Adriane Grace | Estate Planning

Grace Estate Law

Adriane Grace | Grace Estate Law

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Firm Summary

Adriane Grace is passionate about advocating for her clients and educating them about their legal rights. She does not impose cookie-cutter solutions. When you call Adriane, you will speak with an attorney who will listen to your needs and create a legal plan of action consistent with your individual goals.

Adriane primarily advises and represents clients in Estate Planning, Probate, Guardianship, and Social Security matters. Not only has she has assisted many North Texas families with creating Wills, Trusts, and other construction documents, she has also defended estate plans and Executors in probate court, as well as legal heirs and beneficiaries of an Estate. Due to her litigation experience, Adriane is well-informed about Texas probate and estate administration laws and can confidently advise families about Texas probate process as well as assist them with choosing the appropriate Executor, Guardian, or Trustee to serve under their estate plan. In addition to the probate and estate litigation practice, Adriane has been involved in numerous guardianship disputes including defending applicants for guardianship and temporary guardianship of a disabled adult or minor child. As part of her guardianship practice, she routinely advises and consults with families about alternatives to guardianship and available supports and services in our local community. She also advises families who have questions about the mental health commitment process. Adriane Grace, who is also a Social Security appellate attorney, is well-versed in the rules concerning eligibility for needs-based public assistance such as SSI and Medicaid and stands ready to advise and assist those who have questions about enrolling a family member.

Expertise Highlights

Certified by the Texas State Bar to practice as an Attorney Ad Litem in Texas courts, Adriane also regularly receives court appointments in Guardianship proceedings and Heirship Determinations from the statutory probate courts in North Texas. In addition, she devotes part of her legal practice to pro bono work and accepts construction and probate cases from Legal Aid of Northwest Texas in Collin County and the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program.

Education
American University Washington College of Law, Juris Doctor, 2009
The University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Arts, 2001

Bar Admissions
Texas, 2011
Virginia, 2009

Associations
Dallas Bar Association
Collin County Bar Association
National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives
Dallas Area Social Security Claimants’ Attorneys
Texas Bar College
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Certifications & Licenses
Certified to represent parties in Guardianship proceedings – State Bar of Texas

Volunteer Work & Board Membership
Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas
NAELA News Editorial Board
Southwest Community Foundation Professional Advisors Committee
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation

Languages Spoken
English
Spanish