Tennessee § 66-1-107 - Survivorship in joint tenancy abolished.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 66-1-107 — Survivorship in joint tenancy abolished., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 66-1-107. Survivorship in joint tenancy abolished.
In all estates, real and personal, held in joint tenancy, the part or share of any tenant dying shall not descend or go to the surviving tenant or tenants, but shall descend or be vested in the heirs, executors, or administrators, respectively, of the tenant so dying, in the same manner as estates held by tenancy in common. Code 1858, § 2010 (deriv. Acts 1784 (Apr.), ch. 22, § 6); Shan., § 3677; Code 1932, § 7604; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-107. Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 439, 629. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 8 Tenn. Juris., Cotenancy, § 2; 14 Tenn. Juris., Husband and Wife, §§ 7, 11; 25 Tenn. Juris., Wills, §§ 137, 155. Law Reviews. Real Property — Tenancy by the Entirety — Joint Rights of Husband and Wife, 42 Tenn. L. Rev. 815 (1975).
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Section 66-1-107 ("Survivorship in joint tenancy abolished.") 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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