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Becoming a Mediator: Your Guide to Career Opportunities

• Book
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• By Peter Lovenheim & Attorney Emily Doskow
• Nolo Press
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Mediate, Don't Litigate: Strategies for Successful Mediation

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• By Peter Lovenheim & Attorney Lisa Guerin
• Nolo Press
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Using Divorce Mediation

• Book
• All States
• By Katherine E. Stoner & Attorney Mediation
• Nolo Press
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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIRING A PARALEGAL

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Did You Know?

"According to the National Resource Center for Consumers of Legal Services,
the average person faces legal issues four to six times a year."
--Black Enterprise, July 1997

 "You are three times more likely to be in court than you are to be hospitalized." 
—National Center for State Courts/American Hospital Association

"More than half of all households have a legal situation right now."
--From prepaidlegal.com

The top 10% can easily afford legal access... The bottom 10% have access
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Mission Statement Download a list of available in-office and online services.  View with Adobe or with Word. At Do It Yourself Documents, our goal is to be a complete one-stop independent paralegal resource center for all your needs, whether it is an annulment, divorce, bankruptcy, business formation, custody, estate planning, legal separation, parentage, probate, real estate, landlord-tenant, or any other matter that does not require the hiring of an attorney. At Do It Yourself Documents, we have always been dedicated to offering the best forms, books and kits on the market at the lowest price possible. Do It Yourself Documents carries the top name brands from all of the leading publishers nationally, regionally, and state-by-state. Do It Yourself Documents offers online services for Washington State divorce, legal separation, and annulment and plan to add the other states soon. We also offer nationwide online services for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, and Emergency Bankruptcies. So browse our website or visit us at our store/office in Federal Way or office's in Renton or Tacoma, Washington to see our endless list of discounted products and services we offer and see if we are not the one-stop paralegal resource center for you! To view our Federal Way, Renton & Tacoma, Washington in-offices services, click here! In-Office Services Federal Way, Washington - Office/Store Renton, Washington - Office Tacoma, Washington - Office Amendments to Chapter 7 Amendments to Chapter 13 Annulment Bankruptcy Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Chapter 13 Basic Estate Planning Business Formation Custody Divorce (Dissolution) Document Assistance Emergency Bankruptcy Petition Chapter 7 Emergency Bankruptcy Petition Chapter 13 Estate Planning (Attorney Reviewed) Legal Separation Living Will Modification of Child Custody Modification of Child Support Modification of Parentage Notary Services Parentage Power of Attorney Probate Trust Will

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Fair, just and right under the circumstances.

JURISDICTION:

The authority of the Court to act and decide issues. It is not automatic and there must be legal reasons allowing it to do so.

LITIGATION:

A lawsuit or court proceeding to establish a right, or for payment of money, or to force someone to do something they should do.

MOTION:

An application or request to the Court asking the Court to do something.

VENUE:

The proper place where an action is to be filed with the Court and decided by the Court

VERIFICATION:

A statement that you have read something, know what it says, and believe that such is true.