Welcome to the Washington Divorce Law Office website of Seattle Divorce Attorney Robert E. Stark  Court Papers/Forms Filing to Litigation: Fast & Easy Divorces to divorce litigation.

During the last 10+ years of law practice I have handled over 500 divorce, custody, paternity, and child support cases. Most questions about Washington Divorce law and procedure (RCW 26.09) are found somewhere within the site. Information on all types of dissolution cases (divorces), from flat fee agreed divorce filings to the Judge's decision making in heavily litigated cases, can be found somewhere within the site structure. If you just want your Washington divorce done now, and your spouse will sign the papers, you can get started now by simply making a purchase at the order page. If you have a few questions on basic divorce procedure (like the minimum time requirement rules etc.), you should find easy answers here.   If you need to prepare declarations for Washington Divorce Court (whichever the county/city) or family law hearings (and you've got high-speed internet), I have Washington divorce law tutorials like these. Also, you can simply go to the discussion board and post questions. I process "agreed" Washington divorce cases very quickly and prices for these are listed below.  Whether or not you hire an attorney to obtain custody (visitation or "joint-custody") in Seattle or a fair share of the property in a Tacoma divorce, you have come to the right place for an experienced Seattle divorce attorney.  I offer all levels of service: from full representation when you need a Seattle divorce attorney for alimony and property settlement, to guidance for do it yourself parties outside Seattle, and all across Washington State.   An online Washington Divorce law library, a discussion board, and free Washington state child support calculator; the calculator is set exactly to the State tables and I use it myself in my practice.    

For agreed divorces where the spouses are dividing equity in real-estate (the family home), it can add peace of mind knowing the property division will be legal and go smoothly. For people who need to discuss their situation a little more in depth I offer a low, flat fee $85 Diagnosis of your divorce, custody, or property division problems. Can't find your spouse, or think they will just ignore the Court papers or divorce forms even if personally served?  In that case the procedure is a Washington state default divorce which we handle for $695.00. Do you need to divide a 401(k), retirement or pension? You are required to have a QDRO (qualified domestic relations order). Because these are complex and every employer has different requirements, I charge an extra $275.00 for this if I am also doing your agreed divorce filing. If not, the QDRO is $395.00. The Court forms in Washington for QDRO's are a pain. Need a Washington Quit Claim deed? They are $100 extra, but most people don't realize that your Decree of Dissolution can be made to do the same thing through proper specification of the legal description.

After over 300-400 contested divorce court hearings (and some of my custody trials have lasted over 6 continuous days), I have developed a detailed and practical knowledge of how the law is actually applied. Don't fear that the law is biased in favor of men or women; but understand it is almost always tilted so far towards the best interests of the child that the Court sometimes does not appear to care about what is fair as between the parents. Given the fact that the child often has absolutely nobody speaking solely on their behalf (except in the fewer cases in the later stages with a GAL, guardian ad litem), this is more than forgiveable.    We also have a page for Divorce Forms for Washington & Other court documents for free. (But don't reccomend this.)

Annulment, Divorce, & Legal Separation.  Can you get an  annullment under WA state law?  Are Prenuptial agreements and Meretricious relationships valid in Washington?  

I take custody cases from the following areas: Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, Everett, Kent, Renton, and most other parts of King, Pierce, or Snohomish county. Uncontested cases can be from as far away as Ellensburg, Yakima, Kennewick, Vancouver, Spokane and Lincoln Counties. If you have a dissolution (divorce) settlement agreement decided upon, and you want low fees, my custom  Washington divorce online software makes divorce fast, cheap, and easy, regardless of where you are located in Washington. Just answer a few simple questions and we create the petition, findings, and decree for you, and handle all filing matters with no court appearance. For a low fee, we take the hassle out of filing for divorce in Washington.