Family Law, Legal Document Preparation Fees for Washington State
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| Service Description | Fee | Details | Expanded Details (min documents to start case are ALWAYS included) |
| Fees for When Parties are NOT in Agreement on ALL issues. | |||
| Contempt Child Support | $400 | Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney. | Includes everything to start your case, including the setting of your hearing and the order to be signed by the judge. |
| Contempt Parenting Plan | $425 | Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney | Includes everything to start your case, including the setting of your hearing and the order to be signed by the judge. |
| Child Support Modification or Adjustment (not agreed) | $525 | Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney | Motions for hearing to get temp orders included. |
| Custody Modification (not agreed) | $975 | Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney | Motion for hearing for temp orders included. |
| Divorce or Legal Separation with Children (not agreed) | $775 | Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney | Motion for hearing for temp orders included. |
| Divorce or Legal Separation with children, when spouse missing or location unknown | $685 | No guarantee that it is allowable to include child support, property, or debt in the final decree. Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney | Includes everything to start your case. |
| Divorce or Legal Separation with no children, when spouse missing or location unknown | $450 | No guarantee that it is allowable to include property, or debt in the final decree. Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney | Includes everything to start your case. |
| Divorce or Legal Separation without Children (not agreed) | $295 | Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney | If you are seeking maintenance support, the fee is $525 total, which would include motions for hearing for temp orders. |
| Establish Parentage-paternity (not agreed) includes parenting plan and child support | $895 | Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney | Motions for hearing to get temp orders included. |
| Parenting Plan Modification (not agreed) | $475 | Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney | Gets you to the hearing with an order to be signed by a judge. |
| Relocation (not agreed) | $775 | Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney | Gets you to the hearing with an order to be signed by a judge. |
| Relocation: Objection to Intended Relocation (Objecting party) | $775 | Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney | Gets you to the hearing with an order to be signed by a judge. |
| Fees for When Both Parties Are in Agreement On All Issues | |||
| Third Party Custody (not agreed) | $1,295 | Hourly rate may apply as well as referral to attorney | Gets you to the hearing with an order to be signed by a judge. |
| Child Support Modification or Adjustment (agreed) | $525 | Flat fee. However, revisions upon your request incur hourly rate charges | Includes everything to finalize your case. |
| Custody Modification (agreed) | $655 | Flat fee. However, revisions upon your request incur hourly rate charges | Includes everything to finalize your case. |
| Divorce or Legal Separation with Children (agreed) | $485 | Flat fee. However, revisions upon your request incur hourly rate charges | Includes everything to finalize your case. |
| Divorce or Legal Separation without Children (agreed) | $270 | Flat fee. However, revisions upon your request incur hourly rate charges | If you are seeking maintenance support, the fee is $485. Includes everything to finalize your case. |
| Establish Parentage-paternity (agreed); includes parenting plan and child support | $695 | Flat fee. However, revisions upon your request incur hourly rate charges | Includes everything to finalize your case. |
| Parenting Plan for Court Established Parentage (agreed) | $325 | Flat fee. However, revisions upon your request incur hourly rate charges | Includes everything to finalize your case. |
| Parenting Plan Modification (agreed) | $395 | Flat fee. However, revisions upon your request incur hourly rate charges | Includes everything to finalize your case. |
| Relocation (agreed), if child support modified too, add $275 | $475 | Flat fee. However, revisions upon your request incur hourly rate charges. Child support being changed too, fee is $600. | Includes everything to finalize your case. |
| Third Party Custody (agreed) | $895 | Flat fee. However, revisions upon your request incur hourly rate charges | Includes everything to finalize your case. |
| Examples of Starting Fees for Some of the Many Types of Motions for Orders | |||
| Motions for Ex Parte (add on to packages) | $295 | Average cost based on hourly rate. | Gets you to the hearing with an order to be signed by a judge. |
| Motions for other relief (add on to packages) | $200 | Average cost based on hourly rate. | Gets you to the hearing with an order to be signed by a judge. |
| Motions that are not part of another fee package | >>>>> | Charge full price for issue (div w/k, etc.), or hourly rate. | Gets you to the hearing with an order to be signed by a judge. |
*Agreed paperwork includes the final paperwork.
Local Availability Information:
Family law document preparation is available for most of Washington state for the surrounding counties of:
Pierce County of Washington State.
Including the city areas of:
