Luke Buckley v. Kerry Buckley, W2024-00171-COA-R3-CV

Luke Buckley filed an action for partition by sale of real property he co-owned with several relatives, asserting the property was "heirs property" under Tennessee law.
Title documents included a 1978 warranty deed dividing interest among six cotenants and a later quitclaim deed, after which only the parties named in the complaint owned the property.
Dameion Buckley, grandson of an original cotenant, moved to intervene, arguing he was deprived of his inheritance when his father executed the quitclaim deed while allegedly incapacitated.
Dameion relied on a power of attorney, an affidavit of heirship, and asserted claims of "collateral heirship" and intestate succession rights.
The trial court denied Dameion's motions, finding his father had transferred away any ownership interest before death.
Dameion appealed pro se, primarily challenging the determination that he lacked an interest in the property and requesting intervention as of right.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Right to intervene in partition action	Dameion: Has inheritance interest as son/heir	Luke: Dameion's father conveyed interest before death	Denied right to intervene
Effect of quitclaim deed on inheritance rights	Quitclaim invalid due to father’s incapacity	Deed valid; no proof of incapacity	Deed valid; no inherited interest
Legal sufficiency of power of attorney	POA made deed execution improper	POA didn't restrict father’s rights	POA immaterial to deed validity
Court's refusal to add Dameion to deeds	Entitled as heir/affidavit of heirship	Not an owner; property already conveyed	Refused to add to deeds

State v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 18 S.W.3d 186 (Tenn. 2000) (sets standard for intervention as of right)
McQuiddy Printing Co. v. Hirsig, 134 S.W.2d 197 (Tenn. 1939) (quitclaim deed conveys grantor’s interest)
In re Estate of Stewart, 545 S.W.3d 458 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017) (vesting of real property in heirs at law)