all controversies as to the right of guardianship and conservatorship, and the settlement of guardian and conservator accounts;
(H) The partition, sale or division of land;
(I) The changing of names and the legitimation of children;
(J) The issuance of inquisitions of unsoundness of mind; and
(K) The binding out of apprentices, and all controversies between master and apprentice.
(2) In counties having a county judge, the county judge shall have the powers enumerated in subdivision (a)(1).
(b) Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of:
|
not less than |
not more than |
|
12,800 |
12,900 |
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27,100 |
27,200 |
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43,100 |
43,200 |
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62,300 |
62,400 |
|
182,000 |
182,100 |
(c) In counties having a population of not less than thirty-nine thousand fifty (39,050) nor more than thirty-nine thousand one hundred fifty (39,150), according to the 2000 federal census of population or any subsequent federal census, the circuit court clerk, who also serves as the general sessions court clerk, shall serve as the clerk of the court with probate jurisdiction in any such counties.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Tennessee Code Title 16. Courts § 16-16-107 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-16-courts/tn-code-sect-16-16-107/
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