Representation by Fiduciaries and Parents

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Fiduciaries and Trust Estates
  4. Tennessee Uniform Trust Code
  5. Representation
  6. Representation by Fiduciaries and Parents

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To the extent there is no material conflict of interest between the representative and the person represented or among those being represented with respect to a particular question or dispute:

  1. A conservator may represent and bind the estate that the conservator controls;
  2. A guardian may represent and bind the ward if a conservator of the ward's estate has not been appointed;
  3. An agent having authority to act with respect to the particular question or dispute may represent and bind the principal;
  4. A trustee may represent and bind the beneficiaries of the trust;
  5. A personal representative of a decedent's estate may represent and bind persons interested in the estate;
  6. A person may represent and bind the person's minor or unborn descendant if a guardian for the descendant has not been appointed;
  7. A person designated by the settlor in the trust instrument or in a writing delivered to the trustee to represent the beneficiaries of the trust may represent and bind such beneficiaries; and
  8. A person designated by the beneficiaries of the trust to represent them may represent and bind such beneficiaries.


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