Court and Financial Questions?

[2hearts1970]

Hello, just signed up to ask, as I have been proceeding through a divorce over the past year, and am at the Financial disclosure stage.

I have the O/H Form E and details etc. It is a large document with bank statements, bills, valuations, and so on all included.

We have a court date to ask questions (beforehand) and as I have never encountered this before, or been to court, does anyone have any idea on what sort of things
to ask? specific bank transactions etc?

I am quite overwhelmed with it all, and a little nervous. I do have a solicitor that will be representing me so that\s ok.

But as I have the opportunity to ask questions, I just wanted some guidance on what to ask or bring up, instead of doing nothing, unprepared, and the o/h throwing questions at me, and missing my opportunity

Sorry not thinking straight at the moment, but hope this post makes some sense!

Have you looked at the wikivorce website. There is a big forum over there with loads of knowledgeable people who could help you with this.

The questions are not asked at the court hearing. They are written down beforehand in a questionnaire, then the court decides whether any of them should be crossed out (for example if they would be disproportionate - eg asking someone to explain bank transactions of very small amounts).

Your solicitor should explain this to you, but basically you go through your ex's Form E with a fine tooth comb and play detective. Is there anything which you think he has not declared? Any shares, pensions, life assurance, other income which he has not put down? Has he said that he owes money to people that you know nothing about? Are there bank transfers into or out of a different account which hasn't been disclosed?

Those are the sort of things that feature in a questionnaire.

The Family Justice Council published a very good guide to all this:

here

That is a very interesting 64 page document!