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…
My wife and I divorced about 5 years ago. We have two kids. Under our final parenting plan, I am the primary residential parent and my wife sees the kids every other weekend, and once a week during the week. I was recently offered a great new job that will really improve our financial situation. The only problem is…
This quiz examines some of the considerations that a court addresses when determining whether to make significant changes to a Parenting Plan, such as by ordering that a child move from living primarily with one parent to the other.
In Washington custody cases, the court’s top priority is promoting a child’s “best interests.” Another lesser, but still important priority…
The Child Relocation Statute (RCW 26.09.430-560) requires the parent with whom the child resides primarily to give the other parent 60 days notice of any plan to move outside his or her present school district. If you can’t give 60 days notice (for example, because you did not know about the move in time) you need to give notice as…
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.
If you have children,…
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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