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Chapter 1 - Guardianships and Conservatorships Generally
§ 34-1-101. Chapter 1-3 Definitions - As used in this chapter and chapters 2 and 3...
§ 34-1-108. Hearings on Petitions — Notice - IN THE COURT OF , TENNESSEE AT IN THE MATTER...
§ 34-1-118. Persons Receiving Property — Receipt for Property — Filing - Whenever a fiduciary distributes property of a minor or person...
§ 34-1-120. When People May Be Appointed Fiduciary — Eligible Persons - No personal representative of an estate, any part of which...
§ 34-1-122. Distributions to Persons Other Than Minor — Gift Program - In considering expenditures of income or principal of the property...
§ 34-1-123. Summons to Appear for Abuse, Mismanagement or Failure to Perform — Removal — Submission of Matter to District Attorney General's Office - The court in its discretion may summon a fiduciary to...
§ 34-1-124. No Fiduciary Appointed — Expunction of Record - If an action for the appointment of a fiduciary is...
§ 34-1-126. Finding of Disablement and Need of Assistance Prerequisite for Appointment of Fiduciary - The court must find by clear and convincing evidence that...
§ 34-1-127. Least Restrictive Alternative to Be Imposed - The court has an affirmative duty to ascertain and impose...
§ 34-1-128. Duties of Court Clerk — Records — Index — Deadlines — Notices and Summons - The clerk shall maintain on all guardianship and conservatorship cases...
§ 34-1-129. Letters of Conservatorship or Guardianship — Limited - Upon the entry of the order appointing a fiduciary and...
§ 34-1-130. Forms or Instructions — Inventory, Receipts and Expenditures - The clerk may prescribe forms or instructions as to the...
§ 34-1-131. Examination of Annual Accounting — Report to Judge - The clerk shall examine the annual accounting of the fiduciary...
Chapter 2 - Guardianship Generally
§ 34-2-102. Petition for Appointment of Guardian — Who May File - A petition for the appointment of a guardian may be...
§ 34-2-103. Priority of Persons to Be Considered - Subject to the court's determination of what is in the...
§ 34-2-104. Petition for Appointment — Sworn — Contents - The petition for the appointment of a guardian, which shall...
§ 34-2-105. Where Guardian Needed — Court Order - If the court determines a guardian is needed, the court...
Chapter 3 - Conservatorship Generally
§ 34-3-102. Petition for Appointment of Conservator — Who May File - A petition for the appointment of a conservator may be...
§ 34-3-103. Priority of Persons to Be Considered for Appointment - Subject to the court's determination of what is in the...
§ 34-3-104. Petition for Appointment — Sworn — Contents - The petition for the appointment of a conservator, which shall...
§ 34-3-106. Rights of Respondent - The respondent has the right to:
§ 34-3-109. Support of Person With a Disability's Spouse or Minor Children - The appointment of a conservator for a person with a...
Chapter 5 - Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Law
§ 34-5-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 34-5-102. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 34-5-103. Administrator as Party in Interest - The administrator shall be a party in interest in any...
§ 34-5-104. Appointment of Guardian When Necessary Prior to Payment of Benefits - Whenever, pursuant to any law of the United States or...
§ 34-5-107. Evidence of Necessity for Guardian of Minor - Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a...
§ 34-5-108. Evidence of Necessity for Guardian for Incompetent - Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a...
§ 34-5-109. Notice of Petition for Appointment - Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of...
§ 34-5-112. Failure to Account or Furnish Copies — Penalty - If any guardian fails to file with the court any...
§ 34-5-113. Compensation of Guardians - Compensation payable to guardians shall be based upon services rendered...
§ 34-5-114. Investment of Funds - Every guardian shall invest the corpus of all funds of...
§ 34-5-115. Time Allowed to Make Investment - Pending time the investments are being made by the guardian,...
§ 34-5-116. Maintenance and Support - A guardian shall not apply any portion of the income...
§ 34-5-117. Copies of Public Records to Be Furnished - When a copy of any public record is required by...
§ 34-5-119. Discharge of Guardian and Release of Sureties - In addition to any other provisions of law relating to...
§ 34-5-120. Uniform Construction - This chapter shall be so construed as to make uniform...
§ 34-5-121. Application of Other Laws - Except where inconsistent with this chapter, the laws of this...
§ 34-5-122. Application of Chapter - The provisions of this chapter relating to surety bonds and...
Chapter 6 - Power of Attorney
Part 1 - Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act
§ 34-6-102. “Durable Power of Attorney” Defined - A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney...
