§ 10-242. General jurisdiction.

The probate court shall have original jurisdiction of all matters of probate, the administration of estates and orphans' business, embracing all of the subjects and powers enumerated in and conferred by T.C.A. §§ 16-16-107, 16-16-109, 16-16-110, 16-16-114 and 16-16-115, and concurrent jurisdiction with the chancery courts of the county over the persons and estates of idiots, lunatics, and other persons of unsound mind; and of proceedings for the partition or sale of estates by personal representatives, guardians, heirs, or tenants in common, and for the sale of land at the instance of creditors of the decedent, if the personal property is insufficient to satisfy the debts of the estate; to remove the disabilities of minors; and it is hereby vested with all the powers of a chancery court touching these matters. The judge of the probate court is also hereby vested with all the powers conferred by law upon judges of the inferior courts in this state. From the judgment of the probate court, an appeal shall lie directly to the court of appeals or supreme court of this state, as the case may be.

(Code 1992, § 9-127; Pub. Acts 1870, ch. 86, § 2(a); Priv. Acts 1923, ch. 163, § 1)

State law reference

Appeal to appellate court, T.C.A. § 27-4-102; partition suits, T.C.A. § 29-27-106; changing names, T.C.A. § 29-8-101 et seq.