Washington JU 07.0530 - Order Setting Hearing

If you signed it, contact the Department of Health at (360) 236-4300. They may be able to tell you if an Acknowledgment is on file there. Due to confidentiality concerns, they cannot give you other info, such as the date it was filed. To get that more info, you must write the Department of Health for a certified copy.

The court generally only allows witnesses at trial, not at hearings. At hearings, the court relies on written declarations and your arguments. Hearings can determine temporary, agreed, or some procedural matters. The trial is where you give evidence and arguments for the judge to use in making a final decision.

The fastest way to get a copy is to go down to the court and talk to the clerk. There they can get you a copy of that parenting plan. If you obtain the parenting plan to enforce the parenting time or try to modify it make sure to consult your attorney.

Please call us at 1-800-442-KIDS (5437). This automated system allows quick access to your case manager by entering your case number. If you do not have a case or know your number press "0" for staff assistance.

By Phone -- Using your DCS case number and your Social Security number, call 1-800-442-KIDS.

Using Washington's Child Support Guidelines To calculate child support, use the combined net income of both parents (in other words, add your net income to the other parent's net income) to determine the total amount of child support due.

It's much like a mini-trial. Your attorney would have the right to cross examine those witnesses, and then put you or other witnesses on to combat it. Then those people can be cross examined, and then at the end, arguments are made for or against the order, and the judge makes a decision.

It's when all the testimony has finished. It's after the attorneys have given their closing arguments. It is after the judge has given his legal instructions to the jury. It is after the jury leaves the courtroom to go back and deliberate.

An order after hearing compiles all of the orders that you've agreed to in mediation, by stipulation or that the judge ordered at the hearing.The judge will receive the stipulation, ask both parties whether they agree to the stipulation as written and then sign it so long as both parties agree.