Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-3-102 (2026)
Petition for appointment of conservator - Who may file
✓ current as of May 2026
A petition for the appointment of a conservator may be filed by any person having knowledge of the circumstances necessitating the appointment of a conservator.
Acts 1992, ch. 794, § 42; T.C.A. 34-13-102.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: In Re Conservatorship of Groves, 109 S.W.3d 317 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003).
In Re Conservatorship of Groves, 109 S.W.3d 317 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). “Groves's circumstances as required by Tenn.Code Ann. § 34-3-102. 116 .A guardian ad litem’s role and responsibilities are statutorily prescribed in some detail.”
Holley v. Deal, 948 F. Supp. 711 (M.D. Tenn. 1996). “After a hearing on March 17, 1988, upon the testimony of two doctors, the Davidson County Chancery Court found Plaintiff to be “a disabled person as defined in T.C.A. § 34-3-102(2) [now § 34-11-101(7) ] by reason, of his present mental condition” and found him to be “incompetent…”
In Re The Conservatorship of Joan Perrett Gaskin (Tenn. Ct. App. 2025). “Tenn Code Ann. § 34-3-102. Here, Appellant Warner indeed filed a motion to be appointed as conservator for Appellant Gaskin on February 7, 2024.”
Lisa Arnold, an un-emancipated child, by Renate Arnold, Mother/Next-Best Friend v. Randy Kennedy (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “Mitchell), a support coordinator for the disability advocacy group ARC of Davidson County, filed a petition pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated § 34-3-102 in the Circuit Court of Davidson County, Probate Division, seeking an emergency appointment of a conservator for Lisa…”
In Re James Preston Hess, IV (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “The petition may be filed by “any person having knowledge of the circumstances necessitating the appointment of a conservator,” Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-3-102 ; the disabled person is the respondent in the proceeding and has the rights set forth at § 34-3- 106.”
In Re: Conservatorship of Lila M. Trout (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-3-102 (2007). -3- was appointed for Ms.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-3-102(2) — 1 case
Holley v. Deal, 948 F. Supp. 711 (M.D. Tenn. 1996). “After a hearing on March 17, 1988, upon the testimony of two doctors, the Davidson County Chancery Court found Plaintiff to be “a disabled person as defined in T.C.A. § 34-3-102(2) [now § 34-11-101(7) ] by reason, of his present mental condition” and found him to be “incompetent…”
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