Tennessee § 32-3-103 - Pretermitted child.

Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 32-3-103 — Pretermitted child., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 32-3-103. Pretermitted child.

A child born after the making of a will, either before or after the death of the testator, inclusive of a mother-testator, not provided for nor disinherited, but only pretermitted, in the will, and not provided for by settlement made by the testator in the testator's lifetime, shall succeed to the same portion of the testator's estate as if the testator had died intestate. Toward raising the portion of such child, the devisees and legatees and other heirs shall contribute out of the parts devised, or bequeathed to, or settled upon them by the testator, in the proportion borne by their respective devises, legacies, or settlements to the whole estate of the testator. Code 1858, §§ 2193, 2194 (deriv. Acts 1823, ch. 28, § 1); Shan., §§ 3925, 3926; Code 1932, §§ 8131, 8132; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 32-303, 32-304. Cross-References. After-born heirs, § 31-2-108 . Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 293, 296, 297, 299-302, 829, 986, 1003. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 5 Tenn. Juris., Bastardy and Children Out of Wedlock, §§ 4, 14; 22 Tenn. Juris., Res Judicata, §§ 16, 33; 25 Tenn. Juris., Wills, §§ 114, 180. 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). Decedents' Estates, Trusts and Future Interests — 1961 Tennessee Survey (II) (Herman L. Trautman), 15 Vand. L. Rev. 882 (1962). Domestic Relations (William J. Harbison), 6 Vand. L. Rev. 974 (1953). Non-Tax Aspects of Estate Planning (Ronald Lee Gilman), 2 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 41 (1972). Some Suggested Legislation in the Field of Wills (W. Raymond Blackard), 14 Tenn. L. Rev. 381 (1937). Some Whys and Wherefores of Will-Drafting — Revised (Robert L. McMurray), 15 No. 2 Tenn. B.J. 2 (1979). TennCare: Expanded Estate Recovery - Recover at ALL Cost, 45 U. Mem. L. Rev. 711 (2015). Wills, Estates and Trusts (William J. Bowe), 6 Vand. L. Rev. 1126 (1953). Wills — Implied Revocation — Effect of Adoption of Child Subsequent to Execution, 5 Vand. L. Rev. 128 (1952). Wills — Pretermitted Children, 17 Tenn. L. Rev. 405 (1943).

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Section 32-3-103 ("Pretermitted child.") 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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