QUESTION
How do I know if I am answering the relief requested portion of dissolution paperwork correctly?
Asked on Jun 30th, 2015 on Divorce - Washington
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I am going through an uncontested divorce that I am filing myself and where my spouse signed the Joinder portion. We have laid out all splitting of debts/assets, military retirement, and maintenance for her. In the final section before my signature titled "Relief Requested" there are several block checks. One is "Provide reasonable maintenance for the respondent." the other is "Divide the property and Liabilities." By checking those two boxes am I: a. asking the judge to just approve what we laid out in the paperwork and b. asking the judge to set a maintenance amount and divide our property him/herself?
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Unless there is an objection to what you've laid out by your wife at trial (or in negotiations/mediation), you can get everything you laid out unless it is patently unfair. The judge does not second guess agreements about such divisions unless they are unfair on their face. Make sure you list all assets including household furnishings, credit cards, bank accounts etc. You are required to list all assets and debts even if they stay with one person.
Answered on Jul 03rd, 2015 at 1:17 PM