Name of written agreement (if any)

The Petition will default to using "property settlement agreement" when referring to the agreement to be signed by the parties. 

2. Information about the marriage

Before the parties were married, were they in a:

Do the parties currently live in the same household?

3. Jurisdiction over the spouses

Personal jurisdiction over the Respondent:

4. Request for divorce

What is the date the marital community ended?

5. Name Change

6. Written Agreements

This collaborative version of the Petition will default to the following language for this provision:

The parties are engaged in a collaborative law process, governed by RCW § 7.77 et seq., and intend to sign a property settlement agreement / separation contract, which should be enforced by the court

7. Real Property:

This language will default to "Real property will be addressed in the property settlement agreement."

8. Personal Property:

This language will default to "Personal property will be addressed in the property settlement agreement."

9. Debts

This language will default to "Debts will be addressed in the property settlement agreement

10. Spousal Support

This language will default to "Spousal support, if any, will be addressed in the property settlement agreement."

11. Fees and Costs

This language will default to "The parties have agreed to use community funds to pay all costs associated with their collaborative divorce process. If the collaborative process fails, the parties may request fees and costs in a future litigated process."

12. Protection Order

13. Restraining Order

14. Is one of the spouses pregnant?

19. Children from other relationships

20. Other requests, if any

This section will default to "The parties have begun their dissolution process under the Uniform Collaborative Law Act, RCW § 7.77 et. seq. They have signed a collaborative law participation agreement with their attorneys and understand that if the collaborative process is terminated, neither party may take any court action for 30 days following termination, except in the case of an emergency, as determined by the court. By signing this Petition, the parties agree to these conditions and the court’s enforcement if necessary."

Respondent Joins Petition. The Petition will default to assuming the Respondent will join the Petition.

15. Children of the marriage

During the past 5 years the children have lived: on an Indian reservation; outside Washington state; in a foreign country; or with someone not a party to the case?

Does someone other than the parties have (or claims to have) a legal right to spend time with any of the children?

Are there are other court cases involving any of the children?

16. Jurisdiction over the children.

Select any children the court does not have jurisdiction over:

For children the Court does have jurisdiction over, check all jurisdiction criteria that apply:

17. Parenting Plan

This language will default to "The parties are working together with a co-parenting coach in the collaborative divorce process to develop a joint proposed parenting plan, which they will submit at a later date for court approval."

18. Child Support

This language will default to "The parties intend to file a joint proposed child support order at a later date, addressing child support (including medical support), sharing of extra expenses, and tax exemptions for the children; the parties ask that the court approve that proposed order."