Over the course of your child support dispute, it is likely that you and your spouse will be asked to complete a financial disclosure affidavit. This document calls for you to produce paycheck stubs, copies of income tax returns, copies of W-2s, and information about your health and life insurance plans, if any. The form ask asks for specific information about your financial situation, including, but not limited to, your financial responsibilities, your assets, and how you spend and earn money on a weekly or monthly basis. This information will be used by the court when determining the amount of child support to award in your case.

These days, its commonplace to show the best version of your life on social media. Pictures of lavish vacations, photos of you standing in front of expensive cars, and tagging your posts with luxury clothing brands can all be shown to a court to suggest you have a higher income than you are reporting. If a judge believes you are underreporting your income, he or she may impute income upon you. When that happens, child support will be calculated based on an income amount higher than what the parent reports they are earning, increasing their child support obligation.

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 financial disclosure affidavit just doesn’t match up with their lifestyle, and we know how to put in the work to get to the bottom of it.