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TN Code § 35-50-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 35 - Fiduciaries and Trust Estates|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-50-120. Blind Trust

  A trust shall be considered a “blind trust” if the trust is created to benefit an individual, the individual's spouse or any dependent child and is under the management and control of a trustee who is a bank or trust company authorized to exercise fiduciary powers, a licensed attorney or a broker who:  Is independent of and not associated with any party interested in the trust;   Is not or has not been an employee of any interested party or any organization affiliated with any interested party, and is not a partner of, or involved in any joint venture or other investment with any interested party; and   Is not a relative of any party.     There shall be no communications direct or indirect between the trustee and an interested party with respect to the trust unless the communication is in writing, except for communications that solely consist of requests for distributions of cash or other unspecified assets of the trust. The written communications shall be limited to the general financial interest and needs of the interested party including, but not limited to, an interest in maximizing income or long-term capital gain.   The interested parties shall make no effort to obtain information with respect to the holdings of the trust, including obtaining a copy of any trust tax return filed or any information relating to the trust, except as may be needed by the interested parties in order to file tax returns.   Any trustee of a trust as provided in this section for an interested party that is required to make disclosures under title 8, chapter 50, part 5, shall make to the best of the trustee's knowledge such disclosures as are required or be subject to the penalties provided in § 8-50-505.   This section does not apply to any “blind trust” or other trust or financial arrangement or agreement having the same effect or status as a “blind trust” in existence prior to May 12, 1988. All such trusts, arrangements or agreements shall continue to operate in accordance with the terms and conditions under which they were created.
TN Code § 35-50-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 35 - Fiduciaries and Trust Estates|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-50-121. Delayed Receipt of Trust Corpus

 Any trust agreement or declaration of trust may be valid even if no corpus is delivered to the trustee at the time of execution of the instrument if the trustee has the right to receive corpus at a later time or times from the trustor, the trustor's estate or other persons or sources.
TN Code § 35-50-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 35 - Fiduciaries and Trust Estates|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-50-122. Generation-Skipping Tax — Definitions

  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Generation-skipping tax” means the generation-skipping transfer tax imposed by chapter 13 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. §§  2601 et seq.);   “Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and successor provisions and codifications of that Code;   “Trust” means any express trust, with additions, wherever and however created, or any separate share of a trust, and includes any arrangement, other than an estate, that, although not a trust, has substantially the same effect as a trust; and   “Trustee” means an original, additional or successor trustee, whether or not appointed or confirmed by a court, and, in the case of an arrangement that is not a trust but is treated as a trust for purposes of the generation-skipping tax, includes the person in actual or constructive possession of the property subject to the arrangement.     A trustee is authorized, but not required, to divide any trust into two (2) or more separate trusts, of equal or unequal value, in order to create one (1) or more trusts entirely exempt from the generation-skipping tax and one (1) or more trusts entirely subject to the generation-skipping tax. Other terms and provisions of both trusts will remain substantially identical in all respects to the original trust.   The purpose of this section is to authorize a trustee to take appropriate action to preclude or minimize to the extent possible the imposition of the generation-skipping tax, and this section shall be broadly construed to carry out this purpose.   A trustee may exercise the authority granted in this section without prior approval or leave of any court.   Any trustee who in good faith acts or fails to act shall not be liable to any person for taking or failing to take any action authorized by this section.   This section applies to any trust that may be subject to chapter 13 of the Internal Revenue Code.
TN Code § 35-50-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 35 - Fiduciaries and Trust Estates|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-50-123. Powers of Fiduciaries

 Each fiduciary, as defined in § 35-2-102, has the powers enumerated in § 35-50-110(32).
TN Code § 35-50-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 35 - Fiduciaries and Trust Estates|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 35-50-127. Release of Personal Health Information to Determine Capacity

 Where it is necessary, under the terms of a trust to determine the mental or physical incapacity of a patient, a healthcare provider may release personal health information to a licensed physician or licensed attorney at law if the physician or attorney at law signs and furnishes the healthcare provider with an affidavit that the release of information is necessary to determine the mental or physical incapacity of the patient, or of the settlor, or of the donor, or of the trustee, or of the agent or other fiduciary under a trust that was signed by the patient where incapacity causes the document to come into effect, discontinues its effect or calls for a change in a fiduciary acting under the document.
TN Code § 36-4-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-102. Legal Separation

