We don’t mean to brag but dividing assets like cash, stock options, and other quantifiable properties during a divorce process is something we can do in our sleep. It’s only a matter of time before a client steps into our Renton office and asks how to go about dividing cryptocurrencies.
Divorce entails dividing the spouses’ assets -- including pets -- and possibly deleting spousal memories that appear on social media. But unlike Facebook or Instagram posts, children can’t be deleted, and unlike assets, they can’t be divided or sold.
We have pretty straightforward advice to those who get bitten by a dog: Seek medical treatment and consult a personal injury attorney to determine whether you can recover for damages. With that out of the way, let’s turn the tables and side with the canines that took a beating from their owners.
In some cases, creating masterpieces involves happy accidents. And in others, the accidents aren't so happy.
If personal safety were a consideration for receiving an award, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences would never give the golden statuette to these Oscar-winning films.
Whether you display your musical virtuosity in the garage or in your local bar, you have no control over how your performance will be received. And we don’t mean by the general public or music critics at The New York Times or Pitchfork.
We are not even referring to the reception that vocal powerhouses like Mariah Carey or Adele get when technical problems derail what would have been flawless lip-sync performances.
It’s difficult being a celebrity. When you’re not amassing fame and fortune, you’re avoiding hordes of fans and protecting yourself from the prying eyes of the paparazzi hiding behind the bushes of your million-dollar mansion.
Celebrities despise the papz for invading their privacy, but savvy celebs know they’re crucial to keeping a well-constructed narrative of their public persona.
If we were to ask you to describe a frivolous personal injury lawsuit, you would probably include exorbitant non-economic damages, such as multi-million dollar claims of emotional distress.
Most people learn of these payouts from obnoxious chain emails or cable news talk shows with headlines like: “THIS IS WHAT’S WRONG WITH OUR COUNTRY!!!”
These anecdotes are often completely made up (like the infamous story of a burglar who got stuck in his victim’s garage for eight days and sued for mental anguish), but their legal foundation is sturdy.
More than a third of all the articles we’ve written over the past 15 months have addressed child support in one form or another because -- much like kids -- it’s an emotional, expensive, and sticky issue.
The state of Washington has a simple table for estimating child support obligations, but A) the table only goes up to a combined income of $144k in annual income and B) It doesn't factor in education-related costs, work-related daycare, uninsured medical expenses, and extra-curricular activities.
Back in our day, getting hurt at a concert was a rite of passage, crowd surfing an artist was a privilege, and catching something thrown from the stage was a souvenir you’d never part with.
Apparently, things have changed.
There’s no better example of this than a shoe Justin Bieber threw into the crowd being auctioned for $6,000 (which overshadowed the equally ridiculous story of its other half getting a dedicated Instagram account). But seeing as we’re not sneakerheads, Beliebers, or wildly irrational human beings, that’s not a story we can comment on with any expertise.
In our articles, we try to avoid writing about people dying. Our goal is to make family law lighthearted and less intimidating, which is pretty hard to do when you’re writing about an old geezer who kicked the bucket and left behind a bereaved brood.