IN RE ESTATE OF TANNER

No. M2006-02640-SC-R11-CV.

295 S.W.3d 610 (2009)

In re ESTATE OF Martha M. TANNER, deceased.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

October 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General & Reporter and L. Vincent Williams, Deputy Attorney General, for the appellant, The Tennessee Bureau of TennCare.

Helen Sfikas Rogers and Lawrence James Kamm, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Thomas Tanner.


OPINION

GARY R. WADE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, 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...

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