Horenstein Family Law Blog
Common Myths about the Divorce Process
Posted: January 7, 2010
- No matter what, I will be divorced in 90 days. The 90 days is a waiting period. It simply means you cannot be divorced in Washington until 90 days has passed after filing papers in court to start your divorce action and after your spouse receives copies of the papers. (the latest date of the two events starts the 90 days). If you have a complete agreement on all issues with your spouse and it is included in papers that you both sign, you can be divorced on the 91st day. However, no agreement means you will be divorced in Washington State when the process is complete which can take months and sometimes a year or more because you may need a trial and a judge to make the decisions.
- The person who wants the divorce, who wants out of the marriage will lose everything and be held accountable. This is not true because, Washington is a no fault divorce state which means the court believes no one is at fault and therefore won’t consider who or why someone had an extramarital affair. The court will not make decisions based on that information. The division of assets and debts is supposed to be fair and equitable without consideration of fault.
- A family law lawyer will automatically make us fight and take all our money. The only automatic thing an ethical experienced family law attorney does is give you good legal advice that you can rely on to make decisions. Attorney fees and costs are driven by your decisions and those of your spouse. For example, you want $1000 dollars a month from your spouse. She wants to give you nothing. Your lawyer will advise you on the likelihood of you receiving a $1000 so you can decide, is this worth fighting for, worth spending the money to go to court to get this. Your choice every time after you receives good legal advice.
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