2023 Tennessee Code
Title 16 - COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-22-114)
Chapter 10 - CIRCUIT AND CRIMINAL COURTS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-10-213)
Part 1 - JURISDICTION AND POWERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-10-113)
Section 16-10-108 - Divorce - Adoption - Trustees

Universal Citation:
TN Code § 16-10-108 (2023)
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The circuit court has concurrent jurisdiction with the chancery court to grant divorces, to authorize the adoption of children, to release testamentary and other trustees, and to appoint trustees in place of those released or dead, and also to decree, on petitions of trustees, by will or otherwise, for the sale of property, real or personal.

Code 1858, § 4232 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 19, § 4; 1835-1836, ch. 20, § 1; 1845-1846, ch. 194; 1847-1848, ch. 13); Shan., § 6070; Code 1932, § 10325; Acts 1951, ch. 202, § 40 (Williams, § 9572.52); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-508.


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