Tennessee § 31-2-101 - Intestate estate.

§ 31-2-101. Intestate estate.

When any person dies intestate, after the payment of debts and charges against the estate, the deceased's property passes to the deceased's heirs as prescribed in the following sections of this chapter. Any part of the estate of a decedent not effectively disposed of by the deceased's will passes to the deceased's heirs in the same manner. Acts 1977, ch. 25, § 2; T.C.A., § 31-201. Cross-References. Application for alcoholic beverage license or permit by intestate successor, § 57-5-108 . Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 1, 31, 255, 441, 444, 449, 503, 619, 659, 808, 819. Law Reviews. Decedent's Estates: The Rights of Adopted Persons Under Tennessee's Descent and Distribution and Adoption Statutes to Take by Intestate Succession or by Will or Trust, 22 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 339 (1992). Descent and Distribution — Fraudulent Conveyances — Intent to Deprive Surviving Spouse of His or Her Distributive or Elective Share, 50 Tenn. L. Rev. 551 (1983). Intestate Succession in Tennessee (Douglas P. Quay), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 63 (1978). Marital Deduction Planning Under the Tax Reform Act of 1976 (Ronald S. Borod, William H. Lawson, Jr., Clayton D. Smith), 7 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 181 (1977). Property Law — Wills — Effect of Lapsed Residuary Gifts in the State of Tennessee, 73 Tenn L. Rev. 711 (2006). The Parent-Child Relationship Under Intestacy Statutes (Susan N. Gary), 32 U. Mem. L. Rev. 643 (2002).