Because I’m a lawyer, my friends tend to ask me questions whenever they find themselves in a tough spot. I can’t always help, of course, but I do try to help point them in the right direction, just like I do for the women who I see when I speak at the YWCA’s battered women’s...
Divorce
To women who tell me that they can’t afford to hire an attorney to represent them in their divorce cases, my first question is always, “Can you afford NOT to hire an attorney?” So, can you afford not to hire an attorney? What’s at stake in a divorce? A divorce is one of the...
A separation agreement is a legal contract between a husband and a wife that formally divides all the assets and liabilities of a marriage between the two. These documents are pretty critically important because, of course, they are legal contracts—which means that you really have to take it seriously before you sign. Keep in mind...
The moment things start to go wrong in your marriage is a pretty overwhelmingly terrifying moment for most women. There’s so much to grieve and so much uncertainty to manage. Not only is there the loss of the marriage and the shared future to consider, there’s also the fear associated with the process of divorce....
Most people haven’t had to hire a divorce attorney before, and, even if they have, it was for something completely different. You probably can’t use the attorney you used when you closed on your house in your divorce and, even if you could, you probably wouldn’t want to. If you’ve had any experience with personal...
Whether you decide to hire an attorney or go at it on your own, you’re not really alone! The Hofheimer Family Law firm has gone to great lengths to provide Virginia women with divorce and custody cases all the information, support, and resources they could possibly need. Of course, we offer high quality legal representation...
Whenever I’m trying something new, I wonder, “What should I know that I don’t know?” Sometimes, I try to ask that question, too, even when I’m not entirely sure what else I need to know or what I should be asking. When I was buying my house, I asked people things all the time, like,...
Husbands and wives typically don’t have a whole lot of faith in each other once things have dissolved to the point that they are divorcing. Most of my clients worry that their husbands are hiding assets or lying about something, and that this mysterious something will wind up being incredibly important. If you’re worried that...