Proving separate property claims under Fam. Code § 770 through direct and exhaustion tracing.
Under California Family Code § 2100, both parties owe a strict fiduciary duty of full disclosure until all marital assets and debts are divided. Specialized compensation, business revenue, and mixed separate/community claims require rigorous documentation on Forms FL-150 and FL-142.
To withstand judicial scrutiny in a California family court, self-represented litigants and practitioners must prepare comprehensive supporting schedules. Avoid estimating or rounding figures; courts routinely penalize vague disclosures under Family Code § 2107.
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.