As Washington businesses increasingly move to an online focus, it can be hard to divide property and internet assets as it relates to a business. Valuing a website’s value can be more difficult than valuing the physical assets of a business. Just because it’s hard...
Family Law
5 tips to remember when drafting a parenting plan
One of the more challenging things that divorcing parents will have to navigate is the development of a comprehensive parenting plan. These plans are designed to account for time spent with each parent, how vacations are handled and where the custody exchange should...
Factors that could complicate property division in your divorce
Whether your marriage lasted a couple years or several decades, you will likely face some form of property division during the divorce process. Property division can include marital assets such as the matrimonial home, vehicles, a family business or item collections...
Will drinking alcohol impact your custody rights?
There are plenty of parents who sit down and have a glass of wine at night to unwind. There are parents who go out with friends to drink at bars on the weekends or who enjoy drinking while watching a sporting event on TV. Those situations aren’t inherently dangerous...
Steps toward gaining financial independence in divorce
The taunts, dares and admonishments over the years became intolerable. Over and over again, you were told that you were a failure, that you knew nothing and would not survive on your own if you left your marriage. But before you start your breakaway from this...
Is co-parenting the right choice for you?
When you think about the perfect situation for your child, it is probably one in which they have access to both parents. You want them to have a life similar to what they had before your divorce, but you want to remove the conflict that they were seeing. You want them...
How to courts decide if I can move with my child?
When you have custody of your child, but share visitation, your ability to make big decisions often changes. For example, you cannot typically get up and move to another state with your child without due processes first. Relocating a significant distance with your...
Do you have parenting plans in place for the summer holiday?
Divorced parents in Spokane and other cities in Washington are challenged to come up with workable parenting plans for the summer holidays every year. As children grow older and the circumstances of their parents, plans typically need modification each year. The best...
Family law and parental relocation in divorce
Most courts in Washington state favor circumstances in which children of divorcing parents can maintain loving relationships with both parents. They also want parents to continue to be active participants in the lives of their children. However, the tasks of family...
Family law: Legal separation before divorce might be wise
When Washington couples decide to end their marriages, they will have different options to consider. One of the options available under family law is a legal separation. While they will remain married, they will be divorced from bed and board. Any property acquired...
