34-1-120 - When people may be appointed fiduciary Eligible persons. - Tennessee Statutes

34-1-120. When people may be appointed fiduciary Eligible persons.

No personal representative of an estate, any part of which is distributable to a minor, except a parent, grandparent, sibling of the minor or person named by the testator to be guardian, shall be appointed the fiduciary for the minor until the personal representative has first settled its accounts as personal representative. No personal representative of an estate, any part of which is distributable to a disabled person, except a parent, spouse, child, grandchild, grandparent or sibling of the disabled person, shall be appointed the fiduciary for the disabled person until the personal representative has first settled its accounts as personal representative.

[Acts 1992, ch. 794, § 21; 1994, ch. 855, § 11; 1997, ch. 407, § 6; 1999, ch. 491, § 7; T.C.A. § 34-11-120.]