Holidays: Lawyer Perspective
I would be remiss if I only spoke about holidays from the perspective of the divorce client. I realize this blog is certainly oriented...
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A Divorce Lawyer's Lessons from Practice
I would be remiss if I only spoke about holidays from the perspective of the divorce client. I realize this blog is certainly oriented...
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...
Community Property Defined: If you are contemplating (or in the midst of) a divorce in Snohomish County, you have probably heard these...
This is a very common question, and a challenging one to answer. The reason it is challenging is that good divorce attorneys come in a...
This is another incredibly common question, and understandably so. People enter the dissolution process terrified by stories about...
This is one of the most common questions that I get. Unfortunately, the correct answer is always "it depends." With that said, here are...
Divorce is a stressful and demanding process. Years or decades of simmering conflicts are brought to the surface, and often had out in...
COVID 19 has impacted virtually every aspect of our daily lives. It has forced us to face challenges we have never considered before....