Decoupling Seattle Family Law and Divorce Blog » Ask a Lawyer http://decouplingblog.com Explaining and Discussing Washington Family Law Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:21:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Will the Court Reduce My Child Support Payment Based on How Much Time I Spend with My Kids? http://decouplingblog.com/2012/02/will-the-court-reduce-my-child-support-payment-based-on-how-much-time-i-spend-with-my-kids/ http://decouplingblog.com/2012/02/will-the-court-reduce-my-child-support-payment-based-on-how-much-time-i-spend-with-my-kids/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:39:22 +0000 liz http://decouplingblog.com/?p=4138 Question

My ex and I have two kids together.  We’re not divorced yet, but we’ve been separated for several months. Since we split up, we’ve been able to work out a schedule where the kids live half of the time with me, and half of the time with my ex.  We have recently decided to move forward with a formal…

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My wife and I got married a month ago.  While we were on our honeymoon, I discovered text messages on my wife’s phone which led me to suspect that she’d been unfaithful to me just days before our wedding.  I confronted her about it, and she admitted that she cheated on me for much of our 3 year relationship. …

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I have a beautiful six year old granddaughter.  I have not seen her in over a year because her mother (my daughter-in-law) and I had a falling out over other family issues.  I am heartbroken that my son and daughter-in-law are punishing me by refusing to let me have a relationship with my only grandchild.  Is there anything that…

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My wife and I are in the process of getting a divorce.  We have two little kids, and very different ideas about how much time they should spend with each of us.  My wife says that the children should live mostly with her, while I believe that the children should have equal time with both of us.  We recently…

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I’ve been considering leaving my husband for several months.  Things between us keep getting worse, and I’d really like to move out of our house.  But I’ve heard that if I leave the house first, I might lose my property rights.  I am hoping that my husband will buy me out of the house, so I don’t want to…

]]> http://decouplingblog.com/2011/07/will-i-lose-my-property-rights-if-i-move-out/feed/ 0 How Do I Change My Parenting Plan? http://decouplingblog.com/2011/07/how-do-i-change-my-parenting-plan/ http://decouplingblog.com/2011/07/how-do-i-change-my-parenting-plan/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:35:45 +0000 liz http://decouplingblog.com/?p=3863 Question

I was divorced from my wife about five years ago.  We have two kids, who were toddlers when we split up.  When we divorced, I agreed that the kids would live mostly with their mom, and that I would have them with me every other weekend.  We have a final parenting plan that formalizes this agreement.  Now that the…

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My husband and I divorced when our son was 10 years old.  He’s 16 now, and is starting to think about where he wants to go to college.   I am very supportive of his aspirations, and I think that my ex probably is too.  While we were married, we started an account for college savings, but it’s been a…

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A couple of months after we separated, my husband talked me into signing an agreement that his lawyer wrote for him. At the time I was still reeling from our split and hoping that my husband would eventually have a change of heart. So without even really reading it, I signed. Since then, I’ve finally taken a look at…

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My husband and I have been separated for a few months, and we’re headed towards a formal dissolution of our marriage.  A few of my friends have told me that I better be prepared to pay a bunch of alimony to him because I make a lot more money than he does.   Is this true?  I thought alimony…

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My sixteen year old daughter has despaired over the size of her nose for years.   I think she’s beautiful the way she is, but she says that her less-than-perfect nose is ruining her social life and her self esteem.   She recently announced that she wants to “correct” her nose over the summer break so that she can have a…

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