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Contest for Probate Court Clerk
County
general - Partisan - Probate Court Clerk
About this office
The Probate Court Clerk manages records and administrative services for the Shelby County Probate Court, which handles guardianships and conservatorships, estates, wills, trusts, name changes, corrections to birth certificates, and judicial hospitalizations under Tennessee's Mental Health Law.
Term length: 4 years.
This role calls for
- Maintains records of the Probate Court — wills, estates, guardianships, conservatorships, and mental-health commitments. Handles trust-fund accounting for estates passing through the court.
- Records management for the court served by this clerk's office, in conformity with Tennessee Rules of Civil/Criminal Procedure and the orders of the assigned judges.
- Working knowledge of the relevant court's docket, fee schedule, and pleading requirements.
- Financial controls for collecting and disbursing court costs, fines, restitution, bonds, and trust funds — with public accountability.
- Supervision of a clerical staff handling high case volume and frequent statutory deadlines.
- Administrative reliability — the office's filings are legally binding and its records are evidence.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
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