Follow Some Simple Steps And You Will Be Legally Divorced

In order to get divorce in Washington State, there are some very basic and easy steps that courts demands and understand that everyone filing such case would automatically be following it.

If the person follows those steps then these legal proceedings become much easier for him, however if he is unable to do so, then his case is by itself rejected by the court. So, let’s see what are those simple steps ought to be followed under Washington State Divorce system:

Fulfill the basic criteria: The basic eligibility criteria set by the court for its citizen is that only the couple living in the state can file divorce petition, no one outside from the state can do so. Moreover, they need to have legal proof that they are married and have no other spouses.

File the petition: You can download the divorce form from the authorized court website and pay the fee for the same and then, forward it to your spouse. In this scenario, your spouse will be a litigant and he or she should be able to get back to the petition and then a counterclaim will be filed by him or her, for which you need to respond back.

Ignore Trial proceeding: If you wish to avoid hectic trial proceeding then you need to do outside court settlement with your spouse upon various issues like, alimony, child custody and other agreements and if the same thing goes smoothly then you can easily skip trial procedures; otherwise you would have to go through all this and heed for the court’s decision.

Alimony division: In Washington state divorce rule, it is very simpler to divide the property among both the partners, since court divides it in equal parts and give them their share. Neither the person giving the alimony can avert this decision nor the person taking it, can demand for more.  However, it is only the court who has right to take this decision and they always consider all the situations while they divide the property.

So, by this way the case is easily solved the court and couples do not have to wander for the correct judgment. In fact, they even don’t have to wait for long many months or years for the result, since, the whole trial and decision process takes only 90 days to complete. So simple it is.