26-2-302 - Life estates and equitable estates.

26-2-302. Life estates and equitable estates.

The provisions of § 26-2-301 shall apply to life estates and equitable estates which are owned by an individual and used by the individual or individual's spouse or dependent as a principal place of residence. The homestead exemption in such estates shall be set apart as the court may prescribe in ordering the sale.

[Acts 1870, ch. 80, § 2; Shan., § 3801; Code 1932, § 7722; Acts 1979, ch. 61, § 2; T.C.A., § 26-303.]