Gather and share financial information

📌 These steps are the same whether you're getting a divorce or legal separation.

Before you start

📅 Figure out your deadline to share your information. 

• You must share your financial information within 60 days after filing your Joint Petition.
• Both of you have the same deadline.

📌 For these forms, Petitioner 1 will be the Petitioner. Petitioner 2 will be the Respondent.

How to share your financial information

You’ll:

1. Gather financial documents

2. Fill out and sign required forms

3. Make copies

4. Have someone mail a copy to your spouse or domestic partner

Gather financial documents

You’ll need:

• Tax returns from the last 2 years

• Proof of income (like pay stubs) for the past 2 months

• Documents that show what you own and owe

You may also need:

• Mortgage statements

• Bank account statements

• Titles to your house or car

• Credit card statements

• Retirement account statements (pension, 401(k), IRA)

📌 Make copies of everything. You’ll attach these copies to your forms and keep the originals in a safe place.

Fill out forms

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Once you’ve gathered your financial documents, fill out these three forms:

1. Declaration of Disclosure (form FL-140)
   A cover sheet that lists what you’re sharing with your spouse. You must sign this form.
2. Income and Expense Declaration (form FL-150)
   Lists how much money you earn and spend. Attach proof of income for the past two months.
3. Schedule of Assets and Debts (form FL-142) —or— Property Declaration (form FL-160)
   Lists what you own and owe. Attach copies of the documents you gathered.

📚 To fill out these forms, you’ll need to know the difference between community property and separate property.

⚠️ Be honest and complete. If you leave out or hide information, the court can:

• Take away property you didn’t list

• Fine you or order you to pay your spouse’s attorney’s fees

• Cancel any agreement or court order about property or spousal support

Make copies and serve your spouse

Make one copy of all your forms and attachments.

• Keep the originals for your records.

• Ask another adult — your server — to mail the copy to your spouse or domestic partner.

📌 Do not mail the forms yourself. Your server is the one who mails them to your spouse.

Your server must:

• Be 18 or older, and

• Not be part of your case.

📌 These forms are not filed with the court. They only go to your spouse.

File proof that you shared financial information

1. Each of you must fill out a Declaration Regarding Service of Declaration of Disclosure (form FL-141).
   Use this form to tell the court you served your financial disclosures.
   • Check the boxes that show which disclosures you served (preliminary).
   • Write how your server delivered them (for example, by mail) and the date of service.
   • Make 2 copies of the completed form.
2. File your form and copies with the clerk.
   • The clerk will keep the original and return the copies to you, stamped.

⚠️ Do not file your financial documents (pay stubs, tax returns, or statements). File only the proof form (FL-141).

📌 If you prefer, you can both turn in each of your FL-141 forms (and copies) with your judgment papers (covered in the next step).