The financial affidavit is one of the most important financial documents you must complete during divorce. Filling it out properly is complex and confusing, and it takes many, many hours. More than just a template, our step-by-step interview process makes it easy to create a Financial Affidavit. Save, sign, print, and download your document when you are done. Rocket Lawyer provides information and software only. Rocket Lawyer is not a "lawyer referral service" and does not provide legal advice or participate in any legal representation. Rocket Lawyer is not a law firm or a substitute for an attorney or law firm. Use of Rocket Lawyer is subject to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If your lawyer tries any of these tricks or otherwise suggests that misrepresent your fiancés, get a new lawyer. A lawyer who would defraud the court will certainly defraud you. Latest AiLL Success Story: cop drops ticket in person at the court proceeding and breaking-down the role and effect of Marc’s Motion to Dismiss template.

Affidavits are used in various scenarios including child support claims, affirming one's authority to act on behalf of a corporation, confirmation of identity, demonstrate legal rights to an inheritance, or verify an address. The acceptance of an affidavit by one society does not confirm its acceptance as a legal document in other jurisdictions. Equally, the acceptance that a lawyer is an officer of the court (for swearing the affidavit) is not a given. This matter is addressed by the use of the apostille, a means of certifying the legalization of a document for international use under the terms of the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. Documents which have been notarized by a notary public, and certain other documents, and then certified with a conformant apostille, are accepted for legal use in all the nations that have signed the Hague Convention. The acceptance of an affidavit by one society does not confirm its acceptance as a legal document in other jurisdictions. Equally, the acceptance that a lawyer is an officer of the court (for swearing the affidavit) is not a given.