Tennessee § 32-5-103 - Petition for probate — Hearing — Notice.

§ 32-5-103. Petition for probate — Hearing — Notice.

When a copy of a will of another state, district, or territory and the probate of the will, duly authenticated, is presented by the executor or by any other person interested in the will, with a petition for probate of the will, the will must be filed and probate may be had either in common or in solemn form, and if the latter, then a time must be appointed for a hearing and notice must be given as is required by law on a petition for the original probate of a domestic will in solemn form; provided, however, that a contest of a will of another state, district, or territory upon the issue devisavit vel non shall be allowed as to a devise of realty lying in this state, but as to devises of personalty, the foreign probate of such will shall be conclusive. Acts 1919, ch. 77, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 3924a12; Code 1932, § 8114; Acts 1941, ch. 63, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 8114; Acts 1959, ch. 112, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 32-502. Cross-References. Contest of wills, title 32, ch. 4. Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 54, 56. Law Reviews. Conflict of Laws — 1959 Tennessee Survey (John W. Wade), 12 Vand. L. Rev. 1090 (1959). The Tennessee Court System — Probate Courts, 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 461 (1978).