One aspect of the contested divorce process is discovery. Discovery includes interrogatories and document demands. Interrogatories are a list of questions crafted to ascertain the other party’s assets, pensions, obligations, and financial footing; the other party must answer your interrogatories under oath. Document demands sent to the other party generally seek bank statements, credit card bills, receipts, paystubs, tax returns, and other items related to one’s financial health. Parties in a divorce are also entitled to depose one another. At a deposition, one party must answer questions asked by you or your attorney under oath. But our office does not stop here. We believe that the best discovery comes from third parties, and we frequently issue subpoenas based on pieces of information found from our own investigation or turned over or revealed during the discovery process.

Our firm routinely relies on online information, as well as information received by way of subpoena to determine an individual’s true income. We issue subpoenas to locate secret bank accounts and find out where your ex is spending money. Among the many entities our firm has subpoenaed for financial information are banking institutions, social clubs, companies like Venmo and Zelle, and employers. Our firm has watched again and again as someone’s claimed income just doesn’t match up with their lifestyle, and we know how to put in the work to get to the bottom of it.