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Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-112 (2026)

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The rules of construction that apply in this state to the interpretation of and disposition of property by will also apply as appropriate to the interpretation of the terms of a trust and the disposition of the trust property.

Acts 2004, ch. 537, § 13.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2017–2026 · 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 2× “; see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-112 (2015) (“The rules of construction that apply in this state to the interpretation of and disposition of property by will also apply as appropriate to the interpretation of the terms of a trust and the disposition of the trust property.”
Wade Harvey, Ex Rel. Alexis Breanna Gladden v. Cumberland Trust & Inv. Co. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “; see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-112 (2015) (“The rules of construction that apply in this state to the interpretation of and disposition of property by will also apply as appropriate to the interpretation of the terms of a trust and the disposition of the trust property.”
Wade Harvey, Ex Rel. Alexis Breanna Gladden v. Cumberland Trust & Inv. Co. (Tenn. 2017). · cites it 2× “; see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-112 (2015) (“The rules of construction that apply in this state to the interpretation of and disposition of property by will also apply as appropriate to the interpretation of the terms of a trust and the disposition of the trust property.”
In Re The Carl Edwin Osborne, Jr. Living Trust, dated May 19, 2020 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 2× “§ 35-15-112 (“The rules of construction that apply in this state to the interpretation of and disposition of property by will also apply as appropriate to the interpretation of the terms of a trust and the disposition of the trust property.”
In Re Est. of James Ronald Hunter (Tenn. Ct. App. 2019). “§ 35-15-112. “[T]he intention of the [grantor] must be ascertained, if at all possible, from the particular words used in the [trust] and from the context, general scope, and purpose of the instrument.”
Nancy Hardison (Stokes) Williams v. Ernest K. Hardison, III (2024). “2d at 437–38; see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-112 (2015) (“The rules of construction that apply in this state to the interpretation of and disposition of property by will also apply as appropriate to the interpretation of the terms of a trust and the disposition of the trust…”
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