Overview

Financial disclosure means providing the other party and the court with information and documentation about your finances, including your:

  • income (how much you make)
  • expenses (how much you spend on things like rent and childcare)
  • assets (how much property or other valuables you own)
  • debts (any money you owe)

See Rule 13 of the Family Law Rules for more information on financial disclosure

Financial statements

You must usually complete, serve, and file a Financial Statement if your case involves:

  • child support claims
  • spousal support claims
  • claims relating to property or debts

In some cases, you do not have to file a Financial Statement, such as:

  • your case involves child support, but not spousal support or property issues, and you want the other party to only pay the amount of child support listed in the table under the Child Support Guidelines (called the table amount)
  • you and the other party are filing a Motion to Change child support or spousal support on consent and you both agree that Financial Statements do not need to be filed
  • you are only making claims related to family arbitration

Types of financial statements

There are two different types of Financial Statements in the family court forms:

Serve and file your financial statements

Your Financial Statement must be served on the other party and then filed with the court, either:

  • with the documents that contain your claim (for example, your application or motion), if you are making a support or property claim
  • within the time for serving and filing your responding documents (for example, your answer, reply, or affidavit in response to a motion), if you are responding to the other party’s support or property claim

Learn more about the timelines for serving and filing your documents.