Documents to Assemble

• To help your lawyer analyze your case and give better advice, it can be helpful for you to assemble documents about your marriage. The documents may include:
• Tax returns (state and federal) for the last three years; perhaps earlier years as well
• Records of bank accounts--checking, saving, money market; certificates of deposits
• Investment account records
• Statements from pension plans or profit sharing plans
• Recent pay stubs for yourself and your spouse
• Credit card statements and records pertaining to other bills and expenses
• Deeds to home and other real estate; any leases
• Automobile titles   
• List and description of insurance policies--health, home, auto, life, and disability
• Divorce decrees and settlement agreements from earlier marriages
• Resumes or curriculum vitae
• Written premarital agreement, if there was one
• Other documents you think are relevant.