hidden assets

Hi all,

Would anyone know how I could go about finding hidden assets.How would I find a reliable private investigator.
My husband is now claiming poverty.

I think if you go through your solicitors they will issue him with a "full and frank disclosure" through the Courts which means he has to by law disclose all his assets. However, obviously if he has cash hidden this would be difficult to find.

Hi there

Yes youre stbx will be expected to produce 12 months worth of all bank statements so you should be able to see if money has been moved about etc . You can then ask questions as to where any " missing" money has gone .
He should be asked to produce evidence of what he has spent any large amounts on .
This is what appears to take up a lot of time and effort , and of course costs if going through the legal system , get as much information as you can yourself , details of bank accounts , payslips , tax returns , anything that might reduce the time you will need to spend on trying to get details out of stbx !!!

shiny

Thankyou stropicsue and shiney for the replies.

I know the form E is suppose to be filled in and provide all the details, but....

There is just one big problem, my husband. It's just over 2 yrs now since I left and I filed my petition in July this year. He then filed in his own country, contested jurisdiction here and stopped all my credit cards and maintenance. Such a lovely person.I now have 2 lots of lawyers to pay.

I've been to court twice so far (I was shaking and sweating throughout), first time in October for directions on jurisdiction then in November for mps (maintenance pending suit)and money towards my court costs.

Although my solicitor sent him the form E in September, he had not filled it in for the court in November but produced a lot of unhelpful documents pleading poverty.
The judge and my barrister couldn't understand why he was contesting jurisdiction if he was near bankrupcy as he claimed. Thank goodness the judge ordered him to pay all costs for that day and I got temporary maintenance at least.

Have to go back to court end of this month to go thru whole process again.Judge ordered his form E to be completed just before Xmas. Guess what, just received it yesterday. Hardly anything filled in on the form but accompanied with 3 lever arch files full of papers. The solicitor is certainly having difficulty as she is going to send them to an accountant (more costs), I also have to go thru them of course.

The thing is I know he has assets somewhere but finding them is the difficult part. I was introduced to a PI by my solicitor back in October, but that has been a total flop, he has avoided my calls or said he will ring back and does'nt.

The judge is only going to makes decisions from the papers in front of them, this is why I someone.
The lies which are coming from my husband now are not only hurtful but really unbelievable.
Some friends years ago said 'he could sell fridges to Eskimos' and 'talk the nickers of a nun'.

So if I get a judge who's an Eskimo and has been a nun I'll really be in the quicksand...

Dizzy

Hi Lizzy

Just amazing how devious some people can be and how much peope we once loved can change .... makes you wonder about the whole love and marriage bit doesnt it ?

There was someone on here who was a private investigator , sorry cant remember who it was , but if you put the word out someone might remember ... they may be able to help you .. its difficult as you need to weigh up the cost of looking for the hidden assets against the possible value of the assets ... good luck

shiny

In my case the judge ordered full n frank disclosure in 2000, in 2006 thats 2006 not a misprint it was held at Appeal and by the law society that xtbs sol with a high position in the law disociety had hidden assets, was it worth it, NO, did I want a share

Did this resolve itself?