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The Hands That Hold the Child

By on Apr 23, 2011 in Cases | 0 comments

It is said that “the hands that hold the child hold tomorrow’s human harvest.”  In this case, our client, a middle-aged man, came to us only a few years after the birth of his son to a woman not his wife who had subsequently become addicted.  Ironically, he came first to inquire about defending himself against her fabricated charges of domestic violence.  But...

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Mediation on a Weekend

By on Apr 5, 2011 in Cases | 0 comments

In this mediation of a husband and wife, the husband resided out of state and had to travel back to Stevens County to conduct the mediation at our office. Thus, he was eager to have the mediation take care of as much business as possible in a short period of time. In addition, the parties both worked and could not meet during the regular week day. Our office agreed...

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Divorce, then Death, then Determination

By on Apr 5, 2011 in Cases | 0 comments

Our original client was a woman who finally had enough and was exploring the prospect of a divorce from an abusive husband. A few weeks after our divorce consultation, she was murdered by her husband. He was arrested the same day. Family members, aware that she had sought the advise of a lawyer came back to our office with the sad and tragic news. We then advised a...

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Crazy Making

By on Apr 5, 2011 in Cases | 0 comments

In this case our client was the father of a twelve year old boy whose mother resided in our county. Our client and the boy resided in another part of the state. The father and mother had separated soon after the child’s birth and had been engaged in litigation almost continually ever since. The mother apparently had significant mental health issues that had been...

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I Could Lose My Job AND My Wife

By on Apr 5, 2011 in Cases | 0 comments

The statute, RCW 10.14, governs anti-harassment petitions which are typically filed and defended without involvement of attorneys. However, in this case, our client had to defend against a petition requesting a restraining order from a co-worker who claimed that he was stalking her and had been involved with her intimately. Thus, defending this particular petition...

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