§ 32-1-201. Actions Effecting a Revocation of Will
A will or any part thereof is revoked by: A subsequent will, other than a nuncupative will, that revokes the prior will or part expressly or by inconsistency; Document of revocation, executed with all the formalities of an attested will or a holographic will, but not a nuncupative will, that revokes the prior will or […]
§ 32-1-202. Revocation by Divorce or Annulment
If after executing a will the testator is divorced or the testator’s marriage annulled, the divorce or annulment revokes any disposition or appointment of property made by the will to the former spouse, any provision conferring a general or special power of appointment on the former spouse, and any nomination of the former spouse as […]
§ 32-2-101. Place of Proving and Recording Will and Granting Letters Testamentary
Wills shall be proved and recorded and letters testamentary granted in the probate court of the county where the testator had the testator’s usual residence at the time of the testator’s death, or, in case the testator had fixed places of residence in more than one county, in either or any of those counties. Code […]
§ 32-2-102. Original Will — Where Kept — Transfer of Will — Record of Transfer
Except when a will is before the court awaiting the determination of any controversy, an original will must remain in the clerk’s office of the county where the will is proved or exhibited, or other suitable facility as provided in subsection (b), and any person may have access to it, as to other records. The […]
§ 32-2-103. Withdrawal of Will for Proof Out of State
Whenever any will has been proved and recorded for six (6) months in any county of this state, as required by §§ 32-2-101 — 32-2-104, and the will is required to be proved out of this state, the judge of probate may, on the application of the executor, so stating, duly sworn to and filed, […]
§ 32-2-104. Proof of Will Generally
Written wills with witnesses, when not contested, shall be proved by at least one of the subscribing witnesses, if living. Every last will and testament, written or nuncupative, when contested, shall be proved by all the living witnesses, if to be found, and by such other persons as may be produced to support it. Upon […]
§ 32-2-105. Proof of Will of Person Serving in Armed Forces
Any last will of any person in the military or naval service of the United States, made outside this state, or at sea while in military or naval service, may be admitted to probate by the probate court of the county where the testator was domiciled, upon the certificate of the colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, […]
§ 32-2-106. Proof of Nuncupative Will
No nuncupative will shall be proved until fourteen (14) days after the death of the testator, nor until process has issued to call in the surviving spouse or next of kin, or both, if conveniently to be found, to contest it. If the surviving spouse and next of kin, or any of them, are not […]
§ 32-2-107. Effect of Probate
The probate of wills in the probate courts shall be sufficient evidence of the devise of real estates. Code 1858, § 2197 (deriv. Acts 1784 (Oct.), ch. 10, § 6); Shan., § 3929; Code 1932, § 8139; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 32-208.
§ 32-2-108. Copies of Wills as Evidence
Attested or certified copies of wills, or the records thereof, by the proper officer, may be given in evidence in the same manner as the originals. Code 1858, § 2198 (deriv. Acts 1784 (Oct.), ch. 10, § 6); Shan., § 3930; mod. Code 1932, § 8140; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 32-209.