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Parents in Bellevue who divorce will likely co-parent their child together. If you are on good terms with your child’s other parent, it can be tempting to engage in chitchat about your daily life. Still, one study suggests that there are some topics that should be...
The two common methods of getting out of domestic violence are a protective order and a divorce. Many believe that this will offer a path to a violence-free life. Unfortunately, according to researchers, this is simply not the case for many victims. Indeed, many...
Growing old together was once a tenant of marriage. The ceremony emphasized a lifetime together as depicted by the oft-used phrase, “Until death do us part.” Yet, based on divorce statistics, the pact ends much sooner. Surprisingly, the fastest-growing segment of...
Washington, like many other states, allows married couples to enter into a postnuptial agreement. Unlike a prenuptial agreement, a postnuptial agreement is drafted after you are already married. Postnuptial agreements are not as typical as prenuptial agreements,...
Most Washingtonians understand that the state’s divorce laws require all marital property to be treated as community property, that is, the couple’s “marital assets” must be split equally. One of the most important issues in any Washington divorce is determining the...
When a couple goes through a divorce, there are some big topics with which they are rightfully concerned. How will child custody be handled? Who will get the house? The issue of debt, and how it’s distributed, isn’t something you’ll likely think of immediately, but it...
You make sure to pay child support every month because you recognize how much your child needs these financial resources. Yet there may come a time when your current child support order is no longer working for you. For example, your income may have changed, you may...
Divorcing parents in Washington State have the task of coming to terms with the future as well as taking care of the needs of their children. Divorce is difficult for everyone involved, but it can be particularly impactful to the children. Every state has unique...
We often talk about child custody as an issue in divorce, but child custody can be also be a legal issue for parents who were never married. Generally, both married parents and unmarried parents who are separating have the same rights when it comes to determining...
Your current parenting plan may have been working well, at least for a while. However, sometimes our lives change so significantly that a current parenting plan is no longer working for one or both parents. In such situations, you may want to seek a modification of...