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Did You Know?
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
is property and profits received by a husband and wife during
the marriage, with the exception of inheritances, specific gifts
to one of the spouses, and property and profits clearly traceable
to property owned before marriage, all of which is separate
property, see
community property!
Did You Know?
A PETITION FOR DIVORCE (or
"DISSOLUTION") must be filed and decided in court. However,
all states have "no-fault divorce" laws that allow couples to
split on the basis of irreconcilable differences without going
to trial and without the requirement of establishing fault,
see
divorce
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National Bestselling Divorce Kits
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National Divorce, Legal Separation &
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Divorce Agreements Simplified
- Book
- CD-ROM
- All States
- By Attorney Daniel Sitarz
- Nova Publishing, Business & Consumer Legal Books & Software
- List Price: $39.95
- Our Price: $23.95
Description:
Divorce Agreements Simplified is a valuable legal guide
will help you and your spouse untangle the legal complexities
of divorce and separation in a clear, step-by-step manner.
Divorce & Money: How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During
Divorce
- Book
- Forms
- All States
- By Attorneys Violet Woodhouse & Dale Fetherling
- Nolo Press
- List Price: $34.99
- Our Price: $21.99
Description: When you're going through
divorce, you have to make an overwhelming number of financial
decisions. Should you sell the house? What happens to retirement
benefits? How will you handle taxes? Full of sensitive and practical
advice,
Divorce & Money guides you...
Divorce Yourself: The National Divorce Kits
- Book
- CD-ROM
- All States
- By Attorney Daniel Sitarz
- Nova Publishing, Business & Consumer Legal Books & Software
- List Price: $39.95
- Our Price: $29.95
Description: Divorce Yourself: The National
Divorce Kit is updated with the latest legal information, this
best-selling guide is available with Forms-on-CD
which includes...
File Your Own Divorce Kits
- Book
- CD-ROM
- All States
- By Attorney Edward A. Haman
- Sphinx Legal, A Division of Sourcebooks
- List Price: $29.95
- Our Price: $21.95
Description: A divorce can be the most
painful and expensive experience of your life. Whether you use
a lawyer or not, protect yourself by getting all the information
you need about divorce laws and your legal rights. Let
File Your Own Divorce help you...
Mediate, Don't Litigate: Strategies for Successful Mediation
- Book
- All States
- By Peter Lovenheim & Attorney Lisa Guerin
- Nolo Press
- List Price: $24.99
- Our Price: $14.99
Description: Going to court to resolve
legal disputes is stressful, expensive and time-consuming. Consider
a better alternative: Mediation. Then turn to
Mediate, Don't Litigate to guide you...
No Fault Divorce Kits
- Instructions & Forms on CD-ROM
- All States
- By InfoAmerica
- List Price: $34.95
- Our Price: $21.95
Description: A no-fault divorce is just
as it sounds - neither party is at fault. Some states call a
no-fault divorce a 'dissolution.' It simply states that there
are irreconcilable differences' between the two and they wish
to terminate the marriage.
No Fault Divorce kit...
Separation Agreement Kits
- Instructions & Forms on CD-ROM
- All States
- By InfoAmerica
- List Price: $19.95
- Our Price: $11.95
Description: If you and your spouse have
come to the difficult conclusion that a separation is what is
needed, the
InfoAmerica Separation Agreement Kit is what you...
The No-Fault Divorce Toolkit
- Book
- CD-ROM
- All States
- By Attorney Daniel Sitarz
- Nova Publishing, Business & Consumer Legal Books & Software
- List Price: $39.95
- Our Price: $29.95
Description: The No-Fault Divorce Toolkit
is the best-selling legal guide, the first and foremost national
legal guide to divorce, will help you and your spouse untangle
the legal complexities of divorce in a clear,
step-by-step manner...
Using Divorce Mediation, Divorce without Court
- Book
- All States
- By Katherine E. Stoner & Attorney Mediator
- Nolo Press
- List Price: $29.99
- Our Price: $18.99
Description: Can you really have a civilized
divorce? Ending a marriage is always difficult, but it need
not be defined by financial or emotional conflict. Avoid huge
legal bills and jockeying lawyers while protecting your kids
-- turn to Divorce Without Court for help.
Using Divorce Mediation, Divorce
without Court guides you through...
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Oregon Online (Internet) Paralegal
Service for
Annulment, Divorce & Legal Separation
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Oregon State Divorce - No Children
- divorce, annulment & legal separation
- no dependent children
- paralegal service
- online (internet) service
- two options
- List Price: $149.95 - $199.00
- Our Price: $119.95 - $144.95
Description: You will need to complete
the questionnaire prior to us completing
your documents...
Oregon
State Divorce - With Children
- divorce, annulment & legal separation
- with dependent children
- paralegal service
- online (internet) service
- two options
- List Price: $249.95 - $299.00
- Our Price: $144.95
Description: You will need to complete
the questionnaire prior to us completing
your documents...
