What documents need when you will marry a divorcee?

Answer 1

Financial Documents

The following is a list of documents that are relevant to various property and support issues. You need to be prepared to give these documents to your attorney, so start making copies now. Requests for documents, and all discovery requests, must be tailored to the needs of the individual case. Keep in mind the ethical rules that prohibit frivolous or unduly burdensome discovery requests.

• Agreements between the parties
• Federal and state individual tax returns and worksheets
• Gift and sales tax returns
• IRS Form 942 (which pertains to household help)
• Business tax returns (federal and state for closely held businesses)
• Business records and employment agreements, particularly those related to ownership, assets, liabilities, income, and expenses
• Patents and copyrights
• Information on pensions and IRAs (account statements, copies of plans)
• Information on investments (account statements, stocks, bonds, limited partnership agreements, reports on investments)
• real estate records, including deeds, leases, tax assessments, and agreements
• Net worth statements
• Resumes (current and those prepared before litigation was initiated)
• Personal and business bank statements and canceled checks
• Trusts
• Loan applications
• Loan agreements for which client serves as guarantor
• Safety deposit box and vault records that reflect payment of lease, location of box or vault, and contents
• Insurance records, including policies, applications, invoices, and correspondence
• Medical and dental records
• Charge account records
• Records pertaining to cash expenditures
• Receipts and invoices (by type or above a certain dollar amount)
• Record of charitable contributions, including receipts, checks, correspondence, and reports
• Family budgets (before and after the decision to divorce)
• Record of education expenses (for parties or children), including tuition, room, board, books, contracts, and loans
• Record of household expenses for utilities, maintenance, improvements, repairs, household help, and any other related costs
• Travel records, including itineraries, tickets, passports, bills, receipts, photographs, films, videos, brochures
• Lists of personal property
• Appraisals of real estate, business interests, and person al property
• Court record of cases in which client, spouse, or closely held business is or has been a party (including prior divorces)
• Wills
• Record of who has Powers of Attorney

Answer 2

Divorce can be a complicated and lengthy process. Below are the basic steps.

* Step 1 - Filing of the Compliant: with the assistance of an attorney, one of the spouses writes up a petition (i.e. complaint), that says why the spouse wants a divorce and how he or she wants to settle financial, custody, and other issues. The lawyer then files this petition with the court. The lawyer also ensures that the complaint is served on the other spouse together with a summons requiring the spouse's response.

* Step 2 - Response: The spouse served with the complaint has an opportunity to respond. Within a few weeks the served spouse must answer whether he or she agrees with the complaint.

* Step 3 - Document exchange, possible mediation with an eye toward resolution.

* Step 4 - Settlement: If the parties agree after the exchange of documents on the terms of the divorce then a settlement can occur. The settlement is the agreement about the terms of the divorce.

* Step 5 - Issuance of the divorce decree

* Step 6 - Trial

* Step 7 - Possible appeal: If either side is unhappy with the judge's decision they may appeal his or her decision to an appeals court. As with most cases, it's very unusual for an appeals court to overturn a judge's decision because appeals courts generally trust the judge's judgment on a matter.

Answer 3

You need a certified copy of the divorce decree.

You need a certified copy of the divorce decree.

You need a certified copy of the divorce decree.

You need a certified copy of the divorce decree.

Answer 4

You need a certified copy of the divorce decree.