The appeal of doing mediation is, I think, pretty clear. Rather than having a traditional, more adversarial divorce, you and your soon to be ex can share a mediator. You can sit down and work through your issues together, rather than hurling abuse at each other across a courtroom. I spend a lot of time...
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It’s not an easy thing, starting to gather information about the divorce process. It’s not easy for anyone, so if you’re feeling like it’s gut wrenching, you’re not alone. I met so many women who are going through or have recently gone through a divorce that I can tell you – the emotions involved...
For the third year in a row, we are accepting applications for the 2021 Kristen D. Hofheimer Memorial Scholarship Competition. It was named in honor of Kristen D. Hofheimer, our former managing partner and owner, who died in 2019 after a long struggle with breast cancer. Kristen was a lot of things to a lot...
If you have a court date coming up and you’re hoping to get a continuance, you’re not alone. Court dates are complicated; the clerk’s office won’t call and make sure you don’t have any scheduling conflicts before setting a date. They don’t care whether you will have had enough pay periods between now and then...
As you educate yourself about the divorce process and what’s involved, you’ve probably come up close and personal to words – or, at least, combinations of words – that you’ve never seen together before. And though you understand the words themselves, knowing exactly what they mean or what their function is as it relates...
How much is a divorce? It’s a hard question to answer, because no two divorces are exactly the same. The total overall costs of a case has a lot to do with the specific facts involved in each case, which can vary dramatically from one to the next. Is that a cop out of...
A few weeks ago, my coworker, Lorna Rhoades, and I were guests on a podcast about Virginia military divorce. As a former military spouse, Lorna had a lot of really interesting insights into how it feels to be married to a military servicemember. One of the things that Lorna said, that I thought was interesting,...
Do you like quick and easy answers? Because, for once in my life, I have a quick and easy answer for you. To get a legal separation, you don’t need a Virginia divorce lawyer! Anyone and everyone can legally separate from their spouse without the help of an attorney. That means you – yes you...