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Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-101 (2026)

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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Uniform Trust Code."

Acts 2004, ch. 537, § 2.

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Cited in 14 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2005–2026 · leading case: Wade Harvey, Ex Rel. Alexis Breanna Gladden v. Cumberland Trust & Inv. Co., 532 S.W.3d 243 (Tenn. 2017).
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Wade Harvey, Ex Rel. Alexis Breanna Gladden v. Cumberland Trust & Inv. Co., 532 S.W.3d 243 (Tenn. 2017). · cites it 8× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-101 , 2013 Restated Comments.”
Tennessee Div. of United Daughters of Confederacy v. Vanderbilt Univ., 174 S.W.3d 98 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “Tennessee Uniform Trust Code, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 35-15-101 to XX-XX-XXXX (Supp.”
John D. Glass v. Suntrust Bank, 523 S.W.3d 61 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “Tenn.Code Ann. § 35-15-101 cmt. Using language in the trust instrument comparable to the “prudent person rule” (as Mrs.”
Wade Harvey, Ex Rel. Alexis Breanna Gladden v. Cumberland Trust & Inv. Co. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 9× “§§ 62-7-101 to 62-7-1106 (2009); Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 35-15-101 to 35-15-1103 (2016); Utah Code Ann.”
Wade Harvey, Ex Rel. Alexis Breanna Gladden v. Cumberland Trust & Inv. Co. (Tenn. 2017). · cites it 9× “§§ 62-7-101 to 62-7-1106 (2009); Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 35-15-101 to 35-15-1103 (2016); Utah Code Ann.”
Alexis Breanna Gladden v. Cumberland Trust & Inv. Co. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “This provision in the Trust Agreement is consistent with the Tennessee Uniform Trust Code, Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-101 , et seq. Specifically, Tenn.”
In re Est. of Lois Culp (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 35-15-101 to 35-15-1206 (2015).”
Sammye M. Brock v. Benjamin Garrison Brock (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “The Tennessee Uniform Trust Code, located at Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-101 et seq., was enacted in 2004 as “a comprehensive code to govern trusts.”
Clata Renee Brewer v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 2× “It also implicates the Tennessee Uniform Trust Code, found at Tennessee Code Annotated section 35-15-101 et seq. (the “Trust Code”).”
Ryne W. Brown v. Catherine L. Brown, Tr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “As we said before, the trust agreement is silent on this issue.9 We must therefore look for guidance beyond the terms of the trust.”
Kenneth M. Spires v. Haley Reece Simpson (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). “§35-15-101 et seq., including but not limited to, the Tennessee Uniform Principal and Income Act and Tennessee Uniform Prudent Investor Act of 2002, incorporated therein, the corpus and accumulated income to be distributed to [the Child] upon his attaining the age of 18 years .”
Kenneth M. Spires v. Haley Reece Simpson (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). “§35-15-101 et seq., including but not limited to, the Tennessee Uniform Principal and Income Act and Tennessee Uniform Prudent Investor Act of 2002, incorporated therein, the corpus and accumulated income to be distributed to [the Child] upon his attaining the age of 18 years .”
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