Choosing an attorney to represent you in your divorce can be a difficult undertaking. Sitting in a meeting with an insurance salesman the other day, I started to appreciate how my clients must feel when they’re sitting in my office. I like to think that I speak clearly and that my clients understand exactly what...
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A marriage should make you happy. Maybe not all day every day, but, for the most part, you should feel like you and your husband are co-captains of the same team. You’re linked in terms of your common interests and goals and, on top of all that, you love and respect each other. If you’re...
One of the most difficult things about custody cases is dealing with the Guardian ad Litem. A Guardian ad Litem (or GAL) is an attorney appointed to represent the best interests of the child to the court. So, in many custody cases, there are three, not two, attorneys involved—one for mom, one for dad, and...
Every attorney brings something new to the table, and Lindsay Trasko is no exception. She’s one of the newer associates at Hofheimer Family Law Firm. She started with us in 2012, after graduating from law school at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and serving a year as a clerk for Judges Croshaw, Hanson,...
When it comes to your divorce, money is always an issue. Whether you considered yourself to be financially comfortable before your divorce or not, you’ll have to adjust to a new normal afterwards. In addition to the actual financial costs specifically attributable to divorce (the cost of hiring a lawyer, paying for filing fees, costs...
If you're looking for something to do when you've wrapped the last present you can stand to wrap for the week, come out and join us at Mermaid Winery on December 11th! This is our fourth event in our Girl's Night Out series, which is designed to provide an opportunity for our local clients, friends,...
The holiday season has officially shifted into high gear, and you can almost hear the countdown ticking off in your head. With so many things to get done and such a firm deadline set in your mind, it’s difficult to find any time at all to think about your marriage and what your next step...
If you’ve never been through a divorce before, you’re probably wondering how you should proceed. Whenever you find yourself in unchartered territory, it can be confusing and overwhelming to figure out what you should do under your particular circumstances. You know that, strategically speaking, the choices you make now are pretty critical and you don’t...