There are two ways to get your divorce settled, come to an agreement or have the court decide. A court can use different dates. Usually the court...

RCW 9A.44.096 Sexual misconduct with a minor in the second degree. (1) A person is guilty of sexual misconduct with a minor in the second degree...

I think your name is your name. The government doesn't own your name. Change it every day if you like. The benefit of of obtaining an order...

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You could seek to add a provision to your parenting plan that addresses the issue by requiring the mother to only use your last name, to correct...

Read the Rideout case at: https://casetext.com/case/marriage-of-rideout

You don't need to adopt her. She just needs to leave and live with you if she chooses. She's an adult. She start acting like one and stop...

Petition to modify your parenting plan to prohibit both of you from using corporal punishment or allowing third parties to do so.

I've successfully gotten father's ordered to have 50% time with a child starting hours after the child's birth and requiring the mother to pump and...

"Custody" doesn't have a clear meaning in Washington law. The primary caretaker is determined by what is best for the children, not on who files...

Yes. You will now get less support unless the incomes have gone up too and then it will depend on how much they have gone up.