Mr. Gouras sits as a pro tem (temporary) Family Court Commissioner in King county and has done so since 2013. He also has sat as a pro tem commissioner in Pierce county between 2015 and 2016. Mr. Gouras is experienced, knowledgeable and well-respected. He practices exclusively in the area of family law and practices in King and Pierce counties.
He limits the number of cases that he will take at any one time. The quality of his work and achieving an efficacious outcome for his clients are his primary focus. Mr. Gouras provides representation for long-term marriages, executive divorces, divorces involving businesses, division of assets and debts, spousal support, child support, and child custody cases of all types.
He limits the number of cases that he will take at any one time. The quality of his work and achieving an efficacious outcome for his clients are his primary focus. Mr. Gouras provides representation for long-term marriages, executive divorces, divorces involving businesses, division of assets and debts, spousal support, child support, and child custody cases of all types.
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Mr. Gouras has been representing clients in contested family law cases for over thirty years. Mr. Gouras was born in 1961 in Seattle, Washington. He received his B.A. in English from the University of Washington in 1983 and his J.D. from the University of Puget Sound Law School in 1986. Mr. Gouras was associated with the firm of Taylor, Kiefer & Bartlett from 1986 to 1993, where his practice emphasized family law.
I hired Mark Gouras as my family law attorney in a complicated child custody/domestic violence case. Mark is an amazing attorney and did wonderful in the courtroom to fight for a protection order and parenting plan that would ensure my son's and my safety. He is a natural in the courtroom and is very professional.
Child support in Washington has traditionally been provided for by statute and case law. The exact amount of support was discretionary with the individual judge, although the Superior Courts usually followed an advisory schedule. The schedule, however, left many aspects of setting child support up to interpretation and argument.
Some states have statutes that provide that if parties have resided together, even though they were not formally married, they will be treated as if they were actually married. Washington State does not have a common law marriage statute. In the absence of any statutory authority, the courts have provided that assets and debts may be divided as if they were married under a theory called a "committed intimate relationship" (CIR).
In our mobile society it is common for parents to move from one state to the other. Over the years this has caused a great deal of conflict. The essential elements of this statute determine which state will hear a case so that the parties can focus on the questions of the case rather than the question of which state will hear the matter.
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Lissa O.
Aug 04, 2017
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Nathan P.
May 05, 2015
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Mr Gouras is extremely knowledgeable, professional, courteous, and pleasant to work with. I was referred to Mr Gouras by a family member that had known him for years, only to find out later on after retaining his services that I knew others that had retained his services and won.
I am an educated male living in the state of Washington. Thanks to Mr Gouras I now have full custody of my two children. Why do I have custody...? Wait did I say FULL custody? Oh, that's right. It is thanks to Mr Gouras.
I am an educated male living in the state of Washington. Thanks to Mr Gouras I now have full custody of my two children. Why do I have custody...? Wait did I say FULL custody? Oh, that's right. It is thanks to Mr Gouras.
Russell C.
Apr 19, 2014
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Mr. Gouras and his staff are NOT the most helpful. Court is a confusing place and Mark made it WORSE. The frustrating court process was made to work for only his interests to make as much money from me as possible. Mark's intimate knowledge of the Family court process allowed him to bamboozle me! Go somewhere else. Anywhere else.
