Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-2-311 (2026)
Waiver of filing small claims - Payment
✓ current as of May 2026
Notwithstanding §§ 30-2-307 - 30-2-310, the personal representative, if in the personal representative's discretion it is deemed proper, may waive the requirement for the filing of and may pay any claim not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) principal amount. If the act of the personal representative in so doing is brought into question, the personal representative will have the burden of showing the validity of the claim so paid.
C. Supp. 1950, § 8196.2; Acts 1979, ch. 90, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-514; Acts 1987, ch. 322, § 8.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2013–2013 · leading case: In Re Est. of Frieda Lindy Freedman Harold Freedman, As v. Anita Taradash (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013).
In Re Est. of Frieda Lindy Freedman Harold Freedman, As v. Anita Taradash (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-2-311 . 5 At the time of the opinion in Burke, the language at issue was codified at Tennessee Code Annotated § 30-2-306(e).”
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