{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-35-17-102","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-17-102","heading":"Chapter definitions","body":"As used in this chapter: (1) \"Community property\" means property owned by a community property trust during the marriage of the settlor spouses; (2) \"Community property trust\" means an express trust that complies with § 35-17-103 ; (3) \"Decree\" means a judgment or other order of a court; (4) \"Dissolution\" means either: (A) Termination of a marriage by a decree of dissolution, divorce, annulment or declaration of invalidity; or (B) Entry of a decree of legal separation maintenance; (5) \"During marriage\" means a period that begins at marriage and ends at dissolution or immediately after the death of a spouse; (6) \"Qualified trustee\" means either: (A) A natural person who is a resident of this state; or (B) A company authorized to act as a fiduciary in this state pursuant to § 45-2-1001 ; and (7) \"Settlor spouses\" means a married couple that establishes a community property trust. Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 166, s 12, eff. 4/17/2023. Acts 2010 , ch. 658, § 1.\nAs used in this chapter:\n(1) \"Community property\" means property owned by a community property trust during the marriage of the settlor spouses;\n(2) \"Community property trust\" means an express trust that complies with § 35-17-103 ;\n(3) \"Decree\" means a judgment or other order of a court;\n(4) \"Dissolution\" means either: (A) Termination of a marriage by a decree of dissolution, divorce, annulment or declaration of invalidity; or (B) Entry of a decree of legal separation maintenance;\n(A) Termination of a marriage by a decree of dissolution, divorce, annulment or declaration of invalidity; or\n(B) Entry of a decree of legal separation maintenance;\n(5) \"During marriage\" means a period that begins at marriage and ends at dissolution or immediately after the death of a spouse;\n(6) \"Qualified trustee\" means either: (A) A natural person who is a resident of this state; or (B) A company authorized to act as a fiduciary in this state pursuant to § 45-2-1001 ; and\n(A) A natural person who is a resident of this state; or\n(B) A company authorized to act as a fiduciary in this state pursuant to § 45-2-1001 ; and\n(7) \"Settlor spouses\" means a married couple that establishes a community property trust.","path":["TN Code","Title 35","Chapter 17"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"0ee450afcaa7fe8d67dd34fa608389714a7ae7505ae254ab84dea9ff49c66fa1","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-35-17-101","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-35-17-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}