Estate Planning and Business Services for Collierville

Choose the question you need answered

If you are planning ahead, identify the decisions you want documents to address. Estate planning services include wills and trusts, financial and healthcare powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives, and related planning. These documents have different purposes: a will or trust addresses estate planning, a financial power of attorney authorizes another person to act within its scope, and a healthcare directive addresses an agent and healthcare preferences.

If a death has already occurred or a trust is being administered, the immediate question may instead be what responsibilities and records are involved. Probate administration, ancillary probate, and trust administration are offered services. A first discussion can help distinguish those situations from planning documents created for future use.

• Planning ahead: list the decisions, people, property, or care preferences you want to address.
• Existing matter: note what has happened, what documents you have, and what action or information you are seeking.
• Business formation: identify the proposed business and whether you are considering an LLC, corporation, or partnership.

Prepare a practical first-conversation file

Bring or organize the documents relevant to your question rather than trying to assemble every financial record. For planning, that might mean current wills, trust documents, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and a list of people you may want to name in particular roles. For an existing estate or trust matter, gather the documents you have received or signed, relevant correspondence, and a short timeline of events. For formation, write down the proposed business name, ownership participants, and the entity type you are considering.

Mark questions directly on your list. For example: Which decision remains unresolved? Who is authorized to act, and under which document? What information should be shared, and with whom? This makes it easier to separate document purpose, decision-making authority, and administration questions.

• Make a one-page timeline and identify the next decision you face.
• Bring copies of relevant documents; do not assume a document grants every power or serves every purpose.
• Ask what additional information is needed and what the next step would address.

Keep Collierville and county records distinct

Collierville is an incorporated municipality in Shelby County. Its municipal directory profile is a public-information resource, not a law office or proof of court jurisdiction. Shelby County has separate court-office listings, including a Probate Court Clerk and a Clerk & Master contact; those offices are not interchangeable, and a contact listing alone does not establish the correct venue or whether a proceeding is necessary.

For land-record contact information, UT CTAS lists the Shelby County Register of Deeds at 1075 Mullins Station Road, Suite W165, Memphis. The Clerk & Master contact is listed at 140 Adams Avenue, Room 308, Memphis. These may be contact or mailing addresses, so confirm current location and instructions before visiting. A recorded document or directory listing does not determine ownership or establish which transfer or court procedure is appropriate.

Ask about the service that fits your situation

For planning, ask which documents address your particular decisions and how financial authority differs from healthcare authority. For an existing matter, ask what role applies—such as agent, trustee, executor, or court-appointed guardian or conservator—and what records are needed to understand it. For a new business, ask what information is needed to discuss formation as an LLC, corporation, or partnership. The firm’s stated business service is formation; this page does not describe other business-law services.

Dale Law Group, PLLC serves Tennessee from its only office in Murfreesboro. County and municipal contact directories are separate public resources; confirm details with the relevant office before relying on them.