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Pacific Northwest Family Law
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Pacific Northwest Family Law ha helped thousands of Eastern Washington families protect their loved ones, defend their finances, and prepare their futures. Our focus is on helping families in our Eastern Washington communities through adoption, divorce, separation, child custody, bankruptcy, and estate planning. With offices in Spokane, the TriCities, and Walla Walla our skilled attorneys and legal teams help you to counter aggression with thoughtful strategy and compassionate service.
What is a Guardian Ad Litem?
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What is a guardian ad litem? Hi, I'm Zachary C. Ashby at Pacific Northwest Family Law. I get this question a lot from my clients. A guardian ad litem is a person that the court assigns to a case in two situations.
One is under custody dispute between two parents. So, if the parents are either accusing each other, of misbehavior or otherwise can't see eye to eye on what a parenting plan should be. Often the court will assign a guardian ad litem, to interview both parents and report back to the court. In addition, give a recommendation on what the parenting plan should be.
The other kind of guardian ad litem is for either a juvenile court or for guardianship. These guardian ad litems have a slightly different investigating prerogative. They're focused on fitness of the parents because if the parents are unfit, then a guardianship should be in place.
They're also looking to see the potential home where the child will be to make sure that the home is a safe place for them, and that the potential guardians will follow the court's directions and maintain the safety of the kids in terms of any kind of visitation from the parents.
Now, this term can get a little bit confusing because we hear often about guardians for estate plans. So, you have to be careful. This is not a guardian who is going to be there to take your kids or watch the kids. It has a similar name, but a very different function.
Oftentimes they'll have credentials and that's something to look for in a guardian ad litem to see what their credentials are, what their history with the court is, how many they've investigated. But at the end of the day, you should really talk to your attorney about whether any one guardian item would be good for your case or not. Because not all guardian items are as qualified as any other ones. And so, you want to make sure that, given the facts in your case, that you're able to handle it okay.
If you have any other questions comment below. Please remember to like the video on TH-cam so that we can Share more of these and that the messages can get around. And you can always email us at info@pnwfamilylaw.com Thank you.
What is a guardian ad litem? Hi, I'm Zachary C. Ashby at Pacific Northwest Family Law. I get this question a lot from my clients. A guardian ad litem is a person that the court assigns to a case in two situations.
One is under custody dispute between two parents. So, if the parents are either accusing each other, of misbehavior or otherwise can't see eye to eye on what a parenting plan should be. Often the court will assign a guardian ad litem, to interview both parents and report back to the court. In addition, give a recommendation on what the parenting plan should be.
The other kind of guardian ad litem is for either a juvenile court or for guardianship. These guardian ad litems have a slightly different investigating prerogative. They're focused on fitness of the parents because if the parents are unfit, then a guardianship should be in place.
They're also looking to see the potential home where the child will be to make sure that the home is a safe place for them, and that the potential guardians will follow the court's directions and maintain the safety of the kids in terms of any kind of visitation from the parents.
Now, this term can get a little bit confusing because we hear often about guardians for estate plans. So, you have to be careful. This is not a guardian who is going to be there to take your kids or watch the kids. It has a similar name, but a very different function.
Oftentimes they'll have credentials and that's something to look for in a guardian ad litem to see what their credentials are, what their history with the court is, how many they've investigated. But at the end of the day, you should really talk to your attorney about whether any one guardian item would be good for your case or not. Because not all guardian items are as qualified as any other ones. And so, you want to make sure that, given the facts in your case, that you're able to handle it okay.
If you have any other questions comment below. Please remember to like the video on TH-cam so that we can Share more of these and that the messages can get around. And you can always email us at info@pnwfamilylaw.com Thank you.
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What should I consider as an LDS member facing Divorce?
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#law #lawyer #divorce #family #familylaw #lds #mormon #help #guidance Divorce can be a sensitive issue for Latter-day Saints due to their belief in eternal marriages. However, if you do need a divorce here are some things to consider: You need to make sure that your children’s lives are minimally affected by the divorce. So that means keeping them out of the litigation process and removing any ...
