Will your divorce or custody attorneys travel to my area to represent me? Women sometimes look for an out of area lawyer for a number of reasons. Distrust in the system generally is sometimes one. Another might be that you come from a smaller community, and your husband has already sought out and maybe interviewed with the most prominent attorneys there. (Because of attorney ethical rules, if an attorney has had a consult with the adverse party, they are conflicted out and can’t represent the … [Read more...]
My juvenile court case got appealed! What now?
My juvenile court case got appealed! What now? The downside of the juvenile court is definitely the appeals situation. Well, that’s the downside if you won in the juvenile court, anyway. If you lost at the juvenile court level, well, then, it’s absolutely your right to appeal! (Funny how there are two sides to every coin, right?) But, today, I’m really talking about what happens if you won in juvenile court, and the opposing party notes an appeal. It can be incredibly frustrating, especially … [Read more...]
Can I get a continuance in my Virginia divorce?
When a divorce is filed in Virginia, it doesn’t have to be served right away. In fact, sometimes, even after a case is filed and has been prepared for service, an attorney will hold on to it before having it served on the opposing party. That doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s a clock somewhere ticking down to a court date, but sometimes it does. We often have people who come in, telling us that they were only just served with their divorce paperwork, but that there’s a court date a week or … [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...]
Girl’s Night Out at LunaSea Virginia Beach!
It’s FINALLY warming up! Even though I love, love, love living at the beach, there’s no question that the water keeps us a little bit cooler for longer when most of us are ready to get our summer vacations on already. Even though you can go to the beach some days (and, in fact, this year, there were a couple of days in February when I went to the beach), it takes ages for the water to warm up. We’ve overdue for another Girl’s Night Out event and, because things tend to be warmer in May (though, … [Read more...]
Girl’s Night Out at The Lucky Oyster in Virginia Beach
Last month, we celebrated our second annual Un-Valentine’s Day Party at Cotton Southern Bistro in the Hilltop West Shopping Center. We had a great group of women show up to celebrate the day with us! Single, married, divorcing, whatever—it doesn’t matter, we have a great group of successful, exciting, encouraging, supportive women, and that’s something worth celebrating every single day. Over the last two years, our Girl’s Night Out events have grown. It’s really crazy now to think back to our … [Read more...]
Girl’s Night Out Un-Valentine’s Day 2016
If you haven’t had a chance to make it to one of our Girl’s Night Out events yet, you definitely want to make time to come to our February event! Last year, our Un-Valentine's Day Party was such a hit, we figured we'd make it an annual thing. It’s going to be on Sunday, Feburary 14th (yes, Valentine's Day!) at Cotton Southern Bistro from 6-8pm. It's our Un-Valentine's Day Party, so be sure you dress in your Un-Valentine's best (whatever that means to you!). We're going to have food and … [Read more...]
Divorce Support Group
Going through a divorce isn’t easy. It isn’t easy for anyone, no matter what specific issues brought you to where you are today. No matter what you’re going through, you don’t want to be defined by your divorce. You, like any woman facing adversity, want to come out on the other side, better, stronger, and happier than you were before. Getting there—to that magical end point—can be difficult, though. Even though you have friends and family members who have been there before and can likely offer … [Read more...]
Girl’s Night Out — Kick Cancer’s Ass
My favorite thing about divorce is watching the transformation of a woman from who she is in the beginning of the process to who she becomes at the end of it. I know it’s difficult, sometimes expensive, and usually fairly time consuming, but a lot of good comes out of divorce, too. As you’re no doubt already aware, marriage doesn’t always mean that life after “I do” is happily ever. When things in your marriage begin to wind down, it’s natural to feel a little panic at the idea of moving on and … [Read more...]
