Tennessee § 17-537 - Payments for legally incompetent persons.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 17-537 — Payments for legally incompetent persons., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-537. Payments for legally incompetent persons.
If any member, retired member or beneficiary, is a minor, or has been adjudicated legally incapable of personally receiving and giving a valid receipt for any payment due him hereunder, the board may, unless and until claim shall have been made by a duly appointed guardian or conservator of such person, direct that such payment or any part thereof be made to such person or to such person's spouse, child, parent, brother or sister, or other person deemed by the board to be a proper person to receive such payment. Any payment so made shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the retirement system for such payment. Acts 1963, ch. 206, § 37.
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What does Tennessee Code Annotated § 17-537 cover?
Section 17-537 ("Payments for legally incompetent persons.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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