Jim Boldt

 

A graduate of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon (the oldest law school in the Pacific Northwest) in 1975, Mr. Boldt specializes in family law.  This includes such areas as

            dissolution of marriage,

parentage (paternity),

parenting time issues (custody and visitation),

child support,

spousal maintenance (alimony),

property division,

adoptions,

protection orders (and anti-harassment orders). 

Included are family law issues involving different states or countries.

 

Mr. Boldt took over the law practice of Kathleen McCormick, who retired from practice in Mason County after 12 years of practice that emphasized family law.

 

Mr. Boldt’s undergraduate education was at Southern Oregon University (in Ashland, Oregon), where he graduated (cum laude) in 1972.

 

Mr. Boldt also served three years on active duty in the Army and is retired from the Army Reserve as a JAG officer.

 

He is admitted to practice in the state courts of Washington and Oregon, federal district court for the Western District of Washington and for Oregon, the Ninth United States Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

 

Mr. Boldt is a member of the Family Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.  He also attends continuing legal education sessions on family law (in addition to the standard continuing legal education required).

 

In a field of law often involving children, Mr. Boldt, the father of three children, also has the experience and perspective of a parent.