34-1-121 - Powers of court Additional actions Waiver of requirements Compromise. - Tennessee Statutes

34-1-121. Powers of court Additional actions Waiver of requirements Compromise.

(a)  The court has broad discretion to require additional actions not specified in this chapter, and chapters 2 and 3 of this title as the court deems in the best interests of the minor or disabled person and the minor's or disabled person's property. The court also has discretion to waive requirements specified in this chapter, and chapters 2 and 3 of this title if the court finds it is in the best interests of the minor or disabled person to waive such requirements, particularly in those instances where strict compliance would be too costly or place an undue burden on the fiduciary or the minor or the disabled person.

(b)  In any action, claim, or suit in which a minor or disabled person is a party or in any case of personal injury to a minor or disabled person caused by the alleged wrongful act of another, the court in which the action, claim, or suit is pending, or the court supervising the fiduciary relationship if a fiduciary has been appointed, has the power to approve and confirm a compromise of the matters in controversy on behalf of the minor or disabled person. If the court deems the compromise to be in the best interest of the minor or disabled person, any order or decree approving and confirming the compromise shall be binding on the minor or disabled person.

[Acts 1992, ch. 794, § 22; 1994, ch. 855, § 12; 2000, ch. 610, § 1; T.C.A. § 34-11-121.]