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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 30-3-208

  • absentee: is:

    (1) Any person serving in or with the armed forces of the United States, in or with the Red Cross, in or with the merchant marines or otherwise, during any period of time when a state of hostilities exists between the United States and any other power and for one (1) year thereafter, who has been reported or listed as missing in action, interned in a neutral country, beleaguered, besieged or captured by the enemy. See Tennessee Code 30-3-201
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The conservator shall have all the rights, powers, and duties of a guardian of the property as established in title 34, chapters 1 and 2, and an absentee and an absentee’s dependents shall be entitled to all benefits accruing to a ward or a ward’s dependents under those chapters. The court shall have the same responsibility as to a conservatorship as with respect to the guardianship of the property under those chapters.