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 1858, § 2169 (deriv. Acts 1789, ch. 23, § 1); Shan., § 3902; mod. Code 1932, § 8099; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 32-201.
Cross-References. Destruction or concealment of will, §39-14-131.
Fees of clerks of courts administering probate matters, §§8-21-401,8-21-701,8-21-702.
Foreign probated wills, allowing and recording, §32-5-101.
Jurisdiction of chancery courts of probate and related matters, title 16, ch. 16, part 2.
Letters testamentary, granting, §30-1-102.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 32, 313, 315, 528, 538.
Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), Nos. 4-801, 4-803.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Conflict of Laws, Domicile and Residence, § 27; 25 Tenn. Juris., Wills, § 45.
Law Reviews.
Notice to Interested Parties in Probate Proceedings, 18 Vand. L. Rev. 1647 (1965).