Washington Dissolution
No waiting period. One ground. A shall-enter rule.
Washington asks less at the door than any state on this platform — residency or stationing opens it the day you arrive, the only ground is that the marriage is irretrievably broken, and when the other spouse joins or does not deny it, entry of the decree is MANDATORY once the ninety-day floor passes. The qualifier walks it honestly, including away.
Before anything else
Is anyone in danger — or is safety a concern in this separation?
This answer is never saved. Chapter 7.105 protection orders are civil, same-day available, and do not wait for a divorce case.
Authority locked — retrieved from the hash-pinned corpus
Routing, not ruling. This qualifier organizes which official path commonly fits the facts you enter — it never determines that a court will enter a decree. Answers stay on this device. Legal information, not legal advice.