Last Updated: Aug 10, 2026
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If someone dies without a will in Tennessee and they have assets in their sole name or payable to their estate, then their estate is subject to Tennessee’s intestate laws of succession. If someone dies in Tennessee with a surviving spouse and no children or grandchildren, then their estate passes entirely to the surviving spouse. If the individual dies with a surviving spouse and descendants meaning children and grandchildren then their estate the spouse is entitled to onethird of the estate or a child share whichever is
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greater with the remaining passing to the children. For example, if individual dies with a surviving spouse and two children, their estate would pass onethird to the surviving spouse with the remaining twothirds passing equally to the children. If an individual is not survived by a surviving spouse or children, then their estate passes to their parents if living. If no living parents, children or descendants of children or surviving spouse, then their estate passes to their siblings or descendants of their siblings. If no
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surviving spouse, children, siblings, or parents, then their estate passes one half to their paternal grandparents or descendants of the same and one half to their maternal grandparents or descendants of the same.
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