Tennessee § 30-2-201 - Assignment of homestead.
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§ 30-2-201. Assignment of homestead.
The homestead in lands of a decedent, inuring to the benefit of a surviving spouse or minor children, shall be assigned and set apart in the manner provided in this part. Acts 1873, ch. 98, § 1; Shan., § 3808; Code 1932, § 7729; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 7729; Acts 1976, ch. 529, § 12; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-901. Cross-References. Descent of homestead, § 31-1-104 . Homestead Act, title 7, ch. 66. Homestead and personal property exemptions, Tenn. Const. art. XI, § 11. Homestead exemption, title 26, chapter 2, part 3. Jurisdiction of chancery courts of probate and related matters, title 16, chapter 16, part 2. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 432. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 652, 653. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), No. 4-1102. Law Reviews. Davis v. Davis: The End of Interspousal Tort Immunity Tips the Scales on the Last Intrafamilial Immunity Stronghold, 14 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 270 (1984). Domestic Relations — 1957 Tennessee Survey (William J. Harbison), 10 Vand. L. Rev. 1082 (1957). Homestead in Tennessee (Mark J. Mayfield), 25 Tenn. L. Rev. 261 (1958). Intestate Succession in Tennessee (Douglas P. Quay), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 63 (1978). Non-Tax Aspects of Estate Planning (Ronald Lee Gilman), 2 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 41 (1972). Tennessee Law and Equal Rights Amendment: Property Law, Employment Relations and Juries, 3 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 327 (1973). The Tennessee Court System (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 189 (1978).
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Section 30-2-201 ("Assignment of homestead.") 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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