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Why group the Chancery and Probate together?

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@BD2412 and Leeapp: Why are these two court systems combined here? It is practically impossible to find a good source that combines Tennessee + chancery + probate + courts (the search would mostly return regurgitation of few online sources, like Wikipedia itself). It is very easy to find either Tennessee + chancery + courts or Tennessee + probate + courts separately. Should this article be split? Викидим (talk) 18:49, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Викидим: In Tennessee, the Chancery Courts handle probate matters, unless a given jurisdiction has specifically created a Probate Court. See Probate Committee of the Tennessee Clerks of Court Conference, Probate Guide (September 2012): "The jurisdiction over the probate of wills and administration of estates is now vested in the chancery court unless a particular county has a special court for probate created by private act". BD2412 T 21:11, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Whoever created the article entitled it with both courts, but my understanding is that they are two distinct courts and should not be combined in a single article Leeapp (talk) 22:24, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Since by default the probate is done in chancery courts, in this particular case a combination might make sense. I have added to the lead wording describing this arrangement, so the readers are not WP:SURPRISEd. Викидим (talk) 22:52, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]