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Sounds like you'll have to represent yourself. Have you tried mediation to resolve the case.
If your spouse is still in WA you can file here. By filing here you are putting yourself under the jurisdiction of the State of WA. If your spouse is... Read Answer
Probably not unless the house is his separate property and even then, it's unlikely. You will have to pay the mortgage on it (if any) if you're... Read Answer
Well if you start now you can get post secondary support for your daughter. Otherwise it makes no difference.
It is too late to relitigate the divorce including support etc. Since the IRS isn't going after you for taxes left unpaid during the marriage, you... Read Answer
If the marriage was consumated and there was no fraud (e.g. one of you was already married) you can't have the marriage annulled, you have to get a... Read Answer
The boyfriend has no responsibility to support your children. However, since your incomes have changed you can petition for a modification or... Read Answer
If your name is the only name on the title, you may be able to report it stolen and get it back. However, it is community property so you may need to... Read Answer
If the respondent never lived in the state in which the petitioner now lives, that state does not have jurisdiction over him. Nor would it have... Read Answer
If Mexico recognizes the marriage as legal than you are married and can get divorced.
You do not say if the order makes maintenance modifiable. Most don't. Many make alimony irreversible except by death and remarriage on the part of... Read Answer
You can get divorced in either country. Depending on where you get the divorce in the US and how much fighting there is between you and your husband,... Read Answer
You would need to file a motion to enforce the decree.
If the exact wording of your divorce judgment uses only the term "retires" and does not give an alternative time, such as "or reaches the age of ___,... Read Answer
If the charges were accrued after the decree there is no basis to go after the husband. If they were accrued during the marriage, it's a community... Read Answer
Property owned by one spouse before the marriage is the separate property of that spouse and cannot be awarded to the other spouse except under... Read Answer
You should keep his name off the deed to your house. It is separate property as long as his name isn't on it. However, since you are using your... Read Answer
Since you failed to do things properly, the case was dismissed. You now have to start all over. Nothing from the dismissed case counts. He can sign... Read Answer
To lower, terminate, or vacate the courts jurisdiction over spousal support you must make an application to do so. Paying spousal support for 28... Read Answer
Have an attorney file a request for order to modify spousal support. Good luck.
No! By definition a divorce settlement agreement is an agreement between two parties. One party can not alter it unless both parties come to a new... Read Answer
See Section 26.09.060 of the Revised Code of Washington (the Washington state statutes), which addresses motions asking the... Read Answer
Under the circumstances you may be able to get an annulment if the marriage was not consummated. Consult a lawyer or if you are doing this pro se,... Read Answer
NO. If you move back in, you would have to evict her via legal process if you want her out you cannot engage in self-help.
An attorney can not file without the consent of the client. However, consent can take various forms, so you need to discuss how you may have given... Read Answer