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…
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…
When our child support order was entered a few years ago, I was ordered to pay my ex a certain amount each month for our kid’s day care – in addition to what I pay for child support. I suspect that my ex isn’t actually spending that much on care for our children anymore – what can I do…
This is the final article in our series on what forms you need to file for temporary orders in your divorce case. Last week we went over the Proposed Order of Child Support. Today we discuss the Washington Child Support Worksheets.
WHY YOU NEED IT
You must attach a completed Washington…
This is part 6 of 8 of our series on what forms you need to file for temporary orders in your divorce case. Last time we went over the Proposed Temporary Parenting Plan. Next time we’ll go over the Child Support Worksheets.
Washington State requires a child support order in…
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…
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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Washington State child support orders set out each parent’s responsibility for the child’s Extraordinary Medical Expenses.
This provision is found at paragraph 3.19 of the pattern form child support order.
An extraordinary medical expense is a medical expense which in one month amounts to more than 5% of the child support transfer payment.
If you are the parent receiving…
So you have an Order of Child Support (OCS) saying that you owe a certain amount each month – a transfer payment. Now what?
If you’re the parent who owes child support (usually, but not always, the non-residential parent), then you’re called the “Obligor” – that is, the parent obliged to pay support for your children. The other parent (your…
