Asking for more than 12 months statements

Just a quick question here, regarding the form E.

Is it possible to ask for more than 12 months bank/credit card statements?

Also could I request invoices that he has submitted to his employer for the last 2 years to illustrate how much time he has actually worked?

I would like to be able to demonstrate that we had significantly more marital assets before stbx kicked off his affair. Stbx has been spending and moving assets since late 2006!

Or is it better that I sort out these statements and present them with my Form E?

Thanks

You can submit as many statements as you wish with your Form E. The list provided on the form is purely a minimum. It goes without saying that the statements you submit should obviously have been legitimately obtained by you.

If you do not have direct and legitimate access to invoices issued by your ex, you can request these in the questionnaire that will be swapped once the Forms E have been exchanged.

Hello

Add the request to your questionnaire so the judge can decide, sounds reasonable to me, problem is form is is relavant to current assets not assets that no longer exist, if assets are being hidden to prevent disclosure thats a different story

Ok, that sounds fair enough. I can ask the bank for statments going back a few years because stbx has taken all the paperwork pre 2007.

I am concerned about 'dissipating' marital assets and transfers of large sums of money to another bank account not in stbx name.

I also have an excellent little book which states that 'acquiring' financial information is very much a 'grey area'. It states that a rule of thumb is that you can 'self help' when it comes to documents but that you should not break passwords or filing cabinets.

What are your views on this advice?

This is a grey area. If the information you provide was obtained from documentation simply left lying around, you are on reasonable ground. If you need to start committing crime to obtain the information, then you know that you have gone too far!

Oh well, no worries there then. Certainly no crimes committed!

Thank you very much for your help.