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How to Find Hidden Assets in Divorce

By Janet Langjahr

When the marriage starts heading south, it’s time to start paying attention to the finances - especially for spouses who never paid attention before. With some spouses, the window of opportunity to prove the existence of assets and that they are marital will close rapidly.

So it may be important to act quickly. And it may be necessary to engage various experts, ranging from divorce financial investigators to forensic computer analysts.

The things to look at, preserve and copy may include joint and the other spouse’s:

1. Credit card receipts
2. Credit reports
3. Cellular phone bills
4. Personal computers
5. Laptop computers
6. Cellular phones
7. Text messages
8. Secret e-mail addresses
9. Internet surfing histories
10. Offshore accounts
11. Tax returns
12. Safe deposit boxes
13. Credit card statements
14. Insurance documents
15. ATM receipts
16. Bank statements
17. Brokerage account statements
18. Other investment account statements
19. And so on

Once you have your hands on them, study them, or have an expert do so.

Read more in this Olympian [WA] article: Spouse hiding assets? Learn how to protect yourself from secrets, lies.

Full post as published by Florida Divorce - Child Custody - Domestic Abuse Law on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).