  A party who alleges grounds for divorce from the bonds of matrimony may, as an alternative to filing a complaint for divorce, file a complaint for legal separation. Such complaint shall set forth the grounds for legal separation in substantially the language of § 36-4-101 and pray only for legal separation or for such other and further relief to which complainant may think to be entitled. The other party may deny the existence of grounds for divorce but, unless the other party specifically objects to the granting of an order of legal separation, the court shall declare the parties to be legally separated.   If the other party specifically objects to legal separation, the court may, after a hearing, grant an order of legal separation, notwithstanding such objections if grounds are established pursuant to § 36-4-101. The court also has the power to grant an absolute divorce to either party where there has been an order of legal separation for more than two (2) years upon a petition being filed by either party that sets forth the original order for legal separation and that the parties have not become reconciled. The court granting the divorce shall make a final and complete adjudication of the support and property rights of the parties. However, nothing in this subsection (b) shall preclude the court from granting an absolute divorce before the two-year period has expired.   Legal separation shall not affect the bonds of matrimony but shall permit the parties to cease matrimonial cohabitation. The court may provide for matters such as child custody, visitation, support and property issues during legal separation upon motion by either party or by agreement of the parties.   Notwithstanding this section, a party who can establish grounds for divorce from the bonds of matrimony pursuant to § 36-4-101 shall be entitled to an absolute divorce pursuant to this chapter.    Code 1858, § 2449 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 19; 1841-1842, ch. 133, § 1); Shan., § 4202; Acts 1919, ch. 70, § 1; mod. Code 1932, § 8427; Acts 1963, ch. 283, § 1; 1967, ch. 284, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-802; Acts 1989, ch. 489, § 1; 1998, ch. 1059, § 2.
TN Code § 36-4-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-104. Residence Requirements

  A divorce may be granted for any of the causes referenced in § 36-4-101 if the acts complained of were committed while the plaintiff was a bona fide resident of this state or if the acts complained of were committed out of this state and the plaintiff resided out of the state at the time, if the plaintiff or the defendant has resided in this state six (6) months next preceding the filing of the complaint.   For the purposes of this section, any person in the armed services of the United States, or the spouse of any such person, who has been living in this state for a period of not less than one (1) year shall be presumed to be a resident of this state, and the presumption of residence shall be overcome only by clear and convincing evidence of a domicile elsewhere.    Code 1858, § 2450 (deriv. Acts 1799, ch. 19, § 7; 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 1; 1839-1840, ch. 54, § 1; 1845-1846, ch. 67, § 1); Shan., § 4203; Code 1932, § 8428; Acts 1957, ch. 274, § 1; 1971, ch. 363, § 1; 1973, ch. 219, § 1; 1976, ch. 548, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-803.
TN Code § 36-4-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-105. Venue

  The bill or petition may be filed in the proper name of the complainant, in the chancery or circuit court or other court having divorce jurisdiction, in the county where the parties reside at the time of their separation, or in which the defendant resides, if a resident of the state; but if the defendant is a nonresident of the state or a convict, then in the county where the applicant resides.   Any divorce granted prior to May 4, 1967, will not be deemed void solely on the ground that the parties to the divorce action were residents of a county or counties other than the county in which the divorce decree was entered.    Code 1858, § 2451 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 3); Acts 1859-1860, ch. 88; Shan., § 4204; Code 1932, § 8429; Acts 1961, ch. 180, § 1; 1963, ch. 153, § 1; 1967, ch. 185, § 1; 1971, ch. 363, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-804.
TN Code § 36-4-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-107. Verification of Petition — Effect of Noncompliance

  The bill or petition, except those seeking a divorce from the bonds of matrimony on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, shall be verified by an affidavit, upon oath or affirmation, before a general sessions court judge, notary public or the judge or clerk of the court, or as provided in §§ 58-1-605 — 58-1-607, that the facts stated in the bill are true to the best of the complainant's knowledge and belief for the causes mentioned in the bill. The authority conferred in §§ 58-1-605 — 58-1-607 may be exercised beyond the continental limits of the United States.   If the issue of whether the affidavit contains the complainant's verification that the complaint is not made out of levity or in collusion with the defendant is not raised at trial, each party waives the right to contest such issue on appeal.   A divorce decree or order issued prior to March 22, 1996, in which the bill or petition for such divorce did not include the affidavit of verification required by this section shall remain valid and the parties shall remain divorced. Likewise, all other issues resolved in the divorce decree, order or agreement, such as distribution of marital property, alimony, child support and custody, shall remain valid and in full force and effect.    Code 1858, § 2453 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 4); Shan., § 4206; mod. Code 1932, § 8431; Acts 1953, ch. 174, § 1; modified; impl. am. Acts 1957, ch. 320, § 2; 1977, ch. 107, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-806; Acts 1996, ch. 655, § 1; 1996, ch. 872, § 1.
TN Code § 36-4-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-108. Security for Costs — Service of Process

