2024 Tennessee Code
Title 30 - ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-5-105)
Chapter 3 - ABSENTEES' ESTATES (§§ 30-3-101 — 30-3-210)
Part 2 - CONSERVATORS (§§ 30-3-201 — 30-3-210)
Section 30-3-206 - Hearing on petition - Notice - Appointment

• (a) Notice of the hearing on the petition to appoint a conservator shall be given to all persons named in the petition by registered mail, certified mail with return receipt requested or by personal service of legal process.

• (b) The judge shall hear evidence on the question of whether the person alleged to be missing, interned, beleaguered, etc., is an absentee as defined by § 30-3-201, and on the question of who is entitled to appointment as conservator. Any person interested in the proceedings may intervene with leave of the court.

• (c) The court may in its discretion appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the alleged absentee at the hearing.

• (d) If after hearing, the court is satisfied that the person alleged to be an absentee is an absentee, as defined in § 30-3-201, and that it is necessary that a conservatorship be established, the court shall appoint a conservator of the estate and property of the absentee to take charge of the absentee's estate and property under the supervision and subject to the further orders of the court.

• (e) In the appointment of a conservator, the court shall give due consideration to the appointment of one (1) of the next of kin of the absentee if the next of kin is a fit and proper person and is qualified to act.

Acts 1972, ch. 785, § 6; 1978, ch. 649, § 1; T.C.A., § 30-1906.