Since 1973 the State of Washington has not used the word
divorce to describe the legal process for ending a marriage. The Washington State legislature adopted the
Marriage Dissolution Act, which was designed to eliminate the concept of fault
from marital proceedings. The Act
abolished the need to prove fault as the grounds for terminating a marriage and
did away with the concept of alimony in favor of spousal maintenance.
Marriage dissolution is essentially the same thing as
divorce except that “fault” also has no bearing on the division of property or
the award of maintenance. If a marriage
is irretrievably broken, then there are grounds for the dissolution of
marriage. If, however, one of the
parties desires to contest the dissolution, he or she can petition the court
for conciliation, which is in effect forced marriage counseling through the
Family Court.
Understanding divorce law in the Evergreen state can be a
complicated matter. You need the
expertise of a veteran Seattle family attorney like Lyle M. Clark, Jr. Attorney Clark will put his more than three
decades of experience with the law to work for you to make sure that your side
is represented aggressively. Call Lyle
Clark and make an appointment at his Bellevue office right away at (425)
452-3092.
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