Browse all the Lawforwa Resources on Family

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Marriage and Living Together
http://family.findlaw.com/marriage/
Source: Findlaw

Links to legal information about marriage and living together. Includes links to information on marriage in general, pre-marital agreements, domestic partnerships, joint property -- financial aspects, other agreements, common law marriage, gay and lesbian issues, domestic violence, state specific and jurisdictional resources and international issues.
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• Where can I find information about all aspects of marriage?
• Where can I find legal information about living with someone?
• What are pre-marital agreements and do I need one?
• What is a domestic partnership?
• How do we manage our property and money, if we live together?
• Where can I find a history of same-sex marriage?
• What s domestic violence?
• Where can I find information on domestic violence?

Family Court Services
http://www.metrokc.gov/kcsc/famlaw/famCtSvc.htm
Source: King County Superior Court

Family Court Services, a program of King County Superior Court, works with parents who have difficulty or confusion with regard to their children following separation, divorce and on-going parental conflicts. Most clients have family law cases pending before the Court.?
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• Where can I get help resolving issues about my children after a divorce or separation?

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
http://www.clasp.org
Source: Center for Law and Social Policy

The website of the Center for Law and Social Policy which includes a variety of publications on topics such as Childbearing and Pregnancy Prevention, Child Care and Early Education, Child Support and Fathers, Child Welfare, Civil Legal Assistance, Couples and Marriage Policy, Disconnected Youth, Postsecondary Education and Training, Prisoner Re-entry, Project for the Future of Equal Justice, Welfare Policy, Work-Life and Workforce Development and Transitional Jobs.
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• Where can I find reports and analysis on Childbearing and Pregnancy Prevention?
• Where can I find reports and analysis on Child Care and Early Education?
• Where can I find reports and analysis on Child Support and Fathers?
• Where can I find reports and analysis on Child Welfare?
• Where can I find reports and analysis on Civil Legal Assistance?
• Where can I find reports and analysis on Couples and Marriage Policy?
• Where can I find reports and analysis on Disconnected Youth?
• Where can I find reports and analysis on Postsecondary Education and Training?
• Where can I find reports and analysis on Prisoner Re-entry?
• Where can I find reports and analysis on Project for the Future of Equal Justice?
• Where can I find reports and analysis on Welfare Policy?
• Where can I find reports and analysis on Work-Life and Workforce Development and Transitional Jobs?

Parenting Plans (court orders about child custody)
http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/link.cfm?275
Source: Northwest Justice Project

General information about parenting plans, court orders regarding child custody.
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• What is a parenting plan?
• What does a parenting plan tell me?
• How do I get a parenting plan for my child?
• When will a court approve my parenting plan?
• How will a parenting plan be enforced?
• How can I change a permanent parenting plan?
• What if a parent wants to move?
• May I file a parenting plan in Washington State?

Responding to Motions for Temporary or Emergency Orders for Dissolution Actions and for Custody/Parenting Plan Modifications
http://www.lawhelp.org/documents/1605113222EN.pdf?
Source: Northwest Justice Project

A packet containing the necessary forms and instructions you will need to fill out if you have received papers that ask for a court to award temporary or emergency orders in a dissolution (divorce) or custody modification matter.
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• How do I respond to motions for emergency or temporary orders in a dissolution (divorce) or custody/parenting plan modification case?