If your current parenting plan provides for visitation, then the court is going to expect you to follow it. The law places a burden on you to try...

If he served her with a proposed parenting plan, it sounds like he also may have served her with a summons and petition for a divorce. If that is...

Am I aloud to turn in a new declaration to a parenting plan case?

Generally speaking, you can file a declaration that raises new facts or issues so long as you do so at least one week before the hearing...

Ex husband not paying child support as agreed what can I do?

Going to court is an option but there is a much easier way to proceed. Simply contact the Division of Child Support and tell them that you would...

I am trying to determine where to enter in travel expenses on the worksheet so it figures based on percentage?

That expense would be entered at 11.c on page two of the worksheets. But be careful - anything you enter there will be assumed to be an ongoing...

What are my rights as the custoidal parent? Can I move out of sate?

In Washington there is a law called the Child Relocation Act (CRA) but it only applies if there is an existing court order regarding...

I have a court commissioner who is unable to be unbiased in my family case. How do I get to be seen by a diff. Judge?

In larger counties, there may be more than one court commissioner, so you can sometimes choose which commissioner to go see. But not in Lewis...

It sounds like you two were not married. If you were, then in your divorce final orders would have been entered, such as a parenting plan and child...

The mother should get in touch with the Thurston County Volunteer Legal Services (TCVLS). They have some pro bono attorneys on their roster. The...

A settlement conference is very different from a hearing. Instead of ten minutes per side, it will be more like a free-flowing conversation between...