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

Tennessee § 34-1-121

• Jurisdiction: Tennessee
• Title: 34

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(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 person with a disability and the property of the minor or the person with a disability. 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 person with a disability 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 person with a disability. (b) In any action, claim, or suit in which a person with a disability is a party or in any case of personal injury to a person with a disability 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 person with a disability. If the court deems the compromise to be in the best interest of the person with a disability, any order or decree approving and confirming the compromise shall be binding on the person with a disability. (c) A tort claim settlement involving a minor does not require court approval except as required by § 29-34-105(a) .

Legislative History

Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 917, Secs.s2, s3 eff. 4/27/2022. Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 435, s 40, eff. 7/1/2013. Acts 1992, ch. 794, § 22; 1994, ch. 855, § 12; 2000, ch. 610, § 1; T.C.A. § 34-11-121.