(a) Whenever an executor, administrator with will annexed or a trustee is empowered under the will or trust of a decedent to satisfy a pecuniary bequest, devise or transfer in trust, in kind with assets at their value for federal estate tax purposes, that fiduciary, in order to implement such a bequest, devise or transfer in trust, must, unless the governing instrument provides otherwise, distribute assets, including cash, fairly representative of appreciation or depreciation in the value of all property thus available for distribution in satisfaction of the pecuniary bequest, devise or transfer.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 30-2-713

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Marital deduction: The deduction(s) that can be taken in the determination of gift and estate tax liabilities because of the existence of a marriage or marital relationship.
  • Personal representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) This section is not intended to change the law presently applicable to fiduciaries in this state, but is a statement of the fiduciary principles applicable to fiduciaries and is declaratory of the present law of this state.
(c) The personal representative of an estate and trustees are authorized to enter into agreements with beneficiaries and with governmental authorities, agreeing to make distribution in accordance with this section for any purpose that they deem to be in the best interests of the estate, including the purpose of protecting and preserving the federal estate tax marital deduction for a decedent without regard to the decedent’s date of death, or the state inheritance tax marital deduction for a decedent dying before January 1, 2016, as applicable to the estate. The guardian or conservator of a surviving beneficiary or the personal representative of a deceased beneficiary is empowered to enter into agreements pursuant to this subsection (c) for and on behalf of the beneficiary or deceased beneficiary.
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