To properly prepare for your case, we need to identify all assets and liabilities and ascertain their values or balances. In an effort to work with you to prepare for your case cost-effectively, your attorney will rely on you in part to retrieve as many of the following items as possible. If you do not have an item, please note “n/a” next to it. If you have an item but cannot locate it, please note where you believe we can locate it. Bring this list and all of the documents you do have to your next meeting with your attorney.
___Income tax returns, including state and federal personal, corporate, partnership, joint venture or other income tax returns, with related W-2, 1099 and K-1 forms, from the start of the marriage to the present.
___Income information, including payroll stubs and all other evidence of income since the filing of the last income tax return.
___Personal property tax returns filed in this state or anywhere else from the start of the marriage to the present.
___Banking information, such as monthly bank statements, passbooks, check registers, deposit slips, cancelled checks, and bank charge notices on personal and business accounts; certificates of deposit, money market accounts and retirement accounts from banks, savings and loan institutions, credit unions or other institutions in which either spouse has an interest.
___Financial statements submitted to banks, lending institutions or any other persons or entities, prepared by either spouse during the last five years.
___Loan applications made by either spouse within the last five years.
___Brokerage statements from all accounts of securities, commodities or mutual funds held by either spouse during the marriage individually, jointly or as a trustee or guardian.
___Certificates of stocks, bonds and mutual funds accounts owned by either spouse during the marriage or pre-owned.
___Stock options records pertaining to options held in any corporation or other entity by either spouse, individually or jointly, from the start of the marriage or pre-owned, whether or not exercised.
___Pension, profit sharing, deferred compensation agreement and retirement plans records and statements pertaining to any financial plan owned by either spouse, or by any corporation in which either spouse has been a participant from anytime to the present.
___Wills and trust agreements executed by either spouse or in which either spouse has a present or contingent interest or in which either spouse is a beneficiary, trustee, executor or guardian and from which benefits have been received or will be received and which are or were in existence during the past five years; all records of declarations of trust and minute books for all trusts to which either spouse is a party.
___Life insurance or certificate of life insurance policies now in existence insuring the life of either spouse, and statements of the cash value, if available.
___General insurance policies, including annuities, health, accident, casualty, motor vehicles of any kind, property liability including contents, owned by either spouse during the past five years.
___Outstanding debt documents reflecting all debts owed by either spouse, secured or unsecured, including personal loans, credit card statements, and lawsuits pending or previously filed in any court from the start of the marriage to the present.
___Records of ledgers, both personal and business, together with all accounts and journals.
___Sale and option agreements on any real estate owed by either spouse individually, jointly or through another person or entity, or as trustee or guardian.
___Personal property documents, including invoices, contracts, insurance policies, and appraisals on all personal property, such as furniture, fixtures, furnishings, equipment, antiques, and any type of collections, owned by either spouse individually, jointly, as trustee or guardian, or through any other person or entity during the marriage.
___Firearm registrations issued of pending receipt of governmental registration documents, owned, possessed or controlled by either spouse during the past five years.
___Vehicle financing agreements and titles, including those related to airplanes, boats, and other types, as well as automobiles, owed by either spouse, individually or jointly, during the marriage.
___Corporate interest records showing any kind of personal interest for either spouse in any corporation (foreign or domestic) or any other entities not evidenced by certificate or other instrument.
___Partnership and joint venture agreements to which either spouse has been a party during the marriage.
___Employment records showing evidence of wages, salaries, bonuses, commissions, raises, promotions, expense accounts and other benefits or deductions of any kind, fringe benefits records showing any benefits available to either spouse from any business entity, including without limitation auto, travel, entertainment, educational and living expenses.
___Employment contracts under which either spouse has performed services during the past five years, including a description of any oral contracts.
___Charge account statements for the past five years.
___Membership cards or documents identifying participation rights in any country clubs, key clubs, private clubs, associations, or fraternal group organizations during the past five years of the marriage, together with all monthly statements.
___Judgments and pleadings in which either spouse has been a party, either as plaintiff or defendant, during the marriage (except this case).
___Medical bills, prescriptions, evaluation reports or diagnoses for psychiatric treatment receiving during the last five years.
___Photographs or videos of real estate and contents owned by either spouse during the marriage.
___List of sale deposit box contents, as well as each box’s location and the names of the people authorized to enter it.