Legal & Divorce Fees for R
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If you are here, chances are you already know part of my story. After 10 years of marriage & 14 years as a couple, it all ended in December 2013. There is much more to the story than that, but I'm not ready to have it in a public forum like this. I am happy to share with anyone who would like to email me.
We have 2 young boys, ages 8 and 4. We went into this process agreeing to have a collaborative divorce, but that doesn't seem to be possible anymore. I am not asking for anything extraordinatry.
What I am asking for:
The legally required amount of child support as based on Washington State Law, and the child support worksheet. I am asking for day care expenses covered at the equivalent of each of our percentage earned, which comes out to about a 60/40 split. All of our debts and assets will be divided straight down the middle.
What I am NOT asking for:
I am NOT asking for spousal support. I am NOT asking for anything beyond the standard support for my children. All I want is to be able to support them, clothe them, feed them, etc.
Apparently, however, in the eyes of their father, I am asking too much, and now we are headed for court. I already have a lawyer who I retained to do the paperwork. I now need to pay her a new retainer for a contested divorce.
The retainer is more than I make in a month.
I consider myself a strong person, and I am pretty good at facing challenges. Unfortunately, my strength is unable to produce money from thin air. I really don't relish the idea of asking people for financial help, but I don't see any other option at this point. For the sake of my mental health, but ESPECIALLY for the sake of my two boys and settling in to our new life, I need this to be over as quickly as possible. We have all been in limbo for too long, and now it looks like this has become the only way.
Once I have the money for the retainer, I can have the divorce papers served and start the clock running. My kids deserve to be taken care of by BOTH of their parents.
We have 2 young boys, ages 8 and 4. We went into this process agreeing to have a collaborative divorce, but that doesn't seem to be possible anymore. I am not asking for anything extraordinatry.
What I am asking for:
The legally required amount of child support as based on Washington State Law, and the child support worksheet. I am asking for day care expenses covered at the equivalent of each of our percentage earned, which comes out to about a 60/40 split. All of our debts and assets will be divided straight down the middle.
What I am NOT asking for:
I am NOT asking for spousal support. I am NOT asking for anything beyond the standard support for my children. All I want is to be able to support them, clothe them, feed them, etc.
Apparently, however, in the eyes of their father, I am asking too much, and now we are headed for court. I already have a lawyer who I retained to do the paperwork. I now need to pay her a new retainer for a contested divorce.
The retainer is more than I make in a month.
I consider myself a strong person, and I am pretty good at facing challenges. Unfortunately, my strength is unable to produce money from thin air. I really don't relish the idea of asking people for financial help, but I don't see any other option at this point. For the sake of my mental health, but ESPECIALLY for the sake of my two boys and settling in to our new life, I need this to be over as quickly as possible. We have all been in limbo for too long, and now it looks like this has become the only way.
Once I have the money for the retainer, I can have the divorce papers served and start the clock running. My kids deserve to be taken care of by BOTH of their parents.
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Rachael Heiner
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Bellingham, WA
