Legal Opinion
In Re: Estate of Martha M. Tanner
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 7, 2009No. M2006-02640-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 178 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · WadeGary R. Wade, J.
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK, and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined. WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., filed a concurring opinion.
The decedent, Martha M. Tanner, died intestate while a resident of a nursing facility. Nineteen months later, the Bureau of TennCare filed a complaint in the Davidson County Chancery Court seeking the appointment of an administrator of her estate. The case was transferred to the probate court, and the decedent’s son, Thomas Tanner, was appointed administrator. The Bureau of TennCare then filed a claim seeking recovery of “medical assistance correctly…
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