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Contempt - denial of scheduled visitation and other violations of parenting plan
Great question. If you file for contempt claiming that the other parent failed to do X, Y, and Z, the court will look at it as one contempt. You should put them all together at the time you file because you want the court on your side so they will be more likely to find contempt. If you were to file for one specific incident at at time so that you can get multiple contempt findings, the court would be likely to find that you are acting in bad faith and can deny your motion and make you pay...
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Harassment by psycho ex-wife
Your question raises several issues. The first is what you call harassment. There are two types, civil and criminal. As a criminal matter, the ex can be charged with a misdemeanor but whether the prosecutor will charge her is up to them. Your best and quickest way to get relief is probably under a civil action. Under civil law, “Unlawful harassment” means a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which seriously alarms, annoys, harasses, or is detrimental to...
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Can you sue your husbands mistress for breaking up a family?
It depends on the laws of your state. In Texas, you can file such a claim. In Washington, you cannot. Talk to an attorney in your state as to whether this would be a valid claim.
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Terminated due to false accusations of sexual harhassment, seeking seattle-tacoma attorney for wrongful termination
As a general rule, Washington is an at will employment state. That means that employers can terminate for no reason. There are some exceptions. First is if you have an employment contract. Unions are governed by their employment contract and some non union employees have contracts with their employers. If you have a contract, that is the starting point for determining your course of action and potential remedies. If there is no contract, then there are a few other exceptions that are not...
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Violating no contact order
Some facts are missing from your question but I assume that the domestic violence involved you and your husband and that the court entered a no contact order against him. I don't know about the bail but my experience with Pierce County District Court is that it is very difficult to change the no contact order before six months have passed since the order was entered. Judge Jasprica particularly will look at the case with detail to make sure that other requirements of the no contact order are...
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Child dropped out of high school has a job and working on getting a GED, is a parent required to pay support under WA state law
Your starting point for answering this question is to look at your current order of child support. It will state when the support obligation ends. Generally, it is when the child turns 18 or graduates from high school, whichever occurs last. That doesn't help if a child drops out of high school. The court could end the child support based on the fact that child is 18 and no longer in high school, but could also continue support because the child is still living at home and working toward a...
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Does father have to pay child support under WA law when kids reside with him during the summer
There is a threshold of 90 overnights with the paying parent before the court will even consider reducing the child support. That is also discretionary with the court meaning that the court doesn't have to lower child support at all. Given the facts presented, it is unlikely that a court would reduce the child support payment. In most cases, a father has every other weekend with the children and part of the winter break from school and several weeks during the summer. Of course they feed...
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Visitation, 2 week summer vacation
Yes, it is right. What it sounds like is that you want to allow the week vacation but not the weekend because it falls on your weekend. The vacation generally would have priority over the weekend schedule so that for those two weeks that non custodial parent takes, you lose your weekend. This parenting plan is a court order. Do you also get two non-consecutive weeks? If so, you would also be getting the children during the other parent's weekends so it averages out.
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Who do i need to contact Re: what i believe is a serious mold issue in a rental house that i am currently occupying.
Your rights and remedies are generally described in the landlord-tenant act. I recommend that you contact attorney Elizabeth Powell in Tacoma. She is one of the few attorneys that I know who does a lot of work representing tenants.
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Ex wife is trying to collect back child support when we still lived together & were still married
Sounds like DSHS has already been contacted by the mother. You need to respond to that as Mr. Bugni states, but you should also file a petition for modification with them based on your current financial situation. What your wife is seeking is collection of back support. You need to address that, but what ever happens at that hearing will have no bearing on how much you will be required to pay in the future. The Division of Child Support can assist you with the paperwork you need to file to...
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