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Contempt motions handled by Washington divorce lawyer

As per the law in Washington, it is said that the spouse is in contempt when there exist situations like the ones mentioned below –

• If the spouse does not comply in good faith with the orders given by the Judge or Family Court Commissioner
• If the spouse interferes when you are on the phone
• If the spouse does not permit phone contact (it is assumed that this contact is not explicitly prohibited)
• If the spouse does not provide receipts for daycare
• If the spouse does not tell where the child can be found
• If the spouse does not comply with the terms of the parenting plan

Defense by Washington divorce lawyer as per Restraining order law

Restraining Orders from the court have a subset called as Protection Orders. These are applicable to loss of custody, visitation, finances etc. It has been observed that in several divorce cases, financial restraining orders are issued. When there are issues like custody, domestic violence or financial issues, the lawyer defends the client through restraining orders. The court uses this method to safeguard the clients from grave perils.

A subtype of restraining orders is known as DV no contact / protection order and this is more effective in the sense that simply speaking to a friend about the situation can be a violation of the order. The reason is that this friend may inadvertently contact the other party.

Ex Parte is a Latin word which means to approach the court in the absence of the other party. When the client alleges that some probable serious harm may occur if the other party is not restricted immediately from performing something, then the court may issue an Ex Parte restraining order.

Spousal maintenance

As per the law in this state, the “economic partnership model” is used to decide the spousal maintenance. Usually, the length of the marriage is taken into consideration. If the marriage has lasted for less than 5 years, then the possibility of getting maintenance is very less. In this case, the only exception is that if one partner is unemployed and would end up on the streets if the other partner left him or her. In this case also, the court issues orders for a temporary period till the partner gets full time employment. If within this period, full time employment is not found, there may be an extension of spousal maintenance.

When a marriage has lasted for more than 20 years, there is definitely some amount of spousal maintenance. In such a case, the aim of the Court is to maintain the economical position of the parties at the level that exists at the time of divorce, for a long period of time.

Child support calculator

The child support calculator takes into account the following figures and calculates the child support amount.

• take home pay per month of wife
• take home pay per month of husband
• number of children
• number of children having age 12 or more
• Whether wife or husband has primary custody

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