Tennessee Chancery and Probate Courts

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Tennessee has 32 judicial districts with a Chancery Court in each district. Some of these 32 districts have legislatively created Probate Courts.[1]

Tennessee chancery courts[edit]

Tennessee's Chancery Courts are courts of equity.[2] Tennessee's Chancery Court was created in the first half of the 19th Century, and remains one of the few distinctly separate courts of equity in the United States.[3] While the Chancery Court and Tennessee's Circuit Court, the court of general civil and criminal jurisdiction,[4] may share a set of procedural rules in each county, there are some distinct rules applying to the separate courts.[5][6] Parties in the Chancery Court are entitled to have a jury try issues of material fact.[7]

In 2015, Tennessee's Supreme Court created a pilot Business Court.[8] The Davidson County (Nashville) Chancery Court Part III was designated to serve as the Business Court.[9][10] Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle was the first Business Court judge into 2017, when Davidson County District Court Judge Joe Binkley was appointed the new Business Court judge.[11] In 2019, Davidson County Chancellor Anne C. Martin was appointed the Business Court judge and remains in that position.[12] She was appointed as a Business Court Representative to the American Bar Association's Business Law Section in 2023.[13] Tennessee's Administrative Office of the Courts received a grant from the State Justice Institute to work with the National Center for State Courts to develop a curriculum for expanding business courts in Tennessee and elsewhere.[14]

Tennessee probate courts[edit]

The Probate Courts are legislatively created courts with jurisdiction over probating wills, estate administration, conservatorships and guardianships.[15]

  1. ^ "Circuit, Criminal, Chancery & Business Courts | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts". www.tncourts.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  2. ^ "About the Trial Courts | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts". www.tncourts.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  3. ^ Fowler, Russell (February 2012). "A History of Chancery and its Equity". Tennessee Bar Journal. 48 (2).
  4. ^ "About the Trial Courts | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts". www.tncourts.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  5. ^ "Local Rules – Davidson County Courts of Record – Circuit Court Clerk". Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  6. ^ "Local Rules of Practice | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts". www.tncourts.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  7. ^ "Tennessee Code 21-1-103 – Right to trial by jury » LawServer". www.lawserver.com. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  8. ^ "Business Court Docket | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts". www.tncourts.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  9. ^ Lee, Chief Justice Sharon G. (March 16, 2015). "In the Supreme Court of Tennessee, No. ADM2015-00467, Order Establishing the Davidson County Business Court Pilot Project" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Business Court Pilot Project – Chancery Clerk and Master of Metropolitan Nashville & Davidson County". Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  11. ^ "Tennessee Supreme Court Endorses Recommendations of the Statewide Business Court Docket Advisory Commission | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts". www.tncourts.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  12. ^ "Business Court Pilot Project – Chancery Clerk and Master of Metropolitan Nashville & Davidson County". Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  13. ^ "Chancellor Martin Appointed Business Court Representative to ABA Business Law Section | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts". www.tncourts.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  14. ^ "Tennessee Business Court Docket Pilot Project Awarded Grant to Create Nationwide Curriculum | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts". tncourts.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  15. ^ "About the Trial Courts | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts". www.tncourts.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
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