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Washington State Paralegal Service
for
Annulment, Divorce & Legal Separation
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Washington State
Divorce - No Children
- divorce (dissolution), annulment (invalidity)&
legal separation
- no dependent children
- paralegal service
- online (internet) service
- List Price: $199.00
- Our Price: $144.95
Description: You will need to complete
the questionnaire prior to us completing
your documents...
Washington State Divorce - With Children
- divorce (dissolution), annulment (invalidity)
& legal separation
- with dependent children
- paralegal service
- online (internet) service
- List Price: $299.00
- Our Price: $194.95
Description: You will need to complete
the questionnaire prior to us completing
your documents...
Washington
State Divorce - No Children
- divorce (dissolution), annulment (invalidity)&
legal separation
- no dependent children
- paralegal service
- Office Service
- Federal Way
- Renton
- Tacoma
- List Price: $199.00
- Our Price: $144.95
Description: You will need to complete
the questionnaire prior to us completing
your documents...
Washington State Divorce - With Children
- divorce (dissolution), annulment (invalidity)
& legal separation
- with dependent children
- paralegal service
- Office Service
- Federal Way
- Renton
- Tacoma
- List Price: $299.00
- Our Price: $194.95
Description: You will need to complete
the questionnaire prior to us completing
your documents...
Frequently Asked Questions - Washington State Divorce, Annulment
& Legal Separation
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HASSLE FREE DIVORCE WITHOUT COSTLY ATTORNEY
FEES!
Residents of Washington State
can file for Divorce, Legal Separation or Annulment
in Lincoln County,
AVOID A COURT APPEARANCE, parenting classes
as required by all other Washington State counties,
and costly attorney fees. Everything is done
through the mail and the filing fee is only
$20 more than other counties!
DAVENPORT, Washington (AP) -- Monday is
Divorce Day in the Lincoln County Courthouse.
In the morning, a clerk brings
bins and mailbags from the post office full
of new filings for dissolution of marriage.
In his office one floor up, Superior Court Judge
Philip Borst gets writer's cramp signing final
decrees in marathons that can last six hours
or more.
This is the quickie-divorce
capital of Washington. It is one of the few
counties in the nation where marriages can be
dissolved by mail without a court appearance.
Paralegals and attorneys from
across the state swamp County Clerk Peggy Semprimoznik's
office each week with filings for Washington
state residents desiring to shed their spouses
more quickly and inexpensively than they can
in the counties where they live.
To read the entire article,
go:
Article from CNN.com
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Online Services for Washington State
Divorce,
Legal Separation or Annulment - No Children-
No Court Appearance
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Online Services for Washington State
Divorce,
Legal Separation or Annulment - With Children-
No Court Appearance - No Parenting Classes
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Office Services for Washington State
Divorce,
Legal Separation or Annulment - No Court
Appearance and No Parenting Classes
Your State's Bar Association
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Property and profits received by a husband
and wife during the marriage, with the exception of inheritances,
specific gifts to one of the spouses, and property and profits
clearly traceable to property owned before marriage, all of
which is separate property. Community property is a concept
which began in Spain to protect rich women from losing everything
to profligate husbands, and is only officially recognized in
some states which were once under or influenced by Spanish or
Mexican control, including California, Arizona, New Mexico,
Texas, Nevada, Idaho, Washington and Louisiana. Community property
recognizes the equal contribution of both parties to the marriage
even though one or the other may earn more income through employment.
By agreement or action the married couple can turn (transmute)
separate property into community property, including by commingling
community and separate funds in one account. Community property
is recognized based on fact or agreement of the parties, rather
than holding of title. The state courts have wavered on what
constitutes proof of community property, including the issue
of whether joint tenancy is evidence of community property or
not. Upon divorce community property is divided equally without
regard to fault. Upon the death of one spouse all the community
property goes to the other except in Texas surviving children
get one half and in obvious sexual discrimination Nevada and
New Mexico allow the husband to will a half to someone other
than his wife.
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A petition for divorce (or "dissolution")
must be filed and decided in court. However, all states have
"no-fault divorce" laws that allow couples to split on the basis
of irreconcilable differences without going to trial and without
the requirement of establishing fault. In fact, 15 states offer
only no-fault divorces, which means that a no-fault divorce
is the only option even when there has been substantial wrongdoing.
There are a few legal requirements that must
be met to file for a divorce:
Residency:
The spouse filing for the divorce must have
resided in the state for certain time (usually at least 6 months
prior to filing the action, and at least 3 months in the county
where the petition will be filed).
Waiting Period:
There is a waiting period that marks the
date the divorce becomes final and the parties are free to remarry.
This waiting period is anywhere from as little as six weeks
up to 12 months, depending on your state's laws. The average
is about 6 months plus one day from the date the papers are
filed in court.
Legal Reasons:
All states require a spouse to identify a
legal reason for requesting a divorce when filing the divorce
papers with the court. These reasons given are referred to as
the grounds for divorce.
Jurisdictional Requirement:
A petition for divorce must be filed in the
proper court. The correct court will usually be located in the
county where either the wife or husband has resided for at least
3 months prior to filing for divorce, although some states,
such as Washington, allow the divorce to be filed in a different
county. As this will vary state to state check your state for
its requirements.
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