Tennessee § 36-3-505 - Tenancies by entirety unaffected.
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§ 36-3-505. Tenancies by entirety unaffected.
Nothing in § 36-3-504 shall be construed as abolishing tenancies by the entirety. Acts 1919, ch. 126, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 4249a5; mod. Code 1932, § 8461; Acts 1976, ch. 529, § 20; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-602. Compiler's Notes. Acts 1913, ch. 26 was held in Gill v. McKinney, 140 Tenn. 549, 205 S.W. 416 (1918) and Kellar v. Kellar, 142 Tenn. 524, 221 S.W. 189 (1920) to abolish tenancy by the entireties. Acts 1913 took effect January 1, 1914. Acts 1919, ch. 126 whose effect was to reestablish tenancy by the entireties took effect April 16, 1919. Therefore, there is a hiatus in the estate of tenancy by the entireties, which extends from January 1, 1914, to April 16, 1919, and affects deeds executed in that period. See Hicks v. Sprankle, 149 Tenn. 310, 257 S.W. 1044 (1923). Cross-References. Conveyance to spouse of interest in entirety, § 66-1-110 . Creation of estate by entirety, § 66-1-109 . Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (5th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 455. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 25 Tenn. Juris., Wills, § 137. 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).
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