Category Archive: 'Areas of Interest'
Where Are The Children Going to Live? Note: A sample 50/50 Parenting Plan is attached here: Sample 50-50 Parenting Plan. How much time the children spend with Mom, and how much with Dad, is many times the most difficult and heart-wrenching decision in a divorce. Parenting is a zero sum game: every day little Joey […]
If you are divorcing, or planning on getting a divorce, or thinking about getting a divorce, the pandemic is not the end of the world. It does not make divorcing impossible. You may not even want to wait, to file a divorce, depending on your circumstances. But it is true that some things are more […]
Relocation In Washington Is Different For a 50/50 Plan and a non-50/50 Plan. Relocation of children, in Washington law, is controlled by RCW 26.09.405. IF THERE IS A PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL PARENT (MORE THAN55% OF THE OVERNIGHTS), then the primary residential (custodial) parent has a presumptive right to move with the children. The non-custodial parent can […]
Uncontested Divorces – agreed divorces – are a good way to do your divorce, for a very low cost, with the pleadings prepared by an experienced attorney. And it can be final in as few as 91 days. If you are in King County, you don’t even have to go to court. In Snohomish County, I walk […]
Craig Jonathan Hansen is a Bellevue divorce attorney, in Washington State, five over twenty five years of experience in family law. He serves clients in King and Snohomish Counties, and focuses primarily on divorce and family law. He has tried cases in both counties, from motions on the family law calendar, to trials and appellate work. That level […]
COVID-19 UPDATE Divorces in King County have gotten considerably more difficult with the state and county lockdowns because of the pandemic. The Superior Court website, with a series of Emergency Orders, is here. The Court’s Family Law Operations Fact Sheet is here. Parenting Plans Are Enforceable. Transporting children for a Parenting Plan transfer is a […]
Divorce and Family Law Resources: Washington State | King and Snohomish County Family Law Links Divorce and family law resources in King and Snohomish Counties in Washington State. King County Superior Court Snohomish County Superior Court King County Superior Court Home Snohomish County Superior Court Home King County Court Clerk Snohomish County Court Clerk King […]
How To Calculate Stock Options And Awards Many clients especially in the Seattle, and Bellevue area, have forms of stock options. These may include stock options, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) (which Amazon uses), stock awards, and ESPP’s. Valuing these in a divorce is a little bit tricky. There are several different parts of an […]
Dividing Retirement Plans: How do we value them, and how do we divide them? What is a QDRO? The first thing you have to do is figure out what kind of retirement account you andyour spouse have. There are several kinds of retirement accounts/benefits: Social Security. A court cannot divide Social Security. However, it can – and […]
The cost of a divorce (or any other family law case), is driven by how much you and the other side fight. To some degree you can control how much you fight; you can’t control how much the other side wants to fight.
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