Tennessee § 32-4-108 - Statute of limitations.

§ 32-4-108. Statute of limitations.

All actions or proceedings to set aside the probate of any will, or petitions to certify a will for an issue of devisavit vel non, must be brought within two (2) years from entry of the order admitting the will to probate, or be forever barred, saving, however, to persons under the age of eighteen (18) years or adjudicated incompetent, at the time the cause of action accrues, the rights conferred by § 28-1-106 . Acts 1927, ch. 3, § 1; Code 1932, § 8112; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 162, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 32-410; Acts 1985, ch. 228, §§ 1, 2; 1987, ch. 322, § 15; 2011, ch. 47, § 24. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 107 provided that nothing in the legislation shall be construed to alter or otherwise affect the eligibility for services or the rights or responsibilities of individuals covered by the provision on the day before the date of enactment of this legislation, which was July 1, 2011. Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 108 provided that the provisions of the act are declared to be remedial in nature and all provisions of the act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 325, 352. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 25 Tenn. Juris., Wills, § 60. Law Reviews. Estate, Gift and Trust Law-Joint and Mutual Wills-Proper Jurisdictional Vehicles for Contract-Based Mutual Wills Claims, 80 Tenn. L. Rev. 883 (2013).