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Modifying Your Parenting Plan Changing a parenting plan can be as drawn out as the official name of the paperwork you need to file: “Petition for Modification of Adjustment of Child Custody Decree/Parenting Plan.” It’s not easy to modify a parenting plan. Courts favor stable residential schedules and continuity. A parent must show that a…

I have a baby with my ex-girlfriend and I want to be a Dad. Most of the clients we represent in paternity cases are fathers who want to establish a relationship with their child. As Seattle and Bellevue-Redmond Paternity Attorneys, we see cases like this all the time. In Washington as in other states, you…

I don’t want to “roll over” but how can I stick up for myself without causing my situation to escalate? Once you sign off on your divorce agreement it is incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to change it, so you should think of this as your only real chance to get a settlement you can…

Top 3 Pre-Divorce Planning Tips Beyond finding a lawyer in your venue (a fancy legal term for where you’re divorcing—like Seattle or Bellevue in King County, Washington), here are three critical things check off the big deal list. #1: Get a realistic expectation of your financial situation. Take personal responsibility for digging up financial information.…