Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-3-202 (2026)
Jurisdiction - Grounds for appointment
✓ current as of May 2026
The chancery or probate court has jurisdiction to appoint a conservator of the estate of an absentee as defined in this part upon a showing that:
- (1) The absentee has an interest in any form of property in this state, or is a legal resident of this state, or has a spouse or next of kin who is a legal resident of this state, and the absentee has not provided an adequate power of attorney authorizing another to act in the absentee's behalf with regard to the property or interest or the term of any such power of attorney has expired; and
- (2) A necessity exists for providing care for the property or estate of the absentee or care for or judgments concerning the absentee's spouse and children; or if the absentee has no spouse and children, the absentee's mother or father.
Acts 1972, ch. 785, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.) § 30-1902.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2002–2003 · leading case: March v. Levine, 115 S.W.3d 892 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003).
March v. Levine, 115 S.W.3d 892 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). “The money that belongs to her should be held by the Public Guardian Ronald Nevin, an independent neutral party, or some other neutral party, as conservator under T.C.A. § 30-3-202 or T.C.A. § 30-3-204 for her benefit until further facts and circumstances be established as to her…”
Perry March v. Lawrence Levine (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “§ 30-3-202 or T.C.A. § 30-3-204 for her benefit until further facts and circumstances be established as to her disappearance or death.”
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