Best Family Financial Disclosure lawyers ensure clients obtain and provide proper family financial disclosure to ensure family cases, property division, and spousal and child support are promptly and fairly sorted out. MacLean Law is a Canadian national family law firm with offices across Canada located in Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Surrey Richmond, and Fort St John, Calgary, and Toronto. In today’s blog by paralegal Sim San, from amongst the best family financial disclosure lawyers at MacLean Law, we explore how you can best make financial disclosure.1 877 602 9900
Best Family Financial Disclosure Lawyers 1 877 602 9900
In most Separation and Divorce matters, disclosure is typically the first step on the file. What is Financial Disclosure? Financial Disclosure is the process of collecting and gathering financial information so both parties have a clear picture of what assets and debts exist within the relationship. Any undisclosed accounts or assets are generally found through investigation of the provided documents by our skilled Lawyers and Paralegals. You need to hire the Best Family Financial Disclosure Lawyers to ensure you get proper disclosure your lawyer exposes non-disclosure and obtains million-dollar penalties when it happens. Our lawyers handle medium to high net worth financial cases and involving worldwide income and assets.
To help streamline the disclosure process, the Best Family Financial Disclosure Lawyers share some tips in gathering your own financial disclosure based on the standard Notice to Disclose:
- One item at a time: Providing numerous financial documents by a deadline can be overwhelming. Take it one item at a time and do not move on to the next item until you have completed the item you are on.
- E-mail each section of items as soon as you have gathered it: If you e-mail our office after each item you have fulfilled, it will take the stress off of wondering what you have provided and what remains outstanding.
- Check your online accounts: Most disclosure items are available online through your personal accounts such online banking and my Service Canada account.
- Do not stress if you do not have the item in your possession: If you cannot locate or have misplaced financial documents, our office can simply request them on your behalf. Send us an e-mail and we will take care of the request for you.
- When in doubt, include the document: Our well-trained Legal Administrative Assistants and Paralegals can efficiently remove the items that are not required and will keep them on file if needed in the future.
- Fill out the forms as best you can: Our team will always review your documents with you prior to submitting to the Court or to opposing Counsel. Our Legal Administrative Assistants and Paralegals have many years of experience and can assist you through the forms efficiently.
- Ask us: If you are unsure or hesitant about documents and your personal information, call us or schedule a meeting and we will be happy to answer any of your questions.
Disclosure – gathering and providing substantial financial documents – is not something people do every day, so it is understandable to be unsure where to start. From terminology to concerns of releasing personal identification numbers and account numbers, our team can educate and guide you through the process.
Concerned about your ex-spouse hiding assets or income? Disclosure is an obligation on both the party requesting and the party responding. If you request financial disclosure from your ex-spouse, you are obligated to provide the same information. For those who refuse to disclose financial information, a Court Order can easily be obtained to compel the production of documents. If you want top lawyers who are amongst the best at exposing non-disclosure and who have set the record more than once for 100% recovery of costs to expose the lies, contact us today across Canada toll-free at 1 877 602 9900.
MacLean Law’s national family lawyers are amongst the Best Family Financial Disclosure Lawyers in Canada. Our firm has won a number of awards including Lorne MacLean, QC being named a Top 25 Most Influential Canadian Lawyer by Canadian Lawyer Magazine.
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