Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-709 (2026)
Reimbursement of expenses
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) A trustee, trust advisor or trust protector is entitled to be reimbursed out of the trust property, with interest as appropriate, for:
- (1) Expenses that were properly incurred in the administration of the trust; and
- (2) To the extent necessary to prevent unjust enrichment of the trust, expenses that were not properly incurred in the administration of the trust.
- (b) An advance, either by the trustee, trust advisor or trust protector or by a person named in § 35-15-701(c)(1), of money for the protection of the trust gives rise to a lien against trust property to secure reimbursement with reasonable interest.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 390,s 28, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 2004, ch. 537, § 59.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2021 · leading case: Tigrett v. De Vos (W.D. Tenn. 2021).
Tigrett v. De Vos (W.D. Tenn. 2021). “Rather, they are requesting that the court enter an order requiring Defendant to seek court review and approval of any fees, costs, and other expenses relating to this lawsuit prior to payment with trust funds pursuant to Tenn Code Ann § 35-15-709. Therefore, the fees themselves…”
Betty C. Goff Cartwright v. Jackson Capital (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “As the basis for this request, the defendants cite Tennessee Code Annotated section 35-15-709, which provides that a trustee is entitled to be reimbursed out of the trust property, with interest as appropriate, for expenses that were properly incurred in the administration of…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.