"However perceptive you think your kids are, double it and then you're in the right ballpark." I say this to people all the time and I...

If you have a divorce or parentage case in Snohomish County, you will be required to mediate the dispute unless you fit into the narrow...

For several years, I have used my own layman definition of psychological trauma. Here it is: “Psychological trauma occurs when reality...

Often, people get through the temporary orders process and think to themselves, "The biggest headache in this process is behind me." In...

Holidays are rough on my clients. As people go through divorce, years-long traditions are broken for the first time. There isn't nearly...

Typically speaking, couples have quite a few arguments before anyone files for divorce. One of the things I have to do with my clients...

"I'll take you for everything you've got!" "My lawyer is going to take you to the cleaners!" "You'll be paying me forever!" Laypeople...

One of the most arcane-seeming issues in family law is the calculation of child support. It is easy to look at the worksheets and...

A result of my career is that I have witnessed thousands of people go through extreme emotional pain. Divorces can be incredibly rough on...

Without fail, one of the most dramatic and stressful parts of the temporary orders process is the Court’s determination of an interim...

One of the most infuriating (and informed) things I sometimes do to my clients is this: Absolutely nothing. Once upon a time, I thought...

There is an old adage among family law lawyers that 80% of the work in a family law case happens in the first six weeks. Today, I would...

(Before I get into the lengthy post about temporary orders, I wanted to share this because it came up in my practice recently.) Divorces...

One of the first tasks you will have to accomplish after your divorce case is filed is determining temporary orders that outline how...

Clients often come to me when they are stressed, frightened, angry, and deeply uncertain about their future as they face a divorce. In...