Determination of separate and community property under WA state law

First, gender should have nothing to do with the distribution of property. Second, all property acquired before marriage is separate and will...

Community property, death benefits, transfer of community and separate property to surviving spouse under WA law

a living spouse can will his or her property, including his or her share of the community property, to anybody he or she wishes. however, if there...

As you correctly indicated, Washington is a community property state. Basically, this means that upon marriage, or, perhaps upon date of...

Under WA state divorce law is it possible to have alimony directly taken out from bank account

you can garnish his bank account if he doesn't pay. i don't know what you mean by s.s. bank account. normally, the social security check would go...

Procedures and grounds under WA state law for getting a restraining order

the anti-harassment statute says that the behavior must be threatening and must induce a state of serious emotional harm in a reasonable...

What is the process and forms for non-custodial parent to relinquish rights?

1. you can't terminate a parent's parental rights unless someone else is willing to assume them. basically, this means someone else is willing to...

WA state child custody laws, procedure for filing a parenting plan

the following must be on file before you leave: petition response (or joinder) findings of fact and conclusions of law order of child...

Procedures for handling dispute with child support issues in WA

most child support orders have 2 provisions that address your question. 1. extrordinary medical expenses. this means what it says. medical...

Procedure for calculating child support in WA state

child support is calculated based on the child support worksheet. it is a spreadsheet, something like paying your taxes. basically, you put...

Under WA state law, which parent would be able to claim the tax rebate check

the IRS will send out the check based on tax returns for 2007. whoever claimed the children last year will get the check.