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Filing for Dissolution: Court forms, Instructions and Procedures
Finishing Your Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) with Children by Agreement This packet will help you fill out and file the forms and papers that you need to complete a dissolution (divorce) action when you and your spouse have an agreement (or settlement) and children are involved.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Finishing Your Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) without Children by Agreement This packet will help you fill out and file the forms and papers that you need to complete a dissolution (divorce) action when you and your spouse have an agreement (or settlement) and no children.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Dismissing a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) This packet will help you dismiss a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage that you filed. You may use this packet if you change your mind and no longer want to get divorced. An Order of Dismissal will cancel your dissolution and you will stay married.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Basic Tips on How to Prepare for a Court Hearing or Trial
Tips on how to prepare for a hearing.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Serving Papers on the State When you set or change child support, you must notify the State if you, the other parent, or the children receive public assistance. This packet contains the forms and instructions for serving your court papers on the state.
By: Northwest Justice Project
How to Write a Declaration in a Family Law Case This publication tell you what a declaration is, what should be included and tips on how to write one. There is a family law declaration and forms attached that you can fill out.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Declaration Form - Family Law
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Family Law Decarlation court form that can be used in all family law cases.
By: Administrative Office Of The Courts
Motion to Vacate Judgment/Order in a Family Law Case A Motion To Vacate is a request to the court to withdraw a previous order or judgment it entered.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Filing a Motion for Contempt in a Dissolution Case This packet is intended to help you fill out and file the forms and papers that you need if you already have a temporary or permanent parenting plan, child support order, or other family law order in a dissolution (divorce) case, and you want to ask the court in Washington for an order holding the other party in contempt for violating it.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Responding to a Motion for Contempt in a Family Law Case This packet is intended to help you fill out and file court forms if you have been served with a Motion or Petition for Contempt for violating a temporary or permanent parenting plan/residential schedule, a child support order, or other family law order.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Filing a Motion for Change of Venue in a Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) or Modification... This packet contains the instructions and forms you will need to ask the court to move a marital dissolution or a modification of a parenting plan, child support order, or decree entered in a dissolution to a different county - this is called a Motion for Change of Venue.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Yakima County - Filing a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Waiver of Filing Fee) This packet includes the instructions and forms needed to ask the court to waive (not ask for) the filing fee required to file for divorce in Yakima County.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Modification/Adjustment of Parenting Plans and Custody Decrees: Court Forms and Instructions
Filing a Petition to Modify/Adjust a Parenting Plan/Custody Decree in a Dissolution Case This packet contains forms and instructions for filing a petition to modify/adjust a parenting plan or custody decree. Use this packet only if you and the other parent have been divorced and already have a parenting plan/custody decree from a Washington State court.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Finishing Your Modification/Adjustment of a Parenting Plan or Custody Decree in a Dissolution Case This packet will help you fill out and file the forms and papers that you need to finish a petition for modification/adjustment of a parenting plan/custody decree in a dissolution case. It will help you prepare the final orders in your case and present them to the judge.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Responding to a Petition to Modify/Adjust a Parenting Plan or Custody Decree in a Dissolution Case This packet is intended to help you respond to a Petition to Modify/Adjust an existing parenting plan or custody decree. Use it only if:
•you and the other parent have been divorced and •you already have a parenting plan/custody decree and •you have been served with a Petition for Modification/Adjustment of Custody Decree/Parenting Plan.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Guardians ad litem / evaluators
How to Request a Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) for Dissolution (Divorce) Cases
A guardian ad litem (GAL) may be appointed when a court case involves custody or visitation rights. In dissolution (divorce) actions, a GAL may be involved when the parties are divorcing or when an action has been filed to modify the parenting plan established previously as part of a dissolution action. You will probably want to ask the court to appoint a GAL if you or your children have been physically or sexually abused. Even when there has not been abuse but there are serious issues as to the other party's ability to be an adequate parent, it is often necessary to appoint a GAL.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Working With GALs and Parenting Evaluators: Tips for Parents in Family Law Cases
If you are involved in a divorce, paternity or nonparental custody case where the other parent does not agree with you, the court may appoint a Guardian ad Litem (GAL) or Parenting Evaluator. This publication contains tips to help you work successfully with the GAL.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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