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Here are some items you might want to prepare for your divorce hearing. Remember court is an audio-visual experience. People remember best what they can SEE as well as hear - this includes judges who otherwise might fall asleep during your portion of the case. * Label the budget clearly; you might use more than one--i.e., actual costs of living during the marriage and projected costs of living separately. * If you are reviewing a budget of a dependent spouse, check for the possibility that his or her spending increased substantially at the time he or she first considered divorce or consulted a lawyer (which may be well before a divorce action was filed). In addition, look not only for large checks and charge card bills but also for large cash withdrawals. * Use bar graphs or charts to show differences in income and assets or changes in income and assets over time. (Providing advance copies to the opposing side may help limit objections.) * Use a chart showing calculations of the difference between gross and net monthly income. (You might use a computer program, such as FinPlan, that is designed to make such calculations.) http://www.finplan.com/finplan/index.asp * Use graphs or charts to show the source of funds for assets. * Use graphs or charts to trace the proceeds of specific assets into subsequently purchased assets or investments. * Use charts or graphs to show an increase in the value of assets over time (perhaps with notations regarding the parties' respective contributions). * Illustrate the case by showing pictures or slides of the house, cars, antiques, clothes, interiors of vaults and safety deposit boxes, other major items of personal property, lavish parties, and vacations. * Child custody * Illustrate the case by showing pictures or slides of the child, the child's current home, the place to which the child may move, and any evidence of physical abuse or neglect. * Use videotapes in custody or visitation disputes to show the child's home and community, the prospective home and community, and the parent-child relationship--you might include shared activities and an illustration of how the parent disciplines the child and deals with the child when he or she is cranky. Videotapes can be particularly useful to rebut a claim that the parent has a constantly poor relationship with the child. * Use bar graphs to illustrate the time each party spends with the child--who takes care of the child and when. * Use a one-month calendar to illustrate the requested parenting plan or visitation schedule. * Use poster-size blowups of the key language or main factors cited in an expert's report, the language in an agreement, or statements made in depositions.