  The complainant, upon giving security for costs, or otherwise complying with the law, shall have the usual process to compel the defendant to appear and answer the bill, or it may be taken for confessed, as in other chancery cases.   In actions for annulment of marriage, service on the defendant may be by subpoena or by publication as in divorce cases.    Code 1858, § 2454 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 20, § 1; 1835-1836, ch. 26, §§ 3, 18; 1841-1842, ch. 133, § 3); Shan., § 4207; mod. Code 1932, § 8432; Acts 1957, ch. 100, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 36-807, 36-834.
TN Code § 36-4-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-109. Time for Hearing

 If the subpoena to answer has been served upon the defendant, or if publication has been completed as required by law, the cause may be set for hearing and tried at the first term of court thereafter.   Code 1858, § 2455 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 133, § 3); Shan., § 4208; Code 1932, § 8433; Acts 1933, ch. 156, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 8433; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-808.
TN Code § 36-4-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-110. Appearance and Answer

 The defendant may appear according to the rules of the court and answer the bill upon oath or affirmation.   Code 1858, § 2457 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 5); Shan., § 4210; Code 1932, § 8435; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-810.
TN Code § 36-4-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-111. Failure to Separate Not a Defense

 It is no impediment to a divorce that the offended spouse did not leave the marital domicile or separate from the offending spouse on account of the conduct of the offending spouse.
TN Code § 36-4-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-112. Defense When Ground Is Adultery

 If the cause assigned for the divorce is adultery, it is a good defense and perpetual bar to the same if the defendant alleges and proves that:   The complainant has been guilty of like act or crime;   The complainant has admitted the defendant into conjugal society and embraces after knowledge of the criminal act;   The complainant, if the husband, allowed the wife's prostitutions and received hire for them; or   The husband exposed the wife to lewd company, whereby the wife became ensnared to the act or crime of adultery.    Code 1858, § 2460 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 9); Shan., § 4213; mod. Code 1932, § 8438; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-811.   Law Reviews.   Domestic Relations — Defenses to Divorce Confined to Those Prescribed by Statute, 9 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 346 (1979).
TN Code § 36-4-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-113. Issues — Trial by Jury — New Trial

 Issues may be made up at the request of either party upon matters of fact charged in the bill or petition and denied in the answer, and be tried by a jury in presence of the court, and a new trial may be granted of the issues, should the court deem it necessary.   Code 1858, § 2458 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 5); Shan., § 4211; Code 1932, § 8436; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-812.
TN Code § 36-4-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-114. Proof Required

 If the defendant admits the facts charged in the bill or petition and relied upon as the ground for a divorce, or the bill is taken for confessed, the court shall, nevertheless, before decreeing a divorce, except a divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences, hear proof of the facts alleged as aforementioned, and either dismiss the bill or petition or grant a divorce, as the justice of the case may require.   Code 1858, § 2459 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 6); Shan., § 4212; mod. Code 1932, § 8437; Acts 1977, ch. 107, § 4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-813.
TN Code § 36-4-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-115. Form of Proof

 Either party may take proof by depositions according to the rules or orders of the court, or have the witnesses examined in open court at pleasure.   Code 1858, § 2462 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 22); Shan., § 4215; mod. Code 1932, § 8440; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-814.
TN Code § 36-4-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-116. Affidavits of Proof Not Required — Sworn Statements Concerning Financial Matters Required — Sworn Statements as Evidence

  No judge or chancellor shall require the filing of affidavits of proof from witnesses, plaintiffs, defendants, or petitioners and respondents in support of any complaint for divorce, legal separation, separate maintenance or annulment.   Any such judge or chancellor may, however, require a sworn statement from such persons relative or pertaining to the income of the parties, their expenses, any real or personal property in which the parties have an interest and the extent of such parties' interest therein, and such sworn statement shall be admissible as evidence of the truth of the contents.
TN Code § 36-4-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-117. Proof When Ground Is Spouse's Refusal to Remove to This State

 If the divorce is sought by the complainant spouse on the ground of the defendant spouse's refusal to remove with the complainant spouse to this state, and of the defendant spouse's willful absence for two (2) years without reasonable cause, the complainant spouse shall prove endeavors to induce the defendant spouse to live with the complainant spouse after the separation, and that the complainant spouse did not remove from the state where the complainant spouse resided for the purpose of obtaining a divorce.   Code 1858, § 2463 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 2); Shan., § 4216; Code 1932, § 8441; Acts 1982, ch. 853, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-815.
TN Code § 36-4-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-118. Proof When Ground Is Conviction of Crime

