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Family Law Financial Discovery

Family Law Financial Discovery

Published December 2024

Successfully obtain all the information needed to divide community property, confirm separate property, determine support, and claim attorney fees and costs.

  • Identify and gather all financial data, including ESI
  • Leverage mandatory disclosure rules to uncover income, assets, and debts
  • Create focused discovery plans for specific property
  • Determine when and how to use key civil discovery tools
  • Learn to use experts as discovery consultants and witnesses at trial
  • Use mediation and collaborative methods without compromising discovery
  • Understand privacy and privilege-based discovery limits
  • Obtain protective orders against improper discovery
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Table of Contents

    Table of Contents

  • 1. General Planning Considerations for Financial Discovery
  • 2. Role of Informal Discovery and Disclosure Declarations in Obtaining Financial Information
  • 3. Using Formal Discovery Methods in Family Law Cases
  • 4. Privileges, Privacy, and Other Limitations on Discovery
  • 5. Discovery Issues Raised by Use of Mediation and Collaborative Practice
  • 6. Use of Experts as Consultants and Witnesses in the Financial Discovery Process
  • 7. Child and Spousal Support Issues
  • 8. Date of Separation and General Property Division Issues
  • 9. Attorney Fees, Costs, and Sanctions Issues
  • 10. Income and Benefits From Employment
  • 11. Investments, Rents, Royalties, and Miscellaneous Income Sources
  • 12. Financial Interests in Small Businesses or Professional Practices
  • 13. Nonbusiness Real and Personal Property
  • 14. Personal Expenses and Debts Unsecured by Real Property
  • 15. Ability to Earn, Medical or Psychological Condition, and Vocational Prospects
  • 16. Court-Supervised and -Compelled Discovery
  • 17. Setting Aside Judgment for Disclosure Violations
  • 18. Obtaining Protective Orders
  • 19. Sealing Court Records Having Financial Information

Authors

    Original Authors

  • Roberta B. Bennett
  • Sandra I. Blair
  • Robert E. Blevans
  • Katie Burke
  • Jeffrey W. Erdman
  • Michael A. Fisher
  • The Late Hon. Barrett J. Foerster
  • Neil M. E. Forester
  • Robert A. Goodman
  • Terry M. Hargrave
  • Charlotte L. Keeley
  • Lawrence E. Leone
  • Sharon F. Mah
  • Christopher C. Melcher
  • Leslee J. Newman
  • Shanon K. Quinley
  • Esther Rosenfeld
  • Lance A. Russell
  • William R. Russell
  • Cheryl A. Sena
  • Hon. Gretchen W. Taylor
  • Michael C. Tobriner
  • Jennifer F. Wald
  • Terry S. Wheeler
  • Lynne Yates-Carter
  • Update Authors

  • B. Robert Farzad
  • Christopher C. Melcher
  • Shanon K. Quinley
  • Esther Rosenfeld
  • Jennifer F. Wald

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