Tennessee Chancery and Probate Courts

[3] 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.

[5][6] Parties in the Chancery Court are entitled to have a jury try issues of material fact.

[14] In 2019, Davidson County Chancellor Anne C. Martin[15] was appointed the Business Court judge and remains in that position (as of July 2024).

[16] 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.

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