We’ve been in the news before for doing what we do – representing women exclusively in divorce and custody cases in Virginia – but it’s always exciting to have an opportunity to share with a broader audience. We’ve worked hard over the last nearly thirty years to make sure that Virginia women have the divorce information they need to make informed decisions about their cases, through our divorce and custody seminars, free books, blogs, articles, and other free reports, and, of course, our … [Read more...]
Sheera Herrell Taking Over as Managing Attorney and CEO of Hofheimer Family Law
Sheera Herrell Taking Over as Managing Attorney and CEO of Hofheimer Family Law We’re both excited and incredibly sad to announce that big things are under way at Hofheimer Family Law. If you know us, you know that for the last 25 years (yes, 25!) we’ve been dedicated to representing women only in divorce, custody, and support cases in Virginia. It all started in the 1990s when our founder, Charlie Hofheimer, started the firm. He was soon joined by Jack Ferrebee, and then, just a few years … [Read more...]
Will my husband and I have to talk face to face in our Virginia divorce?
Every marriage – and every divorce – is different. Even though there are certain principles that carry over and are equally true from one divorce to the next, there are also lots of ways we can customize the experience for each client, especially when it comes to negotiating separation agreements. (Obviously, when we go to court, there’s a little bit less freedom, because there are parts that we don’t have control over at all.) What’s true for one woman doesn’t have to be the same for another, … [Read more...]
Should I hire Hofheimer Family Law?
If you’re facing a possible divorce or custody case, you’re probably wondering how to proceed. There are a lot of factors involved and, as a result, a lot of choices to make, especially at the beginning of your case. It’s hard to know what path to travel down, especially when you’re not sure what shape your case may eventually take, and being expected to start making these kinds of big picture decisions in the beginning can be daunting. If you’re like most women, you’re wondering whether you … [Read more...]
Collaborative Divorce Virginia
When it comes to divorce, there are a lot of choices. Gone are the days when divorce was a one size fits all type proposition; these days, there are many more options. Though you still have to have grounds for divorce, potential grounds include both traditional fault based options as well as no fault. Keep in mind that no fault divorce doesn’t mean that there wasn’t any fault; it just means that, for whatever reason (but, normally, for the sake of expedience and efficiency), the parties have … [Read more...]
I want to hire an attorney. But who should I hire?
If you’re thinking about hiring an attorney, you’ve probably, at some point, wondered who you would hire. If you’re here, I’m assuming that you’re at least considering our firm, so I wanted to make sure that I wrote a brief article telling you all about the attorneys we have practicing with us. That way, when you go to make an appointment, you can make a decision about who you want to work with. At Hofheimer Family Law, as you probably already know, we represent women only in divorce, … [Read more...]
Sheera Herrell wins at Court of Appeals!
Spousal support is probably one of the most complicated areas of divorce law. Spousal support can be established in two different ways—by agreement, or ordered by a judge. Still, it’s difficult, especially in cases where spousal support is established by agreement, because (obviously) you have to get your husband to agree. Not only that, but it’s based on a complicated weighing of three different criteria (including need versus ability to pay, the statutory factors, and the length of marriage). … [Read more...]
Avvo Client’s Choice Award
Every so often, we like to toot our own horn. When one of our own is recognized for something exceptional, I like to talk about it. When Kristen Hofheimer got the Avvo Client’s Choice award, I knew it was something worth talking about. Everyone knows Avvo these days from their witty (?) television commercials, depicting all sorts of bad things that can happen to people that require them to use Avvo. Avvo is kind of like Facebook for attorneys; the site hosts our online profiles, and then ranks … [Read more...]
Virginia Collaborative Divorce
You have a lot of different options available to you when it comes to divorce. You have so many options, in fact, that many of the women that I see in my consultations or at my Second Saturday divorce seminars are convinced that there are many different “kinds” of divorce from which to choose. To hear most lawyers talk, it sounds like it’s true—we do tend to talk about divorces as different “types”. In reality, though, there aren’t that many truly different types of divorce at all. How are … [Read more...]
How DO we reach a settlement?
You probably already know, if you’ve been doing any kind of research on how divorce works in Virginia, that most cases these days are settled with a separation agreement. A separation agreement is, as you’ve probably already discovered, a legal contract that divides the assets and liabilities of the parties between them—somewhat “fairly” or “equitably.” It may not always be 50/50, but it’s usually (if we’re being honest here) somewhere pretty close to that. A separation agreement is one option … [Read more...]
