- Divorce
- Child SupportBoth parents have a duty to support their children. Child support is based on the Washington Child Support Schedule which takes into consideration the total cost of providing a home for the children and of taking care of them in all ways, and for each parent’s respective share of that cost, in accord with their incomes.
- Child Custody and VisitationWashington law requires a parenting plan in any proceeding for annulment, legal separation or marital dissolution where minor children are involved. The terms “child custody” and “visitation” are no longer used in Washington dissolution law. Instead, the parents by agreement (or the court in the event of a dispute) must develop a parenting plan.
- Premarital Agreement
- Spousal SupportSpousal maintenance may be awarded where there is need on the part of one spouse and ability to pay by the other.
- Legal SeparationA legal separation may be formalized with a legal contract and decreed by a court as a “Decree of Legal Separation.” A legal separation may be preferred to a dissolution for religious, economic or other reasons. It is more common now to find couples staying together for insurance coverage, for example. A couple may decide to live apart while attempting to save a faltering relationship, or the separation may be an interim step toward termination of the marriage. There is no legal requirement for actual separation before dissolving a marriage.
- AnnulmentAnnulment is a court-ordered finding of an invalid marriage. Technically called a “Decree of Invalidity,” it nullifies a marriage from its inception and is granted in situations where no valid marriage exists because of some legal defect.
- Wrongful DeathA: It depends on whether the person died as a result of injuries from the accident, or from unrelated causes. If a person injured in an accident subsequently dies because of those injuries, that person’s heirs or statutory beneficiaries may recover money through a lawsuit known as a wrongful death action. Also, even if a person with a personal injury claim dies from unrelated causes, the personal injury claim survives in most cases, and may be brought by the executor or personal representative of the deceased person’s estate.
- Sex CrimesThe BBC has reported in a story that a young woman in Kansas has chosen to invoke a “citizens’ Grand Jury” proceeding provided by law in Kansas – a law dating from 1887. Â Where the prosecutor declined bringing rape charges against a college student, the victim has gathered signatures and now her perseverance for justice may bring her some closure. Â Interesting story about a law I had never heard of!
- Assault
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- Business DisputesMirsepasy Law Offices is a general business law firm. In working with us, you will find that we deal equally well with our clients’ day-to-day affairs and with the extraordinary opportunities and challenges that confront business people. Jeff Mirsepasy is experienced in handling the wide diversity of transactions which come from our location in the Seattle metropolitan area and in a state whose economy exceeds the gross national product of many nations. The diversity of transactions reflects the broad pattern of business activity prevalent in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
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- Property DamageA: You should provide a lawyer with any documents that might be relevant to your case. If in doubt, bring it. Police reports, for example, contain eyewitness information and details about the conditions surrounding auto accidents, fires, and assaults. Copies of medical reports and bills from doctors and hospitals will help demonstrate the extent and nature of your injuries. Information about the insurer of the person who caused your injury is extremely helpful, as are any photographs you have of the accident scene, your property damage, and your injury. Letters from insurance companies will have the claim and adjuster’s contact information. The more information you are able to give your lawyer, the easier it will be for him or her. If you haven’t collected any documents at the time of your first meeting, however, don’t worry; your lawyer should be able to obtain them in his investigation of your claim.
- Personal InjuryA: First, you must have suffered an injury to your person or property. Second, you should consider whether your injury was the result of someone else’s fault. It is not always necessary to have a physical injury to bring a personal injury lawsuit. Personal injury claims are often based on a variety of non-physical losses and harms. In the case of an assault, for example, you do not need to show that a person’s action caused you actual physical harm, but only that you expected some harm to come to you. You also may have a case if someone has attacked your reputation, invaded your privacy, or inflicted emotional distress upon you. Lawyers are the best resource to determine if your case is worth pursuing.
- Auto Accidents
- Tax Law€œThe Massachusetts v. New Hampshire issue is no isolated border skirmish between those states. It raises a fundamental national issue that has been festering for decades,†said Edward Zelinsky, who teaches tax law at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law School in New York City.