 The proof that the defendant is a convict, or is sentenced to the penitentiary, if that is the cause relied upon for the divorce, shall be by the record of the conviction and sentence.   Code 1858, § 2464 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 133, § 3); Shan., § 4217; Code 1932, § 8442; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-816.   Law Reviews.   Tennessee Civil Disabilities: A Systematic Approach (Neil P. Cohen), 41 Tenn. L. Rev. 253 (1974).
TN Code § 36-4-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-119. Decree of Court Generally

 If, upon hearing the cause, the court is satisfied that the complainant is entitled to relief, it may be granted either by pronouncing the marriage void from the beginning, or by dissolving it forever and freeing each party from the obligations thereof, or by a separation for a limited time.   Code 1858, § 2465 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, §§ 7, 19); Shan., § 4218; Code 1932, § 8443; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-817.
TN Code § 36-4-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-120. Ill Conduct Defense

  If the cause assigned for a divorce is that specified in § 36-4-101(a)(11), the defendant may make defense by alleging and proving the ill conduct of the complainant as a justifiable cause for the conduct complained of, and on making out the defense to the satisfaction of the court, the bill may be dismissed with or without costs, in the discretion of the court.   But, if the court is of the opinion that the complainant is entitled to relief, it may be granted, according to the prayer of the bill, by annulling the marriage, or by ordering a separation, perpetual or temporary, or such other decree as the nature and circumstances of the case require.    Code 1858, §§ 2466, 2467 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, §§ 19, 20); Shan., §§ 4219, 4220; Code 1932, §§ 8444, 8445; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 36-818, 36-819; Acts 1998, ch. 1059, § 11.
TN Code § 36-4-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-122. Costs

 The court may decree costs against either party, and may award execution for the same, or, in case any estate is sequestered, or in the power of the court, or in the hands of a receiver, it may order the costs to be paid out of such property.   Code 1858, § 2477 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 20, § 1; 1835-1836, ch. 26, §§ 17, 20, 21); Shan., § 4230; mod. Code 1932, § 8455; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-829.
TN Code § 36-4-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-123. Appeals

 Appeals in divorce cases shall be governed by the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure. Pending appeal, orders and decrees of the trial court shall have the effect prescribed by the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure.   Code 1958, § 3158; Shan., § 4890; Code 1932, § 9039; Acts 1970, ch. 595, § 1; 1981, ch. 449, § 2(23); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-830.   Law Reviews.   Procedure — Writ of Error Coram Nobis in Divorce Cases, 36 Tenn. L. Rev. 411 (1969).
TN Code § 36-4-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-124. Right to Remarry

 When a marriage is absolutely annulled, or dissolved, the parties shall severally be at liberty to marry again.   Code 1858, § 2475 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 7); Shan., § 4228; mod. Code, 1932, § 8452; Acts 1970, ch. 347, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-831.
TN Code § 36-4-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-125. Legitimacy of Children Unaffected by Divorce or Annulment

 The annulment or dissolution of the marriage shall not in any way affect the legitimacy of the children of the same.   Code 1858, § 2476 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 7); Shan., § 4229; mod. Code 1932, § 8453; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-832.
TN Code § 36-4-126 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-126. Suspension of Proceedings to Attempt Reconciliation — Revocation

  During the pendency of any suit for absolute divorce, limited divorce or separate maintenance, the court having jurisdiction of the matter may, upon the written stipulation of both the husband and wife that they desire to attempt a reconciliation, enter an order suspending any and all orders and proceedings for such time as the court, in its discretion, may determine advisable under the circumstances, so as to permit the parties to attempt such reconciliation without prejudice to their respective rights. During the period of such suspension, the parties may resume living together as husband and wife and their acts and conduct in so doing shall not be determined a condonation of any prior misconduct.   Such suspension may be revoked upon motion of either party by order of the court.
TN Code § 36-4-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-127. Expunction of Divorce Records Upon Reconciliation of Parties

 Parties to any divorce proceeding, who have reconciled and dismissed their cause of action, may thereafter file an agreed sworn petition signed by both parties and notarized, requesting expunction of their divorce records. Upon the filing of such petition, the judge shall issue an order directing the clerk to expunge all records pertaining to such divorce proceedings, once all court costs have been paid. The clerk shall receive a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for performing such clerk's duties under this section.