Terms Used In Tennessee Code 34-5-116

  • Court: means any court having jurisdiction to hear matters concerning guardians or conservators. See Tennessee Code 34-1-101
  • Estate: means income on hand and assets acquired partially or wholly with "income". See Tennessee Code 34-5-102
  • 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.
  • Guardian: means any fiduciary for the person or estate of a ward. See Tennessee Code 34-5-102
  • Income: means moneys received from the veterans administration and revenue or profit from any property wholly or partially acquired with those moneys. See Tennessee Code 34-5-102
  • Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age and who has not otherwise been emancipated. See Tennessee Code 34-1-101
  • Person: means an individual, a partnership, a corporation or an association. See Tennessee Code 34-5-102
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Veterans administration: means the veterans administration, its predecessors or successors. See Tennessee Code 34-5-102
  • Ward: means a beneficiary of the veterans administration. See Tennessee Code 34-5-102

A guardian shall not apply any portion of the income or the estate for the support or maintenance of any person other than the ward, the spouse and the minor children of the ward, except upon petition to and prior order of the court after a hearing. A signed duplicate or certified copy of the petition shall be furnished the proper office of the veterans administration and notice of hearing on the petition shall be given the office as provided in the case of hearing on a guardian‘s account or other pleading.