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Karin E. Quirk
Attorney at Law
(425) 289-0293
5400 Carillon Point
Kirkland,WA 98033
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Tips for Co-Parenting After Divorce

    This is a guest posting from Board Certified Divorce Lawyer Scott Morgan of Austin Texas.  He offers valuable advice for co-parenting.  

Getting a divorce is rough and things can get even more complicated when the kids are involved. Although it can be tricky,co-parenting your children after a divorce is very doable. [...]

How Divorce Closed Down A Business

“The business was forced to close because of the owner’s divorce”

I was disappointed as I approached a favorite business only to find it had closed it’s doors for good.  An employee of a neighboring business told me it closed because the owner had gotten a divorce.  As a divorce lawyer,this made [...]

Common Myths About Divorce in Washington

Five Common Misperceptions

 

This is a community property state so everything is 50-50

While asset and debt acquired during the marriage is community property in Washington,  it is not necessarily divided equally.  The operating word in Washington is “equitable”.  There are a number of standards by which equitable is determined.  The length of the [...]

PREPAY NOW FOR INCOME TAX SAVINGS?

Is you mailbox,both paper and on line,filling up with ideas for pre-paying something so you can get a tax deduction?  Well here is a radical thought —prepay your divorce before the end of the year.

Sounds a little self serving doesn’t it?  Well,yes,but hear me out.

Legal services for a [...]

DOES DIVORCE TAKE A HOLIDAY?

“We are going to wait until after the holidays to file for divorce”

Each year I hear that sentiment and each year I have to ask why.  If the marriage is truly “irretrievably broken”why are these folks wanting to keep up appearances and stay together even though the decision has already been made to [...]

Children as Property? Parents as the Board of Directors

“You were once husband and wife,then you became mom and dad,now you will no longer be husband and wife but you will always be mom and dad.” So advises my friend,a family therapist who helps divorcing parents.

As I try to work with soon-to-be ex spouses I help them divide their property [...]