AREAS OF PRACTICE

"When I hired Veronica, the high priced attorney who hadn't done a thing for me in eighteen months but stall and ring up unnecessary drama and legal fees had left my case because of my ex's termination. Stuck in the midst of a chaotic custody drama where domestic violence played a major role and with an upcoming motion, I didn't want to go to court pro se."

Intimate Committed Relationships/Domestic Partnership Agreements/Registration

Same sex couples have many of the rights and privileges as married couples, if they register as domestic partners in Washington State. However, those rights and privileges are only conferred if the couple actually registers. Many same sex couples have been in long term relationships, but do not meet the legal standard to avail themselves of the family court dissolution procedures in Washington State. In those cases, and in the cases of heterosexual couples who have been in intimate, long term, committed relationships, but have not married, there is a cause of action that allows the court to divide “community like property” the parties’ obtained during their relationship in a similar manner as the court would if the parties had been registered domestic partners or legally married. V. Freitas Law has significant experience litigating these complex cases.