Tennessee § 31-3-102 - Disposition of property where there is no sufficient evidence of survivorship.
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§ 31-3-102. Disposition of property where there is no sufficient evidence of survivorship.
Where the title to property or the devolution thereof depends upon priority of death and there is no sufficient evidence that the persons have died otherwise than simultaneously, the property of each person shall be disposed of as if the person had survived, except as provided otherwise in this chapter. Acts 1941, ch. 59, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 8407.2 (Williams, § 8407.1); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 31-502. Compiler's Notes. The reference to “this chapter” now includes § 31-3-120 , added by Acts 1997, ch. 426, § 16. Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 914. Law Reviews. Non-Tax Aspects of Estate Planning (Ronald Lee Gilman), 2 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 41 (1972). Use of Survivorship Clauses in Wills, 8 Vand. L. Rev. 627 (1955).
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