2020 Tennessee Code
Title 30 - Administration of Estates
Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution
Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements
§ 30-2-602. Citation to Appear and Settle — Punishment for Disobedience
If any personal representative fails to settle the accounts or file a status report as prescribed in §30-2-601, the clerk shall cite the personal representative to appear and settle on a given day, to be specified in the citation, and if the personal representative disobeys the citation, the citation being duly returned, with service endorsed on it, or endorsement to the effect that the personal representative avoids service, that disobedience or avoiding of service shall be a contempt of court, and punishable as such. At the clerk's discretion, any citation issued for the appearance of a personal representative pursuant to this section may be served by sending such citation by certified mail with return receipt to the personal representative's last known address.
Code 1858, § 2297 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 215, § 6); Shan., § 4033; Code 1932, § 8246; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1103; Acts 1989, ch. 395, § 13; 2017, ch. 280, § 5.
Amendments. The 2017 amendment inserted “or file a status report” in the first sentence.
Effective Dates. Acts 2017, ch. 280, § 8. July 1, 2017.
Cross-References. Failure to settle accounts, §30-2-613.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 667, 838.
