(a) The county, circuit, or chancery courts have concurrent jurisdiction of partition cases under this chapter, by bill or petition.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 29-27-106

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall deprive the chancery court of the jurisdiction rightfully belonging to that court over the subject of partition and sales of realty for the purposes of division.