When completing your Financial Statement, remember the following:
1. the contents of the document are your evidence before the Court - you are making representations in your Financial Statement under oath; and
2. the document will form part of your case before the Court. In other words, your lawyer will rely on it to, for example, pursue or defend a support or an equalization claim.
It is unwise to rush through your first Financial Statement thinking you will be more accurate and thorough in your second. Guessing at your entries is also problematic. Remember ~ the more exact and detailed you are, the more credible you will be to the reader of your Financial Statement (including importantly - the Court). The more entries in your Financial Statement you can corroborate with documentary back-up, the better foundation you are building for your case before the Court.
Be as thorough and as exact as possible. AND ask questions ~ completing a Financial Statement is both an art and a science. Your lawyer and his/her staff have experience at this task and will be able to unravel any "bumps in the road" you may experience.
UPDATE - January, 2018
We are pleased to let you know that our Etsy shop is now OPEN!
Visit it here: SELFREP SUPPORT
In the shop, we make available to you Manuals (E-books) on various topics, to assist you in representing yourself before Ontario's family law Courts.
So far, we have Manuals on preparing an effective:
1. the contents of the document are your evidence before the Court - you are making representations in your Financial Statement under oath; and
2. the document will form part of your case before the Court. In other words, your lawyer will rely on it to, for example, pursue or defend a support or an equalization claim.
It is unwise to rush through your first Financial Statement thinking you will be more accurate and thorough in your second. Guessing at your entries is also problematic. Remember ~ the more exact and detailed you are, the more credible you will be to the reader of your Financial Statement (including importantly - the Court). The more entries in your Financial Statement you can corroborate with documentary back-up, the better foundation you are building for your case before the Court.
Be as thorough and as exact as possible. AND ask questions ~ completing a Financial Statement is both an art and a science. Your lawyer and his/her staff have experience at this task and will be able to unravel any "bumps in the road" you may experience.
UPDATE - January, 2018
We are pleased to let you know that our Etsy shop is now OPEN!
Visit it here: SELFREP SUPPORT
In the shop, we make available to you Manuals (E-books) on various topics, to assist you in representing yourself before Ontario's family law Courts.
So far, we have Manuals on preparing an effective:
- Financial Statement (both long-form and short-form); and
- Affidavit.
MORE MANUALS TO COME!
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I am glad, Steven - thank you..
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