Will helping a family member financially during a divorce negatively affect them?
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#law #divorce #family #familylaw #support #financial Helping a family member financially during their divorce won't negatively affect them and will help them like you intended: To start you funding a family members litigation won’t negatively affect you. The only thing is you may be called to confirm that you are supporting them, but it’s generally not impactful. There may be some retaliation f...
How are Student Loans Affected During a Divorce?
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#studentloan #loans #studentloans #law #family #familylaw #attorney #lawyers Student loans can be tricky in divorce or separation so here are things to consider going into your divorce: Timing of the Loans: If the loans were incurred before marriage, they are typically separate debts. Loans accrued during the marriage are considered community property and split evenly. Post-separation loans are...
What makes a good family law negotiator?
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What does it take to successfully mediate or negotiate a family law settlement? In this video, Zachary C. Ashby from Pacific Northwest Family Law breaks down the truth about alternative dispute resolution methods like mediation, collaborative law, and negotiation. These tools can save time, money, and stress-but only when used by the right attorney. Learn why having a courtroom-ready attorney i...
How Does Divorce Affect My Business?
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#lawyer #divorce #law #family #familylaw #business #attorney #lawyers #lawyer Divorce can significantly impact a family-owned business. Here are the main affected areas: You’ll need to first determine if the business is community property, as even if the business was started before the marriage as time has passed part of it may be considered community property. If you have kept your business fi...
Is Cheating a Crime?
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#law #family #familylaw #cheating #divorce #lawyer #attorney Is cheating a crime? I'm Zachary Ashby at Pacific Northwest Family Law. I'm here to answer a question that we get from a number of clients. Is cheating a crime? See, they come in and their spouse has cheated on them. They're facing divorce and they're looking for ways to make it right. And historically the truth is that cheating was a...
What's the difference between Mediation and Litigation?
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#law #family #familylaw #mediation #lawyer #attorney #litigation #negotiation The difference between Mediation and Litigation: Mediation: Involves a neutral mediator helping both parties negotiate a settlement. Litigation: Involves presenting cases to a judge who makes the final ruling. -Mediation allows both parties to retain some control over the outcome and explore creative solutions tailore...
Can marijuana use affect child custody in Washington State?
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#law #family #familylaw #childcustody #cannabis #marijuana #parentingplan Can marijuana use affect child custody in Washington State? Hi, I'm Zachary C. Ashby at Pacific Northwest Family Law. Oftentimes we have people who come in and either they're takers of marijuana or the other parent is, and they want to know is marijuana use going to affect the child custody arrangements? How is the court ...
How much is my Alimony (Spousal Maintenance) going to be?
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#alimonypayments #payalimony #maintenance #law #divorce #support #alimony #family #familylaw In Washington State, spousal maintenance (alimony) is determined by multiple factors, not a set formula, namely: Income: If both spouses earn about the same, there might be little or no spousal maintenance. If there's a significant income disparity, spousal maintenance is more likely. Marriage Length: S...
I can't get my spouse to sign the divorce documents. What do I do?
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#law #family #familylaw #lawyer #divorcepapers #divorce #judge #court I can't get my spouse to sign the divorce documents. What do I do? Hi, I'm Zachary C. Ashby at Pacific Northwest Family Law. Sometimes people wonder what I can do if I can't get my spouse to sign the divorce documents. Truth is, it's not required. In fact, movies and TV shows have likely misled you into believing that you can...
Help, I've Been Defaulted!
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#law #family #familylaw #divorce #case #parentingplan #movingforward #moveforward Help, I've been defaulted on. Hi, I'm Zachary C. Ashby at Pacific Northwest Family Law, and we get calls from prospective clients all the time who have been defaulted on because they failed to meet certain dates that are required by the law. And so the other party, has now won the case and it's closed, and they ge...
What Financial Document Should You Prepare for Your Divorce?
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#law #family #familylaw #financial #financialhelp #help #court To be prepared in case of separation, divorce, or child support, you should gather the following financial documents from both you and the other party: Pay Stubs: At least six months' worth (the more you can get the better) these provide income details, paid time off, retirement accounts, and medical insurance information. W-2s or 1...
