Schwab Law is a Spokane law firm based on West Broadway, a few blocks from the Spokane County Courthouse. Our largest practice is family law — divorce, parenting plans, child support, and spousal maintenance — and we also represent Spokane clients in estate planning and probate, criminal defense, DUI, and bankruptcy.
How we help Spokane clients
Being based downtown means we are minutes from the courthouse where your case will be heard, which matters more than it sounds: same-day filings, in-person hearings, and settlement conferences are simply easier to manage. Alongside family law, we handle estate planning and probate, criminal defense, DUI, and bankruptcy.
What kinds of cases does Schwab Law handle in Spokane?
- Divorce and legal separation, uncontested and contested
- Parenting plans, residential schedules, and decision-making authority
- Child support — establishment, deviation, modification, and enforcement
- Spousal maintenance, and division of homes, retirement accounts, and businesses
- Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and probate administration
- Criminal defense, from misdemeanors through felonies
- DUI and physical control charges, including the license case with the DOL
- Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy
Where will my Spokane case be heard?
Family law cases from every community in Spokane County are filed in Spokane County Superior Court in downtown Spokane, so the court, the commissioners, and the local rules are the same wherever in the county you live. Misdemeanor matters are handled in district or municipal court depending on where the citation was issued.
For Spokane residents, that proximity is a practical advantage. It also means we appear regularly in front of the same judicial officers who will hear your matter — and knowing how a particular commissioner approaches temporary orders or how a judge tends to view relocation is genuinely useful information when we are advising you on whether to settle or push.
What legal issues do Spokane clients most often face?
Spokane is a city of long-established families, a large medical and education sector, and a growing number of remote and hybrid workers. That mix shows up in our caseload: retirement accounts and pensions from long careers with a single employer, houses bought decades ago that have appreciated substantially, and parenting schedules that have to work around shift work at the hospitals.
It also shows up in relocation cases, because a parent whose job went remote can now realistically move anywhere — and Washington's relocation statutes have specific notice requirements that apply the moment that becomes a plan rather than an idea.
Questions from Spokane clients
Where will my Spokane divorce be filed?
In Spokane County Superior Court, at the courthouse in downtown Spokane. Our office on West Broadway is a short distance away, which makes filings and hearings straightforward to coordinate.
How long will a Spokane divorce take?
At minimum ninety days from filing and service, because Washington imposes a waiting period that cannot be waived. Agreed cases often finish near that mark; contested cases in Spokane County commonly run six to eighteen months depending on the issues and the court's calendar.