Non-Traditional Relationships

Weight Law Offices has represented people in ending non-marital relationships (also called meretricious relationships and domestic partnerships). We have extensive experience in litigation involving non-traditional family relationships, dealing with property issues. This is a rapidly changing area of law where the Washington State Legislature recently enacted sweeping new rules into this field. We use our 25 years of legal experience to make sure the research in such fast-paced areas of law is current and utilized to suit each client's specific needs. You can confidently consult with a Bellingham lawyer at Weight Law Offices for all issues of domestic partnership (including estate planning).

Weight Law Offices was also the first office in Whatcom County to bring a De Facto Parentage case where a non-biological parent sought the right to continue a relationship with a child of a long-term dating relationship. (Pursuant to the holding of In re L.B., 155 Wn. 2d 679 (2005)).