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Income and Expense Declarations

A current Income and Expense Declaration, and verification of income pursuant to Rule 5.6.3, must be filed with the moving papers for any hearing involving financial issues, such as support, attorney’s fees and costs. An Income and Expense Declaration is current if it is executed within 90 days of the hearing. Supplemental, updated or responsive Income and Expense Declarations must be served at least five court days before the hearing.

The Income and Expense Declaration must be printed on green paper and all portions of the form must be completed. The gross income of a co-habitee or new spouse must be set forth as provided on the Income and Expense Declaration and all cash, funds on deposit, stocks, bonds and other easily sold assets must be fully disclosed.

When attorney’s fees or costs are requested the Court requires actual amounts be entered on the lines “Cash and checking accounts, savings, credit union, money market, and other deposit accounts", "Stocks, bonds and other assets you can easily sell" and "All other property real or personal (estimate fair market value minus the loans and debts you owe)". The attorney’s fees paid to date must be completed and must include all monies held in trust by the attorney for fees and costs. The fees owed to date provision must not include fees that have been paid. Insertion of the word "unknown" does not constitute compliance with this rule.