35-7-117 - Exemption of third person from liability. - Tennessee Statutes

35-7-117. Exemption of third person from liability.

A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining:

     (1)  The validity of the purported custodian's designation;

     (2)  The propriety of, or the authority under this chapter for, any act of the purported custodian;

     (3)  The validity or propriety under this chapter of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or

     (4)  The propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.

[Acts 1992, ch. 664, § 1; T.C.A. § 35-7-217.]