Legal Separation

[blue26079]

I'm in Washington state, Kitsap County. Temporary Family Law orders were filed on 8/4/17 and I've lived separately since 8/11/17. Am I legally separated or do I need to file something - a motion for an order etc to have this be official? I need to be legally separated to take my wife off as beneficiary of my retirement funds. I also can get her signature to accomplish the same thing, but the legal separation status seems like it would be useful in other things as well.

 

[adjusterjack]

Temporary Family Law orders

What do those orders say?

Did you get something like this:

http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/documents/422-027-CertificateDissolution.pdf

Or this:

http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/documents/FL Divorce 241 Final Divorce Order 4-25-2016.pdf

So far as I can tell you need an order from the court saying you are legally separated. I found forms but no instructions for the procedure:

http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/?fa=forms.contribute&formID=25

 

[blue26079]

What do those orders say?

Did you get something like this:

http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/documents/422-027-CertificateDissolution.pdf

Or this:

http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/documents/FL Divorce 241 Final Divorce Order 4-25-2016.pdf

So far as I can tell you need an order from the court saying you are legally separated. I found forms but no instructions for the procedure:

http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/?fa=forms.contribute&formID=25

Thank You. I should have seen this myself as I've downloaded a number of forms from that website. All of the forms look like final orders and seem to require resolution of issues I am nowhere close to resolving. None of these forms were filed in my case yet. So I guess I have to wait.