The documents inexpensively provide the proof required to support your claim. Once this process is completed by you in each area, your goals can be effectively set and your foundation for a principled negotiation will be well established. You will know your goals and, by pursuing Principled Negotiations, you will have your best chance to negotiate your case to a fair and reasonable conclusion. If negotiations fail, you will be on solid ground for court proceedings. Everyone, including your spouse's attorney and the judge, likes to draw their own conclusions from what they can read, especially if the records are from an independent source.
Proper documents are proof.
The least expensive method to gather information is simply to collect and copy it. It cannot be stressed enough that you should copy all the important records available to you. It's cheaper for you to spend the day at a copy shop than to pay for one hour of your attorney's time. This Organizer will help you understand exactly what records are genuinely important to your case. If you do not have access to certain documents and cannot get them informally, the rules of the court provide methods to obtain them.