7 chapters · 71 sections in this title.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 31-3-101 Short title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Simultaneous Death Act.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 31-3-102 Disposition of property where there is no sufficient evidence of survivorship
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Where the title to property or the devolution thereof depends upon priority of death and there is no sufficient evidence that the persons have died otherwise than simultaneously, the property of each person shall be disposed of as if the person had survived, except as provided ot…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 31-3-103 Beneficiaries of another person's disposition of property
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Where two (2) or more beneficiaries are designated to take successively (by reason of survivorship) under another person's disposition of property and there is no sufficient evidence that these beneficiaries have died otherwise than simultaneously, the property thus disposed of s…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 31-3-104 Joint tenants or tenants by the entirety
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Where there is no sufficient evidence that two (2) joint tenants or tenants by the entirety have died otherwise than simultaneously, the property so held shall be distributed one-half (½) as if one had survived and one-half (½) as if the other had survived. If there are more than…