What rights do grandparents have to visit their grandkids?
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#grandparent #law #family #familylaw #visitation #rights Yes, grandparents can have rights to see their grandkids, but they are limited. Grandparent's Visitation: This is an option if the parents are fit but have cut off the grandparents due to a falling out or divorce. In the case of divorce, you must respect the parenting time of the now ex-son or daughter in law. However, when it is your own...
3 Tips to Help Protect Your Property During Your Divorce
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#financial #case #divorce #familylaw #law #family #property To help protect your assets during a divorce, follow these steps: Get a Credit Report: Obtain credit reports for yourself and your spouse (if possible). This will reveal all outstanding debts, ensuring you're aware of any surprises and can address them during the divorce. Understand the Time Value of Money: Cash in hand is often more v...
Should you choose Mediation or trial for your divorce?
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Should you choose Mediation or trial for your divorce?
How to Help Ensure That Your Prenuptial Agreement is Valid
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How to Help Ensure That Your Prenuptial Agreement is Valid
Considerations When Calculating Alimony or Child Support During a Divorce
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Considerations When Calculating Alimony or Child Support During a Divorce
6 Tips to Remember While Going Through a Divorce
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6 Tips to Remember While Going Through a Divorce
How Will Our Divorce Affect Our Family Business
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How Will Our Divorce Affect Our Family Business
Should You Help Your Child Pay For Their Divorce?
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Should You Help Your Child Pay For Their Divorce?
Be Prepared For Your Family Law Case With These Financial Documents
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Be Prepared For Your Family Law Case With These Financial Documents
Do Grandparents Have Rights to Grandchildren?
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Do Grandparents Have Rights to Grandchildren?
I havent lived with my wife in 8 years we lived in 2 different states for 8 years. I filed for divorced and served her. Now she wants alimony
I am going to my first divorce hearing and I have no lawyer but we both agreeing on everything the only thing I am worry about is possible missing paperwork. I have the final decree paperwork filled out so I don’t know what else I need? Any advised will be appreciated thank you 🙏
Many courts in Washington have facilitators to help people representing themselves make sure they have all the documents. They won't tell you what should be in the documents (or if the agreement is a good idea) but they will help make sure you have everything
My attorney charged me for a contested divorce even though I agreed to everything. Was I cheated?
Probably not. If you hire someone, that usually means that you pay them. In Washington there isn't a separate category for a contested and uncontested divorce. In some other states there is. And if you come to an attorney with everything agreed to, that is usually what we mean in Washington by uncontested (because instead of contesting you are agreeing). When you hire an attorney, you are paying for their advice and time. Even if you come to an attorney with an agreement, it still takes time to review the agreement, advise you on the agreement, prepare the documents that will allow the agreement to go forward, and then present everything to the court.
Most women in divorce want everything. They dont usually agree to settle. They expect the hoyse, land, alimony, child support and 1/2 of all savings.
Alimony shouldn't exist
So what if we went to mediation once already? We couldn’t agree to a parenting plan. I want equal shared or close as possible to 50/50, and she wants to only share weekends. She won’t budge. Will the judge possibly make us go back to mediation, or trial at that point?
This depends on whether it is possible to reach an agreement. Very few judges would require a second attempt at mediation if neither of you is willing to back off your positions. Talk to an attorney to work through options and what makes sense for you situation
While the purpose of these rules is fairness, isn't there a gray area where a judge can choose their preferred party?
He encourage me to file for divorce ,but in the meantime he went secretly to a laywer to find out about his rights ,and after that the humiliation and mental abuse started getting more.
I'm sorry to hear that. Some people just can't be trusted
You might want to watch your video before posting it again and listen to how many times you said um. You were very informative, but the hundred ums were the most annoying and hard to get through your video with those alone!
