Family Law Resources

Northwest Justice Project, also Known as CLEAR. If you income qualify, you might receive live legal assistance from Northwest Justice Project by calling 1-888-201-1014.

 

 

WashingtonLawHelp.Org. Free divorce and family law packets are available online at http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/issues/family-law.

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Official Washington State Legal Templates. Washington’s official guardianship, conservatorship, divorce and family law forms are available online at http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/.

 

Official Washington State Child Support Guide. Washington’s official child support guide is available online at

http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/documents/WSCSS_Schedule_2020%2006.doc

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Online Child Support Calculator. The Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has published a free online child support calculator, and is available here:  https://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/dcs/SSGen/Home.

 

Washington’s Statutes. All of Washington’s statutes are feely accessible online.

 

The family law statutes are organized within Title 26 RCW, which you can find here: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=26 :

 

More specifically, the divorce statutes are primarily available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=26.09,

 

the child support statutes are mostly available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=26.19,

 

the parentage statutes are mostly available at

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=26.26A

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Washington’s Court Rules. Washington’s state-wide and local court rules are available for free at http://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/. Of note, both the state superior court and local (most counties) superior court rules apply to your proceeding, so reading only one set of rules might leave gaps in your knowledge.

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