Estate planning dictates how your assets are managed if you pass away or become incapacitated. An experienced attorney crafts a solid plan that protects your family, directs wealth, and ensures final wishes are carried out.
Crow Estate Planning & Probate focuses exclusively on estate planning, probate, and related services in Franklin, Tennessee. We serve individuals, families, and business owners throughout Middle Tennessee, helping them protect their assets and plan confidently. Whether you’re new to estate planning, updating a plan, or navigating probate, our team is here to guide you.
Schedule a free consultation today. Our Franklin office is located at 321 Billingsly Court, Suite 20, Franklin, TN 37067. We are open Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM, and we offer in-person, phone, and video appointments to fit your schedule.
Crow Estate Planning & Probate provides a full range of estate planning and probate legal services for individuals, families, and business owners.
A will is the estate plan’s foundation, directing asset distribution, designating child care, and naming an executor — the person who will manage your estate after you pass away. Without one, Tennessee law dictates outcomes, often contrary to your wishes. Our attorneys draft clear and legally sound wills for Tennesseeans.
Trusts offer versatile solutions for tax planning, asset protection, and special needs planning. Our attorneys establish trusts tailored to your goals, and guide families through administration for smooth asset management and distribution.
Probate is the court-supervised process of settling an estate after death, involving will verification, asset identification, debt and tax payment, and distribution to heirs. Our legal services support smooth probate administration, and we can represent your interests in estate litigation if necessary.
A conservatorship enables a trusted person to manage an adult’s care and finances if the individual is unable to decide due to age, illness, or disability. A court-established guardianship manages a minor’s inherited funds until the age of 18. Our lawyers guide families through financial conservatorship and guardianship matters.
Every estate plan should include two types of Power of Attorney, giving someone you trust the authority to act on your behalf when you are unable to do so yourself:
Financial Power of Attorney: This document gives a trusted person the authority to manage your finances, pay bills, and handle your assets if you become incapacitated.
Healthcare Power of Attorney: This document authorizes someone to make healthcare decisions on your behalf if you cannot speak for yourself.
Our lawyers make sure these documents are drafted correctly and actually accomplish what you need them to do.
As you get older, your estate planning requirements shift in important ways. Long-term care costs, TennCare and Medicaid planning, estate taxes, and preserving your wealth for the next generation all become more pressing concerns. Our Tennessee elder law attorneys help clients plan ahead so that a health crisis, nursing home costs, or unexpected expenses do not undo years of careful saving and hard work.
The right legal structures can shield assets from creditors, lawsuits, and other risks, providing a stronger financial foundation. Anyone with a home, retirement savings, a business, or inheritable wealth can benefit from reviewing their options. Our Franklin estate planning attorneys help clients understand their risks and legal tools for asset protection.
Since 2016, there has been no Tennessee inheritance tax, but federal estate tax, gift taxes, income taxes, and capital gains considerations can all affect how much of your estate actually reaches your heirs. We help clients throughout the Franklin area with legal tax planning tools to save on estate and gift taxes, keep life insurance out of their taxable estate, and provide for family members or charitable causes. We also work with business owners on tax-efficient succession strategies.
We help business owners build succession plans, structure buy-sell agreements, address business ownership transitions, and protect their business interests within a broader estate plan. We also assist with real estate transactions connected to business operations.
Learn more about business planning and formation in Franklin, TN.
Discover what sets us apart when it comes to estate planning, probate, and the other legal services we provide in Middle Tennessee:
Exclusive focus on estate planning and probate: This is all we do. That focus means our attorneys have deep experience and stay current on Tennessee law in a way that generalist firms simply cannot do.
Plain-language explanations: We take the time to walk you through your legal options clearly so you can make confident, informed decisions for yourself and your family.
Plans built around your specific needs: Your estate plan should reflect your actual life as well as your family, assets, children, business ownership interests, and goals. We customize solutions to you rather than offering generic templates.
Support through evolving circumstances: Marriage, divorce, new children, a move, a new business, or a change in your finances are all reasons to revisit your plan. We make it easy to update your plan to keep it relevant through every season of life.
Real litigation experience: Our attorneys regularly handle will contests and estate disputes, so we know where plans break down and how to design them to hold up when it matters most.
Free consultation for all new clients: Before you commit to anything, we will sit down with you in person, by phone, or by video to discuss your estate planning needs and your options at no charge.
Hundreds of five-star reviews from clients: Families trust our legal professionals with their most important decisions, their family’s future, and the legacy they want to leave behind.
Accessible local services: With offices in Franklin, Nashville, Clarksville, and Springfield, our experienced local estate planning and probate attorneys treat every client like a neighbor.
The best time to start is now, regardless of your age or what you currently own. Life is unpredictable, and having an estate plan protects your family and your assets no matter what happens. If you have recently gotten married, had children, gone through a divorce, started a business, inherited property, or made a significant financial change, those are all strong signals to get started on estate planning or update what you already have. Our estate planning attorneys in Franklin, TN, are here to help at every stage of life.
A will goes through probate — the court-supervised process of distributing your estate after you pass away. Probate can take many months to complete and be expensive.
A living trust does not go through probate, which means your loved ones can access your assets faster, more privately, and usually at less cost. Your successor trustee handles the distribution of the trust’s assets according to your instructions.
Our estate planning attorneys offer tailored solutions to help you decide which combination best fits your specific needs.
A rule of thumb is to review your estate plan every three to five years and whenever something important changes. Major life events such as a marriage, a divorce, the birth or adoption of children or grandchildren, a shift in your finances, new business ownership, a change in your health, or the death of someone named in your legal documents are all good reasons to revisit your plan. An estate plan that served you well five years ago may no longer reflect your current situation or your wishes.
Tennessee’s intestacy laws take over and distribute your estate based on a set legal formula that may have nothing to do with what you actually wanted. Your assets could go to people you would not have chosen, your children may not be provided for in the way you envisioned, and the probate process will take longer and cost more than it would have with proper estate planning in place. This is one of the most common and entirely preventable estate planning mistakes we see. Drafting wills and putting a solid estate plan together should be a priority for anyone who has not yet done so.
Yes! We offer a free consultation to all new clients with no commitment and no pressure. It’s simply a chance to share what is on your mind, ask questions, and learn more about what our estate planning attorneys can do for you. Whether your concerns involve wills, trusts, probate, asset protection, real property, or any other estate planning matter, we are happy to discuss them with you.
Protecting your family, your assets, and the legacy you are building starts with one conversation. Our dedicated local team has extensive knowledge in estate matters and is ready to listen, answer your questions, and help you create an estate plan that gives you real peace of mind.
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