November 10, 2022
Collaborative Law for Prenups – Keep the Wedding Date
You can use Collaborative Law to support your process of creating and negotiating a prenup with your partner. ...
November 3, 2022
Tips for Working with a Guardian Ad Litem (GAL), Parenting Evaluator, or Investigator in Washington State
In Washington state, if you are involved in a custody dispute, which involves difficult questions related to specific needs for your children or serious parenting deficits (such as mental health, substance abuse, or domestic violence), an evaluation service may be...
October 27, 2022
How to Apologize to Your Ex
Apologizing can be hard, especially if you have a contentious relationship with the person you are apologizing to. If you want to have a polite (even friendly) relationship with your ex in the future, though, owning up to and apologizing...
October 20, 2022
What Should I Expect in a Family Law Consult and What Questions Should I Ask?
In the same way that every divorce is different, so, too, is every divorce lawyer and the law firms where they work. From lawyers’ individual personalities, expertise, and experience to law firms’ varying cultures and values which provide the framework...
October 13, 2022
How to Pay for Your Divorce
As a divorce and family law attorney, I have yet to hear of anyone getting married and opening a savings account for divorce fees should they need such an account down the road. I also do not know of anyone...
October 6, 2022
What Is Nesting and Does It Work as a Co-Parenting Strategy?
Divorce can be an emotionally grueling process, especially when you have children. In addition to coming to terms with how your own day-to-day is going to evolve, your children, too, will have to get used to seeing their lives change,...
September 29, 2022
How Does Your Divorce Agreement Fit Into Your Ex’s Will?
Divorce can be a time of confusion and complexity. In addition to any emotional or other stress, your divorce can impact both your and your ex’s will. Therefore, it is important to understand what that impact may be and what...
September 22, 2022
How to Navigate a Seattle Tech Divorce
While software developers are among the professions with the lowest divorce rates, coming in at 20.3%, workers in the technology sector who divorce face specific challenges during the divorce process. From how to locate and divide assets to determining parenting...
September 15, 2022
Who Pays for Extracurricular Activities in Divorce in Washington State?
For parents, divorce often raises many questions surrounding extracurricular activities. These questions usually include whether the children will get to participate in the extracurricular activities (sports, performing arts classes, music lessons, art classes, etc.) they did before the divorce, expanded...
September 8, 2022
Practical Advice for Starting a New Career After Divorce
Divorce is a time of transition, which can bring about changes in your professional life as much as it can in your personal life. Perhaps you are one of the ones, like many, who have decided that a fresh start...