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Revocable Living Trust
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
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Financial Power of Attorney
Tennessee requires explicit durability language for a power of attorney to survive incapacityT.C.A. §§ 34-6-101 to 34-6-112; §§ 66-22-101, 66-24-101, 66-26-101, 66-26-103Verified Sep 20, 2026View source, and it is signed with no witness or notary requirementT.C.A. §§ 34-6-101 to 34-6-112; §§ 66-22-101, 66-24-101, 66-26-101, 66-26-103Verified Sep 20, 2026View source.
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Last Will and Testament
In Tennessee, a will is signed before 2T.C.A. § 32-1-104Verified Oct 19, 2026View source witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimonyT.C.A. § 32-1-104Verified Oct 19, 2026View source.
Free tools for planning your estate in Tennessee: what a will or trust costs, whether you need a trust or TOD deed, and how documents are signed.
How Much Does a Revocable Living Trust Cost?
An attorney-prepared revocable living trust in Tennessee runs $3,150Estimate: 10 hours at $315, Clio's Tennessee Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $4,725Estimate: 15 hours at $315, Clio's Tennessee Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source for an individual, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.
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How Much Life Insurance Do I Need?
In Tennessee, four years at a public university cost about $85,116NCES Digest of Education Statistics 2023, Table 330.20, public 4-year in-state tuition, fees, room and board, academic year 2022-23Verified Oct 17, 2026View source and the cost of living is 8% below the U.S. averageBEA Regional Price Parities, all items, by state, 2024Verified Oct 17, 2026View source;no state estate or inheritance tax appliesNo Tennessee death tax is payable. The inheritance tax (Tenn. Code Ann. Title 67, ch. 8, pt. 3) remains codified but is switched off: § 67-8-318 (Acts 2012, ch. 1057, § 3) — "This part does not apply in the case of any decedent who died in 2016 or in any subsequent year"; TN DOR — "The inheritance tax is no longer imposed after December 31, 2015. Please DO NOT file for decedents with dates of death in 2016 or after." The separate Tennessee estate tax (Title 67, ch. 8, pt. 2, § 67-8-204) is a federal-credit pickup keyed to the credit "allowable ... by § 2011 of the Internal Revenue Code" (§ 67-8-202(1)); 26 U.S.C. § 2011 was repealed (Pub. L. 113-295 § 221(a)(95)(A)(i)), so that tax computes to $0. The gift tax (pt. 1) likewise does not apply to gifts made on or after Jan. 1, 2012 (§ 67-8-118).Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
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What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?
An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Tennessee runs $3,150Estimate: 10 hours at $315, Clio's Tennessee Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $4,725Estimate: 15 hours at $315, Clio's Tennessee Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source and a simple will $903Estimate: 3 hours at $301, Clio's Tennessee Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $1,806Estimate: 6 hours at $301, Clio's Tennessee Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.
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Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?
Tennessee does not revoke an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorceTenn. Code Ann. § 32-1-202 (wills only)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.
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Parham Estate Law has offices in Memphis and Henderson, serving Shelby, Fayette, Madison and Chester counties and probate clients throughout Tennessee. It guides executors and administrators from appointment and bond through creditors, taxes, distribution and the final accounting, and represents them when beneficiaries dispute the administration.
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1715 Aaron Brenner Drive, Suite 450Memphis, TN 38120
Thomas-Walters is a multi-state estate planning firm whose Tennessee office on Court Square in Huntingdon is run by John Stevens. The firm practices solely in estate planning and related matters and takes calls from people named as a trustee or executor; most of its work is trusts, wills and Medicaid planning built to keep an estate out of probate.
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Waldrop & Hall practices from downtown Jackson in Madison County and traces its founding to 1926. Partner Hailey H. David assists executors with inventories, debts and notices, using small estate procedure, affidavits of heirship and muniment of title where they fit. She also litigates will and trust contests and fiduciary-breach claims, and handles conservatorships.
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112 South Liberty Street, Suite 321Jackson, TN 38301