Professional profile
About Qin
Partner | Divorce and family, child custody, criminal defense
Qin Xufang is a partner in DeHeng Law Offices’ Wenzhou office whose work includes marriage and family disputes and criminal defense. Her professional background also includes a national third-level psychological counselor qualification together with mediation, arbitration and local legal-consulting roles. That combination is particularly relevant to high-conflict divorce, where the legal issues may be manageable but the parties’ communication, distrust and competing narratives make resolution much harder.
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High-conflict family cases benefit from strict separation of issues. Property disputes should not become automatic arguments about parental fitness, and child-custody claims should not be used merely to gain leverage in financial negotiations. Qin’s family practice is suited to building distinct evidence tracks for property, children and safety so that the court can assess each issue on its own legal basis.
Caregiving history is central in custody disputes. School records, medical appointments, calendars, parent-teacher messages and evidence of ordinary routines can show which parent performed daily care and how responsibility was shared. A parent who runs a business or works long hours may still have a meaningful caregiving role; a parent who handles most weekday logistics may rely on grandparents. The evidence should describe the actual care network rather than rely on stereotypes.
Her psychological-counselor qualification can be useful in managing communication and client expectations, although legal decisions remain governed by law and evidence. Children should not be coached, recorded repeatedly or pressured to choose between parents. Counsel can help clients focus on the child’s needs and avoid conduct that may increase conflict or damage credibility.
Where there are genuine safety concerns, the strategy changes. Allegations of domestic violence or coercive conduct need to be supported with available records such as police reports, medical records, messages or witnesses. Protective measures may become more important than mediation. At the same time, ordinary marital conflict should not be exaggerated into unsupported safety claims.
Qin’s criminal-defense experience may add particular sensitivity to evidence handling and the consequences of accusations. Family clients sometimes threaten criminal complaints during financial or custody conflict. Counsel should distinguish conduct that may require separate criminal advice from allegations used as negotiation pressure. The family case should remain focused on the remedies available in the divorce proceeding.
Business ownership complicates both income and property. A spouse may receive salary, dividends, benefits and control over company resources. Those elements should be separated for support and property analysis. Company records can also generate confidentiality issues, so evidence requests should be targeted to ownership, income and disputed transactions rather than broad commercial information.
Interim arrangements are especially important in high-conflict cases because litigation can last long enough for a temporary schedule to become the child’s new routine. Housing, school transport, mortgage payments and contact should be addressed early. If an arrangement is intended to be temporary, that should be documented so that cooperation is not later portrayed unfairly as a permanent concession.
Mediation can be effective once the critical facts are stable. A negotiated parenting plan can define school decisions, holidays, communication, travel and handovers in more detail than a simple custody judgment. Property settlement can allocate businesses, housing and payments in ways that reduce the former spouses’ need for continuing discretionary cooperation.
Qin’s practice is therefore especially relevant to Wenzhou families facing high-conflict separation where legal strategy must be combined with disciplined communication and realistic implementation. Her work is suited to cases in which the best result depends not only on proving rights, but on reducing the number of future disputes the parties will be able to create after the divorce is complete.
High-conflict cases also benefit from reducing the number of discretionary decisions the parties must make together after divorce. A parenting plan can establish fixed school-holiday schedules, direct access to school information and clear notice rules for travel. A property settlement can set sale dates and payment triggers rather than leaving future timing to one spouse’s discretion. This kind of drafting does not eliminate every future disagreement, but it can reduce opportunities for the same communication pattern that drove the litigation to continue indefinitely after judgment.
Her mediation experience can also help identify which issues are suitable for compromise and which require a firm evidentiary position first. Mediation is most effective after the parties understand the asset pool, the child’s routine and any genuine safety concerns. It is less useful when one side lacks basic financial information or when urgent protection is required. Qin’s combined litigation and mediation background supports a staged approach in which the case is stabilized first, key facts are clarified, and negotiation is then used to reduce the remaining areas of conflict.
That approach can be especially valuable for families who will continue to share parenting responsibilities long after the litigation ends. The legal strategy should protect rights firmly while avoiding unnecessary structures that force the former spouses to renegotiate the same issues repeatedly.
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