Husband hiding money

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I am separating from my husband. I believe he has hidden money in other accounts/shares/premium bonds/safety deposit box (who knows where!) that he hasn't presented to the solicitor in the initial paperwork. Does the solicitor have any grounds to find it if he hasn't declared it? Can solicitors do that legally, find out from banks? I have a meeting next week so I can ask then but was interested to know ahead of that what rights do they have in law to find money that someone has hidden from a spouse? And I suppose it would cost
a lot of extra money to do that too. Thanks.

No advice but bumping this for you

The short answer is yes the solicitor does have grounds to ask about undisclosed assets but unless there is some evidence to go on seeking a court order to force a bank to disclose information is both difficult and expensive. Supposition would not be enough, you would need some evidence - not necessarily bank statements but maybe emails or documents in which undisclosed funds were mentioned? Or evidence of accounts linked to ones that have been disclosed - you will have to provide 2 years bank statements and maybe there are some suspicious transactions on those which suggest transfers to undisclosed accounts?