Seattle Family Lawyers

Attorneys Assisting With Child Custody Matters

If you are a parent, chances are your children are the most important thing in your life.  Very few relationships have the emotional attachment that parent-child relationships do and the family lawyers at our Seattle firm have a very thorough understanding of this.  If you are facing a child custody issue, you are going to want to enlist the services of the best family lawyer you can find.  When it comes to your children, our family attorneys realize the importance of the situation your family is facing and every measure will be taken to come up with a resolution that will suit your family.  Whether you are fighting to gain child custody because your spouse is unfit or are experiencing problems with your current custody arrangement, a Seattle Child Custody Lawyer from our firm will know the best approach to your situation.     

The family law attorneys at our Seattle firm can help you with the following child custody related issues:

• Child Support
• Getting Child Support
• Child Support & Enforcement
• Paying Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Custody Problems
• How to Get Custody
• Types of Custody
• Adoption

Washington Child Custody Laws

When considering parental eligibility for child custody, there are a number of factors that will be considered by the Washington court, including:

• Willful abandonment that continues for a long period of time or a substantial refusal to perform normal parenting functions.
• Physical, sexual or emotional abuse of a child.
• A history of domestic violence, assault, or sexual assault which causes grievous bodily harm or fear of harm.
• A parent’s neglect or substantial nonperformance of parenting functions.
• A long-term emotional or physical impairment which interferes with the parent’s performance.
• A long-term impairment resulting from drugs, alcohol or other substances that interferes with the performance of parenting functions.
• The absence or substantial impairment of emotional ties between the parent and child.
• The abusive use of conflict by the parent which creates the danger of serious damage to the child’s psychological development.
• A parent has withheld from the other parent access to the child for a long period of time without good cause.
• Other factors involving parental conduct that the court finds adverse to the best interests of the child. 

Regardless of the type of child custody issue you are facing, you should immediately contact a Seattle Child Custody Attorney to discuss your situation!