Tennessee Code 30-2-401 – Jurisdiction to sell realty – Procedure
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 30-2-401
- 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.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Probate court: means the court having jurisdiction over the administration of the estates of decedents. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
The probate court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the chancery and circuit courts to sell real estate of decedents and for distribution or partition, and the mode of procedure in such a case in the probate court shall conform in every respect to the rules and regulations laid down for the conduct of similar causes in the chancery and circuit courts.