Tag Archives: children

Best Interests of the Child – The Wishes of the Child and the Schedules of the Parents

February 25, 2010 – 9:42 am

In this series, we have been examining Washington cases which help us to understand what exactly the “best interests of the child” standard means, and how it works when applied to a specific family.  Our last article examined the fifth factor under RCW 26.09.187(3)(a) – “the child’s relationship with siblings and other adults,…

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Best Interests of the Child – Past and Potential for Future Performance of Parenting Functions

January 25, 2010 – 5:46 pm

In this series, we’re taking a look at some Washington cases that shed some light on to what the “best interests of the child” standard means, and how it works when applied to a specific family.  Last week we discussed the second factor, “the agreements of the parties.”  In that article we saw just how much…

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Best Interests Of The Child: What It Means

December 16, 2009 – 10:52 am

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…

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How to Get Temporary Orders – Proposed Order of Child Support

July 6, 2009 – 10:43 am

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.

WHY YOU NEED IT

Washington State requires a child support order in…

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Honey, I Forgot To Tell The Kids … About Our Divorce

June 26, 2009 – 1:54 am

courtesy flikr

This may well be apocryphal, but yeah, I don’t really think this is the technique recommended by those self-help mavens on how to tell your kids about your divorce….

Maybe the best takeaway is from a comment on digg.com:

thebasshacker
8 hr 50 min ago
First rule

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How to Get Temporary Orders – Proposed Parenting Plan

June 24, 2009 – 9:42 am

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…

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