Working with us is pretty straightforward. Here is what you will need to work out for a divorce with children in Seattle or King County:
Checklist for Uncontested Divorce With Children
Divorce Court Forms
Petition: FL 201, CIF, Vital Statistics for Health Department
Additional Forms: Declaration in Lieu, Certificate of Compliance, Case Information Cover Sheet
Parenting Forms: FL 130 Support Order, Support Worksheet, FL 140 Parenting Plan
Finalization Forms: FL 231 Findings and Conclusions, FL 241 Final Dissolution
Child Support
Budget for each parent
- Home mortgage/rent for each parent
- Insurance
- Tax considerations
- 4 categories of child expenses
State Calculation/Formula
- Use the state formula to find net income and support for each parent
- 4 categories of child expenses factored
- Spousal maintenance can be paired or separate
- Worksheet filed with the court
Children's Special Needs
- Educational needs
- Health needs
- Activities (skiing, lessons, computers)
- Travel (for family or parents who live in different cities)
Division of Expenses
- By income ratio, or 50-50
Parenting Plan
Decision making
- Joint or separate decision categories
- Rely on an expert
- Dispute resolution
Time Flow Considerations
- Activities
- Children's temperament (is change easy or difficult, do they prefer tigth schedules or flexibility, etc)
- Creative ways to add parent/child time to the schedule (one parent does school drop off every morning, one parent takes child out for treat halfway through block of other parent's time)
- Parent's needs in re work, weekends, travel
- School/daycare calendar management
Holidays
- Joint or separate
- Travel
- Extended family considerations
Financial Asset Division
Home
- Will one parent stay?
- Mortgage required?
- Refinance BEFORE paperwork filed
- Scheduling needs for refinance
- Divide equity, and if necessary use equity to adjust other payments to each parent
Debts
- Student loans are separate debt
- Revolving credit can be retired with home equity
- Pay off cars with home equity or transfer payments
Accounts
- RSUs or other employment benefits
- IRA/Roth for each parent – check for QDRO requirements
- Retirement considerations
- SSA benefits (10-year marriage, etc)
- Pensions
Spreadsheet of Assets and Debts
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