Washington State is a community property state, meaning that marital property is divided equally between spouses in the event of a divorce or separation. To understand Washington's property division laws, it is essential to have a basic understanding of what...
Month: March 2023
6 tips to help you co-parent successfully
Co-parenting is always a unique and, often, complicated experience. In many ways, you can distance yourself from the difficulties that affected your marriage. This distance may allow you to give your children more personalized attention and may allow your parenting...
Will the family courts dole out justice to cheating spouses?
Marriage vows are a promise to be faithful to a spouse and responsible toward them even when they are sick or face other major challenges. Typically, people expect lasting romantic and sexual faithfulness when committing to marriage. Unfortunately, not every person...
Can you get a confidentiality agreement for your divorce?
One of the advantages of using mediation to settle a divorce is that it helps keeps things private. You don’t have as many documents filed with the court or testimony that could potentially be accessed and made public or used by business competitors. If you’re a...
3 inevitable changes that come with divorce
People who are going through a divorce face a lot of major life changes. Some of these are positive, but others might be a bit more difficult to cope with. Whether your divorce is mutually agreeable or contentious, you should prepare yourself for these effects. By...
