Category Archives: Resources

How to Get Temporary Orders – Proposed Parenting Plan

This is part 5 of 8 of our series on what forms you need to file for temporary orders in your divorce case. Last week we went over the Sealed Financial Source Documents. Next week we’ll go over the Proposed Order of Child Support.

WHY YOU NEED IT

If you have children,…

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How To Get Temporary Orders – Sealed Financial Source Documents Cover Sheet

This is part 5 of 8 of our series on what forms you need to file for temporary orders in your divorce case. Last week we went over the Financial Declaration. Next week we’ll go over the Proposed Temporary Parenting Plan (only if you have kids, of course).

The Sealed Financial Source Documents Cover Sheet lists…

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How to Get Temporary Orders – Financial Declaration

This is part 4 of 8 of our series on what forms you need to file for temporary orders in your divorce case. Last week we went over the Motion and Declaration. Next week we’ll go over the sealed financial source documents form (and accompanying documents).

A Financial Declaration is a sworn document in which…

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How to Get Temporary Orders – Motion and Declaration

This is part 3 of 8 of our series on what forms you need to file for temporary orders in your divorce case. Last week we went over the Note For Motions Docket. Next week we’ll go over the Financial Declaration.

The Motion and Declaration for Temporary Orders is the heart of your case for temporary orders.

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How to Get Temporary Orders – Note for Motions Docket

Last week we published a general article on the documents necessary to file Temporary Orders. Next week we’ll put up an article on the Motion and Declaration for Temporary Orders.

The Note for Motion Docket is a document that tells the court, and your ex, what kind of motion you’ve filed, when, and where you want your motion…

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Filing For Temporary Orders – Why You (Probably) Need Them, And How To Get Them

The term “temporary orders” is shorthand for a number of different orders that you can ask the Court to enter prior to the finalization of your divorce.  They are temporary in the sense that they will be in force until they are replaced by the orders entered when you finalize your divorce (or, occasionally, later temporary orders).

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How To File For Divorce – Vital Statistics Form

This required Washington State form (formally called a Certificate of Dissolution, Declaration of Invalidity of Marriage or Legal Separation) is used by the Department of Health Statistics to collect data on divorces within the State of Washington.  The Department of Health Statistics states that the primary purposes of this data collection effect are to “1) to provide a brief, legal…

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How To File For Divorce – Confidential Information Form

WHY YOU NEED IT
The Confidential Information Form must be filed with your Petition and other opening documents.   The form itself asks for identifying information about you, your spouse, and your children – information such as social security numbers, addresses, drivers license numbers, addresses of employers, and so forth.

Though it is filed with the court, it is in fact…

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How to File For Divorce – Case Info Cover Sheet (CICS)

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….

WHY YOU NEED IT

The Case Assignment…

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How To File For Divorce: The Petition

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…

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