6 chapters · 73 sections in this title.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 32-4-101 Certificate that will is contested — Contestant's bond
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(a) If the validity of any last will or testament, written or nuncupative, is contested, then the court having probate jurisdiction over that last will or testament must enter an order sustaining or denying the contestant's right to contest the will. If the right to contest the w…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 32-4-102 Bond of legatee or devisee
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(a) If the legatees or devisees, or any of them, are adults, and have notice that the probate of the will is contested, the court shall require them to enter into bond, with surety, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars ($500), conditioned for the faithful prosecution of the s…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 32-4-103 Contest in forma pauperis
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Persons may be permitted to have an issue made upon any will, either as plaintiffs or defendants, in the form prescribed for paupers.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 32-4-104 Issues — When and how made up — When triable
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After the filing of the certificate of the contest and the original will, in the office of the clerk of the appropriate court for trial, pursuant to § 32-4-101(a)(2), an issue or issues shall be made up, under the direction of the court, to try the validity of the will.