June 2020 Bar Bulletin By Megan Stanley While there is an overall trend in the court adopting equal parenting schedules, there remain cases in which a parent struggles with RCW 26.09.191 restrictions that require the court to carefully consider limitations…
February 2013 Bar Bulletin By Lisa DuFour and Sharon Friedrich, The balance of power in a family law case can be tipped precariously toward one party as the primary parent if the other party has a mental health issue. In…
May 2012 Bar Bulletin by Lisa Dufour and Kim Schnuelle Do you Tweet, Facebook, IM, Skype, text or blog, get LinkedIn, use a listserv or brag via email on the Internet? There can be serious consequences in family law if…
Family Law Deposition Part 2 of 2 February 2012 Bar Bulletin By Kim Schnuelle and Lisa Dufour You have just received a notice from opposing counsel setting your client’s family law deposition in two weeks. Your client was very nervous…
Family Law Deposition Part 1 of 2 November 2011 Bar Bulletin By Kim Schnuelle and Lisa DuFour Depositions remain a seriously underutilized discovery device in the effective family law litigator’s tool box. An effective deposition can destroy party or witness…
August 2010 Bar Bulletin By Lisa DuFour If your client wants to move to the Florida Keys and live on a boat with his children, can he do so if his parenting plan designates him as the primary residential parent?…
Split Decision: Is a Divorce the First Course? May 2011 Bar Bulletin By Kim Schnuelle and Lisa DuFour A potential divorce client comes to you in tears. Four years ago she got married in New Zealand during a whirlwind vacation…
November 2010 Bar Bulletin Lisa Dufour and Kim Schnuelle Although our economy is barely shuffling along, there are still many ways to collect child support if the paying parent has assets. It is well known that, if the paying parent…
May 2009 Bar Bulletin By Lisa Dufour The largest wealth transfer in history is occurring right now. This wealth transfer has nothing to do with the downturn in the stock market or problems in the banking industry. Because of the…
April 2009 Bar Bulletin By Lisa Dufour A recent Court of Appeals decision has created a new role for family law practitioners. How can you assist your client in determining the father of a child born during marriage where the…
