As A Family Law Attorney, This Day Changed My Life #LoveWins
Lawyer Michelle Fontenot shares her perspective today as we take down our “Gay and Lesbian Family Law” web page forever. #LoveWins Today is an historic day and quite frankly, a day I never expected to see. As the tide of public opinion has been turning toward acceptance of gay marriage, I became hopeful that our […]
Divorce and Child Custody Across Borders
One of the things I love most about Seattle and Bellevue is our growing international diversity. According to a recent 2015 article from the Economic Development Counsel of Seattle and King County, 1 in 3 residents of Bellevue are foreign born. This is due in part to the increasing number of international companies that are […]
How to Cover Your Bases When When You’ve Chosen Cohabitation
Modern love brings us the choice and freedom not to marry. I was just reading a Pew Research Center report that states the average age of a first marriage is 27 for women and 29 for men, apparently a record high. That means a lot of people are choosing to cohabitate before marrying. Among the […]
Divorce and the First Day of School
The other night, I was exchanging parent fails with a dear friend. Her daughter, Nora, just started first grade. A lot happened over Nora’s summer. Her parents got a divorce. Her Mom took her to her first day of school. Nora’s first task as a first grader was to draw a picture of her divorced […]