

The Need for Financial Disclosures In A Divorce
Completing a divorce financial disclosure
A divorce financial disclosure is a very crucial piece of legal proof of your finances. All the information provided has to be accurate because all decisions regarding how much spousal or child support you receive or have to pay depends on this paper. Both temporary and final divorce settlements are determined by the declarations in the financial affidavit.
The declaration is made under oath and any false information could mean you being penalized under perjury. In some cases, severe penalties include your spouse being awarded 100% of the hidden assets. So it is absolutely necessary that you provide every little financial detail and be accurate. Every minute detail has to be furnished for the financial disclosure. Your expenditures will be categorized.
Consulting with your divorce attorney and financial advisor
Your divorce lawyer generally is the one that will prepare your financial disclosure with your involvement and input. However, you can have your financial advisor will go through your disclosure with a fine-toothed comb.
Also, your financial advisor can do a lifestyle analysis, which is an analysis of a couple’s spending habits and their daily living expenditures during the last few years as a married couple. All sorts of expenditures – recurring, non-recurring, ordinary and unusual – will be considered. The lifestyle analysis is a sort of a confirmation of the income, expenditure and the net worth statements filed.
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