The Gray Divorce Podcast: Episode 52 Insights From a Family Law Conference

In this episode, Andrew summarizes the recent 2024 Nevada Family Law Conference in Lake Tahoe.

He reviews the main benefits of attending such conferences and provides an overview of the three-day agenda, focusing on the sessions dealing with the financials of divorce.

He draws special attention to the financial disclosure form. The financial disclosure form or FDF is a very important document in divorce litigation and is relied upon by the Judge to make important decisions in the case. Every state requires some form of financial disclosure in divorce. But all states don't have the exact same financial disclosure form.

The FDF requires each party to disclose a substantial amount of personal and financial information under penalty of perjury.

Judges, however, are not pleased with how the FDFs are typically presented to them by attorneys. Judges are concerned with 1) How financial disclosure forms are filled out incorrectly, 2) how sloppily attorneys fill out financial disclosure forms and 3) the frequency with which the financial disclosure form is submitted well beyond the court deadline.

The judges said it explicitly; those attorneys and clients that take the time to submit a good financial disclosure form have a distinct advantage over the opposing party.

That’s an opportunity for attorneys and clients to achieve better results!