Married Women's Power to Dispose of Property by Will

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  1. Married women, after February 15, 1941, may dispose of their property by will according to §§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-108.
  2. Wills executed on or before February 15, 1941, by married women twenty-one (21) years of age or over, are valid to dispose of their realty or personalty, legal or equitable, in as complete manner as if executed by femes sole.

Code 1858, § 2168 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 180, § 4); Acts 1869-1870, ch. 99, §§ 1, 6; Shan., § 3901; mod. Code 1932, § 8098; modified; Acts 1976, ch. 529, § 19; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 32-111.

Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 81, 82, 90, 812.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 25 Tenn. Juris., Wills, § 5.

Law Reviews.

Decedents' Estates, Trusts and Future Interests — 1961 Tennessee Survey (Herman L. Trautman), 14 Vand. L. Rev. 1253 (1961).

Some Suggested Legislation in the Field of Wills (W. Raymond Blackard), 14 Tenn. L. Rev. 381 (1937).

Wills — Implied Revocation by Divorce and Property Settlement, 23 Tenn. L. Rev. 1081 (1955).


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