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Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-108 (2026)

Persons adjudicated incompetent

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The chancery court has jurisdiction, concurrent with the county court, over persons adjudicated incompetent and their estates.

Code 1858, § 4298 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 163, § 1); Shan., § 6107; Code 1932, § 10375; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-609; Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 13.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2003–2015 · leading case: In Re Conservatorship of Groves, 109 S.W.3d 317 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003).
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In Re Conservatorship of Groves, 109 S.W.3d 317 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Upon a finding that a person’s incapacity requires the appointment of a conservator, Tenn.Code Ann. § 16-11-108 (1994) vests the chancery court with jurisdiction over the incapacitated person’s person and property.”
In re Conservatorship of Timothy Beasley (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “As the Conservators acknowledge in their brief, the probate court “is not inferior to the other for purposes of appeal.”
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