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.
Annulment,
Divorce, &
Legal Separation. Can you get an
annullment
under WA state law? Are
Prenuptial agreements and Meretricious relationships
valid in Washington? Do you wish to file for paternity and obtain custody or visitation?
Even if it is joint-custody or non supervised visitation? If the genetic test comes back showing that
you are the father you have a right to custody and/or visitation with the child. If the paternity test
shows you are not the father because she is cheating you can get rid of most of your child support
obligation but the rules regarding back child-support and paternity are complex: you would be
hard-pressed to file the action/lawsuit without a lawyer. Want a real world explanation of
how to serve your spouse the divorce papers in Washington?
At the bottom of the previous page on "how to serve" we have more information regarding
service by mail or publication.
I take custody, parenting plan, paternity and child-support 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 (try Christopher P. Bartow, Attorney at law, chris is an Ellensburg, WA lawyer whose divorce and Kittitas county information is here
Ellensburg Lawyer and attorneys website), 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.
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.
We also have a page for
Divorce Forms for Washington & Other court documents for free.
(But in most cases I
don't reccomend these totally unregulated and
unnaccoutable online legal websites..) For those needing areas of law other than family and divorce we have a
Links page (featured injury firm Hayes Magrini & Gatewood). Follow these links if you need either a
Seattle Traffic Ticket Lawyer or
if I am not available to represent you as your
Bankruptcy and Divorce case in Seattle or Bellevue click here.
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purchase, rent or buy an apartment or real-estate in Salvador, Bahia Brazil.
If you have a
Domestic Violence Protection Order (DVPO)
filed against you, politics can sometimes enter into the situation and you may have a combined divorce and criminal law
matter.
Have you been charged with DV and are risking unfair supervised visiation with yuor children? Just read carefully here about
how I can help you solve your confusing problem with
either yourself or a lying/exaggerating spouse. Who
has gained an advantage through
false allegations of domestic violence contained
in a Petition for a protection order; or through deceiving police officers who responded to a 911 call that was orchestrated at just
the right time. Click the links which follow to learn more about what I can do for you as your
Tacoma or Seattle protection order lawyer (or in the context
of their less serious cousin, as your
restraining order lawyer)
To protect your children and safeguard their vital relatinship with you
from an angry, psychologically unstable, or vindictive spouse. Whether the problem is simple exaggerations or outright/bald-face
lies, he or she does not need a lawyer to use a protection order or restreaining order to decrease visitation with your children, or even
force you to do uncalled for and unnecessary supervised visitation, under Washington state law. But if you are anywhere near
50% at fault (meaning, if you are guilty!), then I don't want you as a client because the children often have no defense or say
in the matter until later stages in the proceeding when either social workers or a "GAL" is appointed to investigate. This can
be so even when the prosecutor is fully involved with investigation by officers and charging decisions.
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.