When your faith doesn’t allow divorce Believe me, I am far from a spiritual adviser. What I am, though, is someone who has seen a lot of divorce. I’ve seen women in my office make arguments for divorce, and arguments against divorce. Though my general feeling is that most people who say that they don’t believe in divorce haven’t been unhappily married themselves, I do also hear from people who object to divorce on religious grounds. Though I don’t argue for or against divorce in any case … [Read more...]
My JAG Attorney Gave Me a Form Separation Agreement
My JAG attorney gave me a form separation agreement It’s not the first time I’ve written about JAG attorneys, and it probably won’t be the last, especially given that these same issues keep popping up time and time again in my practice. I’ve said it before: JAG attorneys are usually not licensed in the state in which they are stationed. If you’re military (which you probably are, or you wouldn’t have contact with a JAG attorney and you wouldn’t have found your way to this article), you … [Read more...]
Does Hofheimer Family Law offer free consultations?
Does Hofheimer Family Law offer free consultations? It’s a scary time. Once you realize your marriage is over – but before you’ve taken any action to formally end your marriage – is a time filled with uncertainty. If you’re like me, you want to take steps now to end those feelings of uncertainty, to come up with a game plan, to figure out how to solve some of these big, scary problems so that you can go back to sleep at night instead of tossing and turning endlessly. Most people turn to an … [Read more...]
What are your retainer fees?
What are your retainer fees? If that’s not a generic question, I don’t know what is! I know there’s a lot of confusion out there about how attorneys bill and what we charge for. I also know that there’s often a general feeling that we’re not all that willing to give straight answers. In law school, the joke was always that the answer to every single question is “It depends.” Today, I’m going to explain to you what goes in to setting retainer fees, and the different types of cases that we … [Read more...]
Second Saturday: Divorce Seminars for Virginia Women
Second Saturday: Divorce Seminars for Virginia Women It’s overwhelming to face a big process that you’ve never faced before. Divorce is no exception. In fact, in most cases, it seems to me like it’s the fear of the unknown – the what COULD happens – that keep most women lying awake at night. In many cases, these fears aren’t real or nameable. They’re just things that we worry over, repeatedly, and that gradually take on a life of their own. When I first meet a woman, taking down those fears … [Read more...]
Why do you represent women only?
Why do you represent women only? So, if you’ve found your way here, you probably already know that we’re different from every single other family law firm in the Commonwealth of Virginia. That’s right – there’s no other law firm in the Commonwealth that represents women only in divorce and custody cases. There are, however, two other firms dedicated to representing men only in Virginia. Why are there other firms that represent men only, and only one that represents women only? The answer is … [Read more...]
Girl’s Night Out at Beachside Social
Girl’s Night Out at Beachside Social If you’ve paid any attention to us over the last couple of months as you try to decide whether or not to move forward with a divorce or custody case, you’ve probably heard about our Girl’s Night Out event series. It’s a lot of fun and, if you haven’t been yet, I definitely encourage you to join us at our upcoming event at Beachside Social in Virginia Beach. It’s right on the oceanfront, and should be a really great time. The venue has indoor shuffleboard … [Read more...]
I can’t afford a Virginia divorce lawyer
I can’t afford a Virginia divorce lawyer. Legal representation is expensive. I get it. And it’s often especially scary because, at the beginning of a case, it is difficult to know how far and how long it’ll go. Family law attorneys take cases on retainers, and work is done on an hourly basis. We don’t know how long a case will last, or what it will take, before all is said and done. And with some cases – like custody, appeals, or enforcement of an agreement – things can pop up later on down … [Read more...]
Negotiating a separation agreement
A client of mine, who had retained me to help her draft a separation agreement, forwarded me the draft separation agreement that her husband had prepared while we were working on ours, with the caption “Things just got ugly.” I was confused – after all, I was retained to prepare a separation agreement, much like the one that opposing counsel had just sent to my client. Why would that mean that things had gotten ugly? Over the course of the evening, she sent me 6 or more additional emails with … [Read more...]
Handling Divorce and Custody
I often find that, when reaching a separation agreement isn’t as easy as previously thought, many people (especially those who had hoped to navigate their divorce without the assistance of attorneys) find themselves filing for custody. Though I can certainly understand the appeal of this (after all, custody is THE biggest issue in cases where there are minor children), sometimes it’s not the best course of action. After all, you can go through the court process (with or without attorneys) but … [Read more...]
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