§ 34-6-103. Effect of Acts Done by Attorney - All acts done by an attorney in fact pursuant to...
§ 34-6-107. Fiduciary Relationship of Attorney in Fact With the Principal - An attorney in fact is in a fiduciary relationship with...
§ 34-6-109. Attorney in Fact — Powers - Without diminution or restriction of the powers vested in the...
§ 34-6-110. Gifts Under Power of Attorney - then the attorney-in-fact or agent shall have the power and...
§ 34-6-111. Access to Medical Information by Personal Representative for Limited Purpose of Determining Disability or Incapacity When Effective Date of Power of Attorney Deferred - The principal of a power of attorney pursuant to this...
§ 34-6-112. Access to Electronic Communications - Subject to the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets...
Part 2 - Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
§ 34-6-201. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 34-6-203. Requirements - I am an attorney authorized to practice law in the...
§ 34-6-205. Warning Statement - If a person other than the principal prepares a durable...
§ 34-6-206. Access to Medical Records and Information - Except to the extent the right is limited by the...
§ 34-6-209. Emergency Care - This part does not affect the law governing health care...
§ 34-6-210. Principal's Objection to Withholding or Withdrawal of Care - Nothing in this part authorizes an attorney in fact to...
§ 34-6-211. Required Execution of Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Prohibited - No health care provider, medical service plan, health maintenance organization,...
§ 34-6-212. Applicability of § 32-11-110(a) - Section 32-11-110(a) shall apply to this part.
§ 34-6-213. Life Insurance Unaffected - The execution of a durable power of attorney for health...
§ 34-6-214. Transfer of Patient by Health Care Provider - Any health care provider shall arrange for the prompt and...
§ 34-6-215. Power of Attorney Executed Outside Tennessee — When Effective - A durable power of attorney for health care that is...
§ 34-6-216. Attorney in Fact Other Than Parent - If a valid durable power of attorney for health care,...
§ 34-6-218. Release of Personal Health Information to Determine Capacity - Where it is necessary, under the terms of a durable...
Part 3 - Power of Attorney for Care of a Minor Child Act
§ 34-6-301. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 34-6-303. Execution of Instrument Providing for Power of Attorney — Affidavit Detailing Hardship — Procedure When One Parent Has Legal Custody - The instrument providing for the power of attorney shall be...
§ 34-6-305. Revocation of Power of Attorney - The power of attorney does not provide legal custody to...
§ 34-6-306. Termination of Power of Attorney - The power of attorney for care of a minor child...
§ 34-6-307. Contravening Decision by Parent - The decision of a caregiver to consent to or to...
§ 34-6-308. Liability for Reliance on Power of Attorney - No person, school official, or health care provider who acts...
§ 34-6-309. Residence Change - If the minor child ceases to reside with the caregiver,...
§ 34-6-310. No Obligation to Inquire or Investigate - A person who relies on the power of attorney for...
Part 4 - Health Care Decisions for Unemancipated Minor Children
§ 34-6-401. Part Definitions - As used in this part:
§ 34-6-404. Effect of in Loco Parentis Standing - In loco parentis standing:
§ 34-6-405. Immunity From Liability for Person Standing in Loco Parentis - Except for acts of willful misconduct or gross negligence, a...
Chapter 7 - Public Guardianship for the Elderly
§ 34-7-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 34-7-103. Creation and Administration of Statewide Program - A statewide program to provide guardianship for the elderly is...
§ 34-7-105. Costs of Public Guardianship - Costs of public guardianship for the elderly will be met...
Chapter 8 - Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 34-8-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 34-8-102. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
§ 34-8-103. International Application of Chapter - A court of this state may treat a foreign country...
Part 2 - Jurisdiction
§ 34-8-202. Exclusive Basis - It is the intent of this part to supplement any...
§ 34-8-203. Jurisdiction - A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a...
§ 34-8-205. Exclusive and Continuing Jurisdiction - Except as otherwise provided in §§ 34-8-202 and 34-8-204, a...
§ 34-8-208. Notice of Proceeding - If a petition for the appointment of a conservator or...
§ 34-8-209. Proceedings in More Than One State - Except for a petition for the appointment of a conservator...
Part 3 - Transfer of Guardianship or Conservatorship -
Part 4 - Registration and Recognition of Orders From Another State
§ 34-8-401. Registration of Guardianship Orders - If a conservator or guardian has been appointed in another...
Part 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 34-8-501. Uniformity of Application and Construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
§ 34-8-502. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures...