If you’ve ever been involved in a child custody dispute in Washington, you are probably familiar with, or have at least heard of the concept of “best interests of the child.” The best interests of the child standard is a Washington court’s primary and most important consideration when making decisions about children. Indeed, we’ve touched on the best interests standard…
The Split is an on-going series in which Decoupling talks to the people who are perhaps most affected by divorce – the kids. We sat down with adults whose parents divorced when they were kids and talked to them about how their folks’ split affected them. Each article will address one particular aspect of their experiences. In this first article…
Luckily for Aleki Taumoepeau, a New Zealand man, love might be bottomless but the ocean is not. Over a year ago, Aleki, a newly-wed ecologist, was conducting an environmental sweep of the Wellington harbor when he accidentally dropped his wedding ring into the water. His wife Rachel remembers:
“It flew off into the air and everyone on the
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This is the third article in our series about King County Superior Court Schedules. Last week we discussed filing your action and proof of service. Today we’re discussing the Confirmation of Issues.
This event requires a joint filing from both parties, and the document itself is very simple. In a divorce case, it’s generally…
Drowning in clutter?
A new study finds that objects don’t bring you happiness, but buying experiences actually may:
“[E]xperiential purchases, such as a meal out or theater tickets, result in increased well-being because they satisfy higher order needs, specifically the need for social connectedness and vitality — a feeling of being alive.” According to psychology professor Ryan Howell, “Purchased…
A couple of months ago we wrote about a marriage calculator that calculates the odds of getting divorced.
Now some researchers from the Australian National University have studied almost 2500 couples to identify factors that tend to correlate to divorce. The report is titled “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”
Yes, but how to predict whether…
Why must we cast Chris Brown as either a cynical villain or a wayward soul seeking heroic redemption? He is neither evil incarnate nor a paragon of virtue. He is, in fact, just an angry and confused young man trying to clean up his act.
Back in March, after Brown’s vicious beating of his then girlfriend Rihanna, I wrote about…
In our previous two series, we’ve gone over how to file for divorce, and how to file for temporary orders. Now for the Case Schedule.
If you’ve filed for divorce (or just about any lawsuit) in King County, one of the documents the clerk handed you was your Case Schedule. The Case Schedule sets out a number of…
(Retired football star, husband, and father of four Steve McNair was murdered on July 4th, 2009, by his 20-year old girlfriend who then shot herself.)
It was always easy to root for Steve McNair.
A Mississippi boy who played college ball for a historically black college many football fans had never heard of – Alcorn State. A calm-headed leader…
An Iowa man literally tried to take control of his car while in the passenger seat, wrenching the wheel from his wife and sending the car careening off the road.
The Des Moines Register reports that:
[The] 26-year-old man was charged with domestic assault and was being held at Polk County Jail. His
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