Failure to serve timely and accurate financial disclosures under California Family Code § 2100–2107 carries severe statutory penalties.
Under California Family Code § 2104(f), the Petitioner must serve the Preliminary Declaration of Disclosure within 60 days of filing the Petition. The Respondent must serve their preliminary disclosure within 60 days of filing the Response or concurrently with filing the Response.
If a spouse fails to serve their disclosure packet after 60 days and after an informal meet-and-confer, the complying party may file a Motion to Compel Preliminary Declaration of Disclosure under Family Code § 2107(b).
California Family Code § 2107(c) states that if a party fails to comply with any disclosure requirement, the court shall impose monetary sanctions sufficient to deter repetition, including awarding reasonable attorney fees and costs.
Eliminate manual statement math. EvidenceCanvas ingests 12–24 months of checking, savings, and credit card statements, strips inter-account transfers, auto-populates monthly averages for Form FL-150, and creates Bates-stamped schedule exhibits for Form FL-142.