How do I petition out of the most corrupt county in the state? Since my mom has a criminal law practicing lawyer who is now a commissioner
As a mother dealing with a custodial case where abuse of power, conspiracy to defraud thru organized crime, and no. Protection of child whiteness due to CRIMINAL negligence, I'm beginning to wonder if there are any decent judges let alone lawyers. I need help since greed overshadows resiliency which is the ability to completely recover from trauma
12:10 Debt collectors calling 🤣
Can our 14 year old grandson choose to come live with us. Our son has sole custody at this point. Mom is not involved in his life.
Not in pierce county. The judges here are biased and full of shit!
What if you take care of your kid and it’s in a lovely home filled with love but you just got 2 bully parents that wanna get them when they wanna get them then what
Move away stop talking to abusers.
News flash. I don’t think people ever really get this. No one ever lives the same lifestyle after a divorce. Why are we so worried about that? If both spouses work and one has not put forth the effort into their career, why should they be entitled to maintain their lifestyle lol divorce is made for the court system and lawyers to make money. Period. 😊
Suppose the wife was the higher earner and after birthing their child, the husband became the full time carer for the child. The wife was able to keep a high earning career for say, six years, while the husband raised the child at home and dropped out of school to do so. Now in the process of divorce, the SAH father still does not have a high paying job and no longer a roof over his head. You truly believe the stay at home father should not be compensated for his time and sacrifices he made to support his family and raise his children? Just trying to clarify your statements.
@@jordanhancock279 I believe that compensation should be granted in the form of child support, since he is the kinda primary care giver, he is entitled to money to continue being that. Now. If there is some kind of 50/50 split in custody, he is fully capable of going on his own to find the career to fill in the gaps of his expenses after child support.
I just want a divorce. He is a veteran I don’t want anything of his. And legally I can’t have his disability from the marines . Idc I’m a bartender I just wanna leave the marriage with what I came with . Nothing lol
This guys is FULL.OF 💩💩💩. Courts are radical feminists. One judge in tri cities is a 2x DUI drunk. Parents DO HAVE rights to their kids under Troxel. This guy didnt cote ONE single RCW 26.09.187 factors🖕🖕🖕🖕
Is it OK for me to leave the house? Well I still get some of the property in the divorce or should I stay in the house with him?
@@renatahill9794 that’s a great question. Property rights in a divorce do not depend on who is living in the property during a divorce. But there may be other reasons you would want to stay in the house; who gets to use a house during the divorce is a question to discuss with an attorney at length
Uhm. Uhm. Uhm Please write a script. Lol
@@zoiefinnian3540 or....? Good advice. 🤷♀️
@@tarab5833 :)
The dumbass bow tie tells you everything you need to know
Holy sh!+.
I want a divorce from my immigrant wife. we have no joint asset.
How did it go ?
I hope you bought and/or owned assets prior to marriage and the sole owner
@@edwinthomas618yes, I am heading to Mexico!
Divorce can be like peeling back layers of an onion, revealing all sorts of surprises. I never realized just how important firms like *Usespy* are in helping folks navigate through the mess. It's like having a guiding light in the darkness..
I want to know whether the court issues a divorce order document in case of an uncontested desk order divorce in British Columbia, Canada.
Sorry we do not know Canadian law or how a British Columbia court would work. We are located in Washington state
I suppose this was all done in one take. No editor used 12:30.
What if the antenaptual contract was not signed in the presence of a notary public? What if my husband and the notary public had a long standing relationship, and therefore discussed and drafted the ANC without my input or presence. I was only aware of the document when it was given to me to sign... How valid is this contract?
Please explain if both self business owners and work from home, 50-50 income, does one need to pay alimony to the other if one starts another business or continue the same business in a different location making more money than the other? This is a 30 year old marriage. The house which is the base of business needs to be sold and divided.
In Washington State spousal support (also call maintenance and known in other states as alimony), is based on the need of the party asking and the ability to pay of the party paying. If both parties are able to self support equally, there is likely not going to be spousal support. This is a rule create based on the idea that in a marriage one spouse typically earns a majority of the income and the other typically stays at home and manages household affairs (raising children, cooking, cleaning, maintenance, etc.). They both support the family in equal, but different ways. Alimony was designed to compensate the spouse who would have less of an income generating role for the family. When both spouses have the same income generating ability, alimony makes less sense.
