Karin E. Quirk
Being a grandparent is a great blessing among my peers. We all celebrate the birth of new grandchildren and happily share pictures of what we know to be the cutest,brightest and sweetest children in the world. This is universal. When I traveled to China I carried a picture of my grandson. Wherever I [...]
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| Blog posts are being replaced by the short status update or,worse even the limited character Twitter feed. I think of these posts as a version of haiku with a challenge of using real words in a concentrated form that gets a message through rather than give in to the shortened R U and [...] I have been following Rosalind Sedacca’s posting for some time and find that she has good advice for divorcing parents. As a grandmother I very much appreciate this one. I am often asked about “grandparent’s rights”—Sadly the United States Supreme Court has ruled that there is no such thing. All rights flow [...] April 2009 Bar Bulletin King County Bar Association
By Karin Quirk
My practice has evolved over time to representing parties who have decided they no longer want to be married but want to maintain a relationship with their ex-spouse. They have watched their friends go through bitter divorces and want [...] Recently while working with a couple to end their marriage I had a sense that something was missing. Through a lot of negotiation and hard work we had developed a parenting plan,support orders and the property settlement agreement. The final divorce would be completed without engaging in litigation. But I felt something was still [...] When I meet people and tell them that I am a divorce lawyer,I often get comments something like:“We have been married for over 20 years;I guess we will never need your services.” Or,“We’ve been married so long,there’d be no point breaking up. Divorce is something the younger folks do.” Contrary [...] |
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