Anyone know details of divorce in OR or WA?

[kevinj 19]

Hi all,

I'm looking into divorcing my spouse and wondering if anyone has done this recently in OR or WA. It would be a simple divorce (no children, no property, and no disagreements about anything).

If I understand correctly:

* She's lived in OR for more than 6 months, so we could file there (Multnomah county, Portland)

* I've lived in WA for a couple months, so we could also file there (King county, Seattle) (only residency on day of filing is required, I think)

My questions :

* Both states seem to have a 90 day waiting period after filing; can this be avoided in any way? There is no urgent reason, just that I like to get things done once I've set my mind to it; and especially unpleasant things shouldn't be drawn out longer than necessary ...

* How much is it actually going to cost? I seem to find different prices online ; I've seen $280 for King county. For Multnomah county, I've seen on the one hand people saying it cost them about $200; on the other hand, numbers of $405 filing fee and then $266 for the 'response' (which, if I understand correctly, is entirely optional and could be skipped in our case?).

Anyway, I've been browsing web pages and getting trapped on lawyers' webpages for two hours now and getting frustrated ... Has anyone here done an "easy" divorce in either place recently?

Thanks so much,

Kevin