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If your spouse responds or contests (ie they actually get the papers which many don't because
they don't update or forward their mail), then standard hourly fees apply. In the unlikely event
that this happens I normally but not always let you go hour by hour to keep fees down. If your spouse becomes
too difficult or litigating matters I may require full retainers per standard contested case terms.
In these cases, you essentially will not know how to personally locate your spouse but have a previous mailing
address. It could even be a parental address you still have. Sometimes former friends, family or contacts
of a missing or long-forgotten spouse will tell their parents to not let you know where they have moved just
to spite you. In this type of case you agree and acknowledge that you don't know where to find them or
that conducting more than rudimentary searches throught internet and using contacts for their former family or
friends, you don't know where they are and they are making no effort to keep you informed. These are pretty
straightforward cases but You WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE AT LEAST ON IN PERSON COURT APPEARANCE 90 DAYS OR SO
AFTER YOU HIRE ME. You can pick the day yourself or even come back 4 months later. But this must reasonably
accomodate my schedule as well. The $895 does not include the $250 check for the Court filing fee that
goes to the Court not me. I handle everything for you but you have to give me the second check to file
your case. I go into court two (2) times in these cases, this is why they are noticeably more expensive than
other "uncontested" types of divorces. Another thing is that I DO NOT guarantee that we will be allowed
to include childsupport, property, or debt in the final decree. But after the divorce you will have a shield
against future creditors but not necessarily past creditors. I will discuss this with you briefly after you
hire me; and in 50% or so of the cases there is a sufficient, what we call jurisdictional nexus to obtain
the financial and other relief you seek in the decree and even despite your spouses non-appearance in the case.
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Cities Served For Agreed Divorces Span All WA city and county regions such as Spokane, Yakima, Everett, Bellingham, Bellevue, Burien, Battleground,
Tacoma, Seattle, Bellevue and Bothell. To serve as your child custody attorney, or for contested divorce matters such as changing Washington State
Child support orders, parenting plan trial or litigation hearings, contempt for denial of visitation or custody rights, in such cases nomally
I take them in the Seattle, Bellevue, and Everett to Tacoma corridor. But I make more than a few exceptions and as of 1/1/2009 have litigation cases
in a few cities such as Vancouver, WA and even Spokane pending.
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