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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-505 (2024)

Tenancies by entirety unaffected

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Nothing in § 36-3-504 shall be construed as abolishing tenancies by the entirety.

Acts 1919, ch. 126, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 4249a5; mod. Code 1932, § 8461; Acts 1976, ch. 529, § 20; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-602.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2024 · leading case: Darryl F. Bryant, Sr. v. Darryl F. Bryant, Jr., 522 S.W.3d 392 (Tenn. 2017).
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Darryl F. Bryant, Sr. v. Darryl F. Bryant, Jr., 522 S.W.3d 392 (Tenn. 2017). · cites it 4× “2d at 534-35 ; see Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 36-3-505 , 31-1-108. Tenancy by the entirety is based 3 If the language of the granting instrument clearly demonstrates the grantor‟s intention that the husband and wife take the property as joint tenants or tenants in common, rather than as…”
Roberts v. Bailey, 338 S.W.3d 540 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 7× “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-3-505 (2005). In 1924, our Supreme Court again discussed the statute emancipating married women and stated: Extended discussion of the doctrine of estates by entirety will serve no purpose.”
In re Est. of Calvert Hugh Fletcher, 538 S.W.3d 444 (Tenn. 2017). · cites it 2× “1982) ; Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 36-3-505 , 31-1-108 ).”
Arthur B. Roberts v. Robert Bailey, 470 S.W.3d 32 (Tenn. 2015). · cites it 3× “and Pearl Bailey, as husband and wife, occurred during the gap years, the contested ownership interest in Tract I passed to the Baileys and the Littletons as co-tenants of the property, each having “the equal right to use, possess, and enjoy the entire property.”
Deborah D. Bartley v. Tiny Nunley, No. E2019-01694-COA-R3-CV, 2020 WL 5110302 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 28, 2020). “2017)]; see Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 36-3-505 , 31-1-108. Tenancy by the entirety is based on the concept that those who are married are not separate persons; rather, they “are but one person.”
In re Est. of Thomas Lee Griffin, No. W2023-00508-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Feb. 29, 2024). “§§ 36-3-505 , 31-1-108. Tenancy by the entirety is based on the concept that those who are married are not separate persons; rather, they “are but one person.”
Est. of Edward P. Russell, No. 01A01-9611-PB-00516 (Tenn. Ct. App. May 14, 1997). · cites it 2× “§ 36-3-504, common-law estates by the entireties were re-established by Chapter 126, Public Acts of 1919 (T.C.A. § 36-3-505), Bost v. Johnson, 175 Tenn.”
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