This is a rule create based on the idea that in a marriage one spouse typically earns a majority of the income and the other typically stays at home and manages household affairs (raising children, cooking, cleaning, maintenance, etc.). They both support the family in equal, but different ways. ---- LOL that’s the theory. In reality I want a divorce because my stay at home wife is a lazy bum. She doesn’t cook, doesn’t clean, sleeps a lot. Do the courts look that?
It would be nice if the court would take into consideration how people manage their money. I work with a guy who pays 1,600.00 a month child support. She claims the kids on her taxes and blows the money on tattoos. Then ask him for more money.kudos to him for telling her to grow up,stop wasting the money on tattoos and other stupid shit. Seems like the guy always gets screwed. I only know 2 men that came out on top in a divorce.
No. To the extent the law disagrees it is wrong and should be defied.
Thank you for sharing the information. Your other videos have also been a great help!
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Thanks for making this video. I will forward this information to my brother who went through a divorce. Greetings from Everett, Washington.
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What happen if your part will not marry you if you don’t sign the agreement is that valid
Then you should not marry that person and be grateful that you found out who they really were before the weding
Shame he completely messed up the retirement part. You could tell he was unsure and didn't know it that well. That was something I was looking forward to hearing and learning more about.
Retirement accounts are often community property, but couples will give them up without knowing that because they are in one spouse's name. And even if they do think to divide it, retirement accounts are highly regulated and there are tax implications. If the right steps are not followed to divide the retirement accounts, taxes can hit immediately or the retirement account may not be divided and this won't be discovered until years and years have gone by.
Not if there is no relationship.
Lol why would grandparents think they have these rights🤷🤷
If the kid is raised in an abusive home, there's that
So many reasons.
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So the male works his ass off fir 25 yrs while the female spouse goes to casinos, plays bingo and blows cash .... and at the end he's supposed to support that. Bull crap
In most cases the winen dobt work. They just receive alimony from hardworking men. While those hardheaded or stone hearted women enjoying lives & flirting with other men, while their X husbands work hard to fulfill the needs.
Absolute divorce is better when both parties agree with each others and keep the attorneys away.
If you can agree and get along, you can avoid a lot of problems. You can even avoid divorce if you agree. Don't know what you mean by "absolute" divorce, but couldn't agree more. A big problem people have that we've seen is one spouse thinks there's an agreement, when in reality that spouse just bullied their way to get what they want yet again (fundamental cause of the divorce, too).
Question: In ABSOLUTE DIVORCE when the children are over 18 and there's no custody fight or assets at all. Does it matter who files first any spouse?
No idea what you mean by "absolute" divorce. That's not a term I've ever come across. But if you have nothing to lose or gain either way, there isn't a lot that matters. So it really depends on how quickly you want thins to happen.
@@pacificnorthwestfamilylaw9061 I have documents that say Absolute divorce. The court clerk also told me that you need Absolute divorce forms. It's voluntarily divorce. Uncontested. We're not wealth or rich couples to fight over materials. When i contacted the court clerk, she said there will be Zoom call no necessary to come to the court. (Maryland)
My 2 grandkids live in abuse.in basement mostly alobe
Can I get them if their abused?
maybe, i would go to the police, CPS and get a family law attorney. But be very careful, grandparents rights or even grandparents gaining custody is very difficult.
Hey *usespy* online the work you did on the project completely changed the way I was looking at it. Thank you for giving. I can’t say enough how grateful I am that you always take ownership of your spy project that let me win my divorce case, It’s so nice to know that you’ve got it covered.............
Spousal support lmao... paying a grown person to live but their independent right
I would love to be represented by you
Great info, Thank You
Is there any advice that I can get because my mom’s mother in law wants me to switch places for chiropractor medicine and I do not want to. My physical therapist said I am of age and my mom’s mother in law has no legal rights to me.
The state handed guardiansip over to a corporate guardian. Vs grandparents eho have had her for 7 months
We fought hard for guardianship why would judge chose a corporate guardian he never explained why