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It matters depending on what state you are in. I’m in California and we do not negotiate until both parties have completed and exchanged full preliminary financial disclosures. How else would you know exactly what both parties have? Regardless of whether their disclosures show 2 banks accounts and one car or 10 properties and 3 businesses, you want some type of full disclosures to see what property issues need to be addressed
We also do this in MA. Your state may mandate that you can only settle once financial disclosures are made (that’s the bare minimum here in MA - you must at least exchange a financial statement). You can waive additional discovery that’s generally mandated in a contested divorce.
I litigate in a different state and do contested divorces with minimal assets. Would demand opposing party fill out financial disclosure form and turn over bank and cc statements from past 3-4 years. I do depositions if they make $$ off the books.
Which state?
How can you divide a pie without knowing what the entire pie is? Full disclosure on everything then settlement. We do an affidavit of financial information, uniform interrogatories and request for production. Unless parties agree and know everything.
Depends what client you have. A financial disclosure is bare minimum.