Divorcing and figuring out child custody agreements are seldom simple processes, but they may be even more complex if you or your spouse is a military service member. In divorce cases involving military service, you may need to figure out exactly how Washington's...
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Military Divorce
Military divorces slowly dropping
Military couples in Washington might be less likely to divorce than in previous years. Divorce in the military has been on a slow decline in the last decade, and a 3% divorce rate in 2018 represented a 0.1% drop from the previous year. The rate is calculated over...
Am I eligible for BAH post-divorce?
You will probably still get your basic allowance for housing after a divorce, but there are many factors that could affect it. You, like most service members, probably depend on these funds. If you anticipate some difficulty in keeping current with your housing...
Child visitation for military parents
When one or both divorced parents of a child are members of the military, arranging child visitation can be a complicated matter. Just like non-military families, visitation for military members is established in family court through a custody agreement that's...
Military families and telling your spouse about a divorce
For any couple, talking about a divorce can be incredibly difficult. For some, it may even seem downright impossible. For example, those who are married to a military member who is deployed, or are living overseas due to the military, may be especially worried about...
Child custody jurisdiction for military assigned to Japan
Previous child custody determination Please review my previous AVVO Legal Guides on Interstate Custody and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA; in Washington State the statute is RCW 26.26). The UCCJEA provides that when a state in the...
Military divorce rates declining slightly but remain very high
Americans who serve in the U.S. Military make substantial sacrifices for their country. In addition to risking death, many who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan have come home with permanent and life-changing injuries – both physical and psychological. When...
Don’t mess around with messing around; it’s illegal in 21 states p2
We are discussing adultery.It may surprise many to learn that adultery is still illegal in 21 states (Washington is not one of them). The laws are slowing going by the wayside -- New Hampshire, for example, voted this month to repeal its adultery law -- but they still...
In divorce, the devil and criminal charges can be in the details
There has been a new development in an interesting divorce case out of Spanaway. A 34-year-old mother of three has pleaded not guilty to theft and forgery charges stemming from what the News Tribune is calling a fake divorce.The woman and her husband, an Army ranger...
Military couples likely to divorce after long deployment
Any Washington resident who is in the military or has a military spouse may find a study by the RAND Corporation interesting. Researchers evaluated the correlation between divorce and deployment during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. More than 462,000 members of the...