Estate Planning Attorney Franklin TN

Wills, Trusts & Probate Protection for Middle Tennessee Families

Tennessee probate can cost thousands of dollars. On a family home, it can cost tens of thousands. More than half of American adults have no valid will (Gallup, 2021), leaving families with court delays, stress, and avoidable expenses.

By Jim Vanderpool, Tennessee attorney since 2000, inventor of Contract Superintelligence, founder of ClosingStart and Realestart, and author of a paper on it published on the Social Science Research Network. About Jim →

Estate Planning Services

  • Revocable Living Trusts
  • Last Will and Testament
  • Power of Attorney
  • Healthcare Directives
  • Funding Your Trust
  • Probate Avoidance

Why Families Choose Vanderpool Law

Since 2002, Jim Vanderpool has helped Middle Tennessee families protect what they've worked hard to build. You get one lawyer, Jim, who knows your situation and handles your will, trust, or power of attorney himself.

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If you’d rather read first: No estate plan? You're in the majority, and here's the plan Tennessee has for you instead. Living trust in Tennessee: do you need one? A will doesn't avoid probate; it guarantees it. Durable power of attorney in Tennessee: who pays your bills and signs for you if you can't, and why so many get refused. Healthcare power of attorney and advance directive: who decides for you in the hospital, and what you want them to decide. Wills in Tennessee: what makes one valid, and who inherits if you die without one.