Lifestyle

Volunteer Attorneys are working to provide free legal services to those in greatest need.

June 23, 2016

Seattle's Union Gospel Mission, a religious based care and recovery program, teamed up with a group of attorneys in an effort to help Seattle's huge homeless population combat overwhelming legal issues by providing free legal services and counsel. A large percentage of Seattle's homeless citizens...

Housing for Seattle’s Homeless Population…

June 16, 2016

It doesn't take statistical analysis for Seattleites to see that homelessness is a problem locally. The Seattle area saw a 19 percent increase from 2015 to 2016 in people living without shelter, from 3,772 to more than 4,500. This is an 84 percent increase from 2011. The Seattle Times recently pr...

High Society: Washington State’s Recreational Cannabis Law and Its Effects on Child Custody and Visitation Rights by Dana Petersen

May 22, 2016

Cannabis use and its effects on Child Custody and Visitation Rights

Kids and Electronics by Randall Enlow

May 22, 2016

Smartphones and tablets are simply ubiquitous. As a consequence, children are using them more often and at increasingly young ages, whether the actual versions or toys designed to imitate adult devices. Many if not most of us have likely witnessed a young child in our life seemingly addicted to u...

This is WAY too much to think about………

March 31, 2016

Getting a divorce. Work? Kids? Parenting? Owning a business?

Texas Judge Grants Same-Sex Divorce after Long Fight

September 10, 2015

Now that same-sex marriage has been legalized across America, that means that same-sex divorce is also legal. The first cases are starting to roll in for states across the country, and for some it's been a sigh of relief. Same-sex couples who got married in a state where it was legal, then moved ...

Judge Voids Decision after Racist Comments Revealed

September 7, 2015

Unexpected things can always happen in divorce court, but you usually don't expect the judge to pull an error that can change the entire case. A judge in Pennsylvania has been accused of racism after several remarks he made during a child support hearing. The man in the case, Kostas “Gus” Hartas...

States Wrestle with New Spousal Maintenance Realities

September 3, 2015

Stereotypes of spousal maintenance normally have the man paying maintenance to the woman, but in today's world the income of men and women are much more equal than just a few decades ago. This has lead to numerous challenges about whether or not spousal maintenance is really necessary. And with t...

Wife Divorces Subway Spokesperson for Heinous Crimes

September 2, 2015

When someone close to you is accused of heinous crimes, it can push you to want to get a divorce. When the charge is child pornography, you may fear for the safety of your children. The national news about Jared Fogel, the former spokesman for Subway, and his entanglement with child pornography h...

New Jersey Considering Mediation before Allowing Divorce

August 23, 2015

We've talked about how some states are requiring couples to attend sessions that explain the effects of divorce, but New Jersey may be taking it to a whole new level. They may require divorcing couples to go through mediation sessions first before they can legally divorce. Mediators says it saves...