32-1-111 - Married women's power to dispose of property by will. - Tennessee Statutes

32-1-111. Married women's power to dispose of property by will.

(a)  Married women, after February 15, 1941, may dispose of their property by will according to §§ 32-1-101 32-1-108.

(b)  Wills executed on or before February 15, 1941, by married women twenty-one (21) years of age or over, are valid to dispose of their realty or personalty, legal or equitable, in as complete manner as if executed by femes sole.

[Code 1858, § 2168 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 180, § 4); Acts 1869-1870, ch. 99, §§ 1, 6; Shan., § 3901; mod. Code 1932, § 8098; modified; Acts 1976, ch. 529, § 19; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 32-111.]