You can file in the state in which you maintain your legal residence (typically 6 months after moving there). This is where the courts will have legal jurisdiction over you. Contrary to popular b
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar
answered 6 months ago
Washington is a "no fault" state--courts are specifically prohibited from considering marital misconduct in making a just and equitable distribution of assets. (Which doesn't always work out to
Assuming you do not agree with the allegations in the petition for a marital dissolution that was recently served upon you, I suggest that you respond to each paragraph in the petition one by one agre
E.M., Member, California Bar
answered 6 months ago
It is legal for a wife to sleep with other mean at any time--being married does not give a husband ownership or control over his wife. (And the same is true in reverse, of course.) The fact that she i
Texas does have a process called a "prove-up". If both parties agree and sign off on an agreed final decree of divorce, then only one of the spouses must appear to put on basic testimony that th
B.H.F., Member, Texas State Bar
answered 6 months ago