The Family Court’s most fundamental task when it comes to finances is to divide your resources fairly upon divorce. But it cannot do so effectively if it doesn’t know what’s ‘in the pot’.
For that reason, each of you is under a duty to provide what is known as ‘full, frank and clear disclosure’ of your financial circumstances. The method for doing that is by filling in a lengthy court document called a Form E. This can be somewhat daunting.
Separating couples often lack confidence about what information they should or shouldn’t be providing, possibly not helped by the frightening warnings on the front of Form E about the serious, potentially criminal, consequences of getting it wrong. In this course, we’ll explain the reach and limits of the duty of disclosure, with examples from previously decided cases. Then we’ll provide practical help and advice, together with some dos and don’ts on how to complete a Form E, so you can move forward with confidence when the time is right.
This course remains live for 90 days from purchase, but we’ve included course materials with the full text of the course and links to all the case law, research and statutes, which you can download and keep after the course itself has expired.
Published content by The Divorce Surgery Editorial Team.