Jennifer Lovelace

About Jennifer

Jennifer helps our clients with their estate planning, probate, and guardianship needs.

Jennifer helps clients achieve their wishes for their property and family after death.  Jennifer regularly drafts and consults on wills, revocable living trusts, special needs trusts, medical powers of attorney, advanced directives, HIPAA releases, statutory durable powers of attorney, testamentary trusts, Lady Bird deeds, and transfer on death deeds.  She advises about the need for planning and discusses various options. She is happy to advise about various estate planning options and prides herself on working with the client to craft a custom-tailored estate plan for his or her needs.

If you have a loved one who has passed away, with or without planning, she can also help.  Jennifer regularly handles all types of probate matters: contested, uncontested, simple, and complex.  Jennifer balances compassion and knowledge, always striving for the most economical and efficient path forward.  She discusses the decedent’s unique assets, debts, and family and will make recommendations to transfer ownership of his or her assets.  She takes special care to advise her clients as to options for how to reduce or avoid creditor claims against the estate, with the goal of reserving the estate assets for the heirs or beneficiaries.  She regularly handles independent administrations, dependent administrations, estates with and without wills, and probate avoidance options like muniments of title.

She also regularly represents fiduciaries such as executors, administrators, trustees, and agents, who she will guide through may be their first and only time in such a role.  She will also represent the heirs, beneficiaries, and principals, ensuring that their rights are recognized throughout the process.

There are numerous probate issues that Jennifer regularly takes to court.  Litigation can appear in numerous ways, whether it is a will contest, inherited property dispute, or lawsuit by or against a personal representative.  Jennifer is ready for all of them. She will advise and teach, suggest out of court resolutions, and zealously advocate.

Jennifer also handles contested and uncontested guardianships. She is regularly appointed by the Johnson County Courts at Law to serve as an attorney or guardian ad litem in heirship and guardianship matters.

Jennifer graduated magna cum laude from the Texas Tech School of Law where she served as Vice Chair for the Board of Barristers.  She also has her Masters of Business Administration and a Bachelor’s of Science in Health Professions with a major in Health Care Administration.  Before attending law school, Jennifer had the unique experience of working as a human resources generalist who specialized in employee relations for a large hospital and healthcare system in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. It was while working there that she was inspired to go to law school.

Jennifer has received numerous awards for her legal work in local and statewide publications.  She is active in the community and local bar associations.  She currently serves as a director for the Tarrant County Probate Bar Association.  When she is not practicing law, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband (who is also her law partner), and their two children.  She also enjoys traveling and practicing yoga.