Financial Disclosure

FAQs

Financial Disclosure

After separation and upon request, spouses must fully disclose their current financial information with supporting documentation to each other pursuant to the standard notice to disclose.

Failure by a party to fully disclose can result in:

the court imputing income to the party; or
the court ordering the party to provide disclosure by a certain date, with possible fines and costs if they don’t comply.

MANDATORY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

Includes the following:

Last three years of personal income tax returns
Last three years of notices of assessment and re-assessment
Last three years of all business financial statements in which a party has more than a !% interest
Last six months of bank account statements
Last six months of credit card statements
A sworn statement of income, assets and liabilities
Similar disclosure related to a family trust

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Helpful Financial Disclosure Links and Resources

Notice to Disclose Application

The Notice to Disclose Application is frequently used in family law to request financial disclosure. This provides your lawyer the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of both you and your former spouse or adult interdependent partners overall finances to assist in negotiating child and spousal support and property equalization. Once a Notice to Disclose Application, both parties have an ongoing obligation to provide up to date and current financial disclosure until a resolution is reached.

Summary of Assets & Liabilities

The Schedule A forms part of the parties standard financial disclosure obligations and is provided in the Notice to Disclose Application. This document summarizes a party’s assets and liabilities. As it must be sworn before a Commissioner for Oath in and for the Province of Alberta, it is used in an effort to ensure party’s are forthcoming and transparent when providing their financial disclosure.

Budget Template

A budget is typically requested in the standard Notice to Disclose Application. The attached template provides a comprehensive summary of income and expenses. Often, budgets are used to gain a deeper understanding of each party’s current monthly surplus/deficit to assist with child and spousal support applications.

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Financial Disclosure

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