2021 Tennessee Code
Title 35 - Fiduciaries and Trust Estates
Chapter 15 - Tennessee Uniform Trust Code
Part 3 - Representation
§ 35-15-303. Representation by Fiduciaries and Parents

Universal Citation:
TN Code § 35-15-303 (2021)
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To the extent there is no material conflict of interest between the representative and the person represented or among those being represented with respect to a particular question or dispute:


  1. A conservator may represent and bind the estate that the conservator controls;

  2. A guardian may represent and bind the ward if a conservator of the ward's estate has not been appointed;

  3. An agent having authority to act with respect to the particular question or dispute may represent and bind the principal;

  4. A trustee may represent and bind the beneficiaries of the trust;

  5. A personal representative of a decedent's estate may represent and bind persons interested in the estate;

  6. A person may represent and bind the person's minor or unborn descendant if a guardian for the descendant has not been appointed;

  7. A person designated by the settlor in the trust instrument or in a writing delivered to the trustee to represent the beneficiaries of the trust may represent and bind such beneficiaries; and

  8. A person designated by the beneficiaries of the trust to represent them may represent and bind such beneficiaries.
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