Divorce Litigation Support

Divorce can create an emotionally charