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. Your attorney can get them if he or she knows they exist. The more information you provide, the easier and less expensive your attorney's task.
Some clients have no knowledge of any financial particulars.
This will entail at least a 30 to 45-day delay. Your attorney can force your spouse to produce records. It is, however, very helpful to narrow the request as carefully as possible. Once again, this will entail at least a 30 to 45-day delay. Your attorney can sometimes demand an admission or denial of a very specific factual statement.