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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 31-5-103

  • Child: includes any individual, adopted or natural born, entitled to take as a child under this title by intestate succession from the parent whose relationship is involved and excludes any person who is only a stepchild, a foster child, a grandchild or any more remote descendant. See Tennessee Code 31-1-101

Should the value of the advancements in real estate exceed the child‘s share, the overplus shall be collated and brought into contribution in the distribution of the personal estate, and should the value of the advancements in personal estate exceed the share of the child in the personal estate, then the excess shall be brought into contribution in the partition of the real estate.