TENNESSEE LEGAL INFORMATION

Witnesses: Tennessee law requires two individuals witness the signature of the maker;

Who may be a witness? Tennessee law provides the following regarding witnesses to living wills:

* * * [W]hich declaration shall be acknowledged and signed by the declarant in the presence of two (2) witnesses who shall verify in such declaration that they are not related to the declarant by blood or marriage, and that they would not be entitled to any portion of the estate of the declarant upon the declarant's demise under any will or codicil thereto made by the declarant. In addition, the witnesses shall verify that neither of them is the attending physician nor an employee of the attending physician nor an employee of a health facility in which the declarant is a patient, and neither of them has a claim against any portion of the estate of the declarant.

Tennessee Code Section 32-11-104.

Notary: Tennessee law requires that a living will be notarized;

Must health care agent sign form? No requirement that health care agent sign form;

Tennessee Statutes containing living will requirements: Tennessee Code Sections 32-11-101, et al.

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