[WSBAPT] witness question

[Andrekita Silva]

Law Office of
F.ANDREKITA SILVA
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                               April 29, 2020          
 
No. An ex spouse's parents,  your ex in-laws,  are not legally related.
 
A divorce is a dissolution of marriage.  It dissolves or terminates  
your legal relationship with ex your spouse, and therefore, anyone  
else not related by blood.
So, for example, a stepchild (a child of your ex  spouse) who you did  
not adopt is not a relative, either.  So, you cease to have any legal  
obligation for child support, even if that child lived with you from  
age 6 mo. and you divorce when the child is 16 or 17, etc.  Your bio  
children with ex continue to be your children because they are related  
by blood.  

 
andrekita
Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva
1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, Washington 98101
206-224-8288
www.seattle-silvalaw.com
 

Quoting nestor at pplsweb.com:

> Look at the evidence code on witnesses and how they can be impeached  
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>     FROM: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com  
> <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> ON BEHALF OF Kira Rubel
> SENT: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 10:11 AM
> TO: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> SUBJECT: [WSBAPT] witness question
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>     Good morning, fellow practitioners! I had a question about  
> witnesses and haven't found anything in case law about this. 
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>      Is a witness "related to you by marriage" if they are your  
> FORMER in-laws? I have a client whose first wife passed away and he  
> wants to sign his new RLT with those former in-laws. He's remarried  
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  andrekita
Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva
1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, Washington 98101
206-224-8288
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