Techniques include lifestyle analysis, tax return examination, business record review, public records searches, and forensic accounting of account activity. Discovery tools and subpoenas to third parties support the work.
Nondisclosure carries substantial penalties.
Alternative Names:
Asset Search (Divorce)|Concealed Asset Investigation
Why it Matters?
Tax returns are the highest-yield starting point, since schedules disclose income sources, business interests, foreign accounts, and asset sales that a financial affidavit may omit, and comparing returns across years identifies disappeared income streams. Lifestyle analysis comparing reported income against spending is the secondary tool. Penalties for concealment including forfeiture of the asset make the investigation worthwhile even where recovery seems modest.
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