Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-2-202 (2026)
Jurisdiction
✓ current as of May 2026
The probate court, at any of its sessions, shall have jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit and chancery courts, of applications for laying off of homestead.
Code 1858, § 2407 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 77, § 1); Shan., § 4150; mod. Code 1932, § 8367; Acts 1976, ch. 529, § 13; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-902.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1987–2008 · leading case: In re Est. of Gray, 729 S.W.2d 668 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1987).
In re Est. of Gray, 729 S.W.2d 668 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1987). “— The surviving spouse may make application to any one of the courts named in § 30-2-202 in the county where the husband or wife, as the case may be, last resided before death, for the appointment of two (2) freeholders or householders of the county, unconnected by affinity or…”
In Re: Est. of Mary A. Grass (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Tennessee Code Annotated section 30-2-204 states: (a) The surviving spouse may make application to any one of the courts named in § 30-2-202 in the county where the husband or wife, as the case may 28 be, last resided before death, for the appointment of two (2) freeholders or…”
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