Tennessee Code 34-8-401 – Registration of guardianship orders
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 34-8-401
- Conservatorship: is a proceeding in which a court removes the decision-making powers and duties, in whole or in part, in a least restrictive manner, from a person with a disability who lacks capacity to make decisions in one or more important areas and places responsibility for one or more of those decisions in a conservator or co-conservators. See Tennessee Code 34-1-101
- Court: means any court having jurisdiction to hear matters concerning guardians or conservators. See Tennessee Code 34-1-101
- 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.
- 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
If a conservator or guardian has been appointed in another state and a petition for the appointment of a conservator or guardian is not pending in this state, the conservator or guardian appointed in the other state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to register, may register the conservatorship or guardianship order in this state by filing as a foreign judgment in a court, in any appropriate county of this state, certified copies of the order and letters of office.