by Joel Roettger | May 4, 2017 | Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts
Today Governor Haslam signed SB0769, a bill that revises various provisions of the Tennessee Code relating to wills, trusts, and probate. The substantive provisions of the bill take effect July 1. Analysis of the bill may be found at the following links: 2017 Probate...
by Joel Roettger | May 2, 2017 | Probate
The new version of Tennessee’s Slayer Statute is much like the old version, only with 10 times more verbiage. Tennessee’s Slayer Statute is based on a simple principle: a killer cannot profit from the killer’s wrong. Thus, a killer forfeits the right...
by Joel Roettger | May 1, 2017 | Estate Planning, Probate
A new statute taking effect on July 1 will finally cause memorandums of personal effects to be legally recognized, but the statute is not without drawbacks. A memorandum of personal effects is separate from, but related to, a client’s last will and testament. It...
by Joel Roettger | Apr 27, 2017 | Estate Planning, Trusts
An unassuming provision in the probate omnibus bill may prove to be a trap for some unwary practitioners. SB 0769, the 2017 Probate Omnibus Bill, has been transmitted to the Governor for his signature. One of the more perplexing provisions of the incipient law is...
by Joel Roettger | Apr 26, 2017 | Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts
The 2017 probate omnibus bill is notable not just for what it contains, but also for what it does not contain. The original version of the bill was HB 0567. It contained several sections that addressed the effect of divorce or annulment on an estate plan. Under...
