You already give your friends birthday gifts, baby gifts, and wedding gifts.
Why not give divorce gifts, too? It’s likely, after all, that your divorcing friend will have roughly half the stuff that she or he used to have. Not to mention, she or he may need a little humor / venting / revenge fantasy to pass the time.
Speaking…
This King County form is actually an amalgamation of two forms: The Case Assignment Area Form and the Case Information Cover Sheet (CICS). This double-form is used for all King County Superior Court lawsuits.
Can you tell which one is the CAAF and which one is the CICS? They are always together….
The Case Assignment…
Dictionary.com’s second definition of “petition” is: “A request made for something desired, esp. a respectful or humble request, as to a superior or to one of those in authority; a supplication or prayer.” Fair enough. Some folks seek their freedom with the fervency of prayer.
Most lawsuits in Washington start with a complaint. But in a desire to make…
Dictionary.com says that a “summons” is “a call or citation to appear before a court or a judicial officer” – basically, it’s a command to appear.
A summons is essentially a cover sheet for any lawsuit, including a dissolution (a.k.a. a divorce). It says you must respond within 20 days (or 60 days if you…
Pop Quiz is an ongoing series about cases from the Washington State Court of Appeals and the Washington Supreme Court. Each post includes some facts about a specific case, then invites you to guess which of the four choices best describes the court’s ruling.
This is a divorce case involving a property settlement and a Judge who waxed eloquent about…
Getting a divorce is way more complex than it probably should be. In fact, depending on your case, you could end up filling out 25 or 30 forms en route to your freedom. Think of it as Washington’s way of supporting the logging industry, one unhappy marriage at a time.
Don’t fret, though. We’re here to help. Because…
Question: What is the difference between legal separation and dissolution (divorce)?
Answer: Not much. The main practical difference is that you can’t get remarried. In all other respects – property settlement, child support, etc. – you are as good as divorced.
People usually pursue legal separation instead of divorce for one of three reasons:
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Historically, divorce has been a nasty business with equally nasty terminology. “Custody” and “alimony” conjure up images of bile-spewing, decades-long battles. Washington, like many states, has altered the terminology of many key divorce concepts in an effort to escape the loaded words of the bad old days, probably in the hope that more harmonious language will mean more harmonious litigation.…
de⋅cou⋅ple
[dee-kuhp-uhl] verb, -pled, -pling.
Origin: 1595–1605; de- + couple
Decoupling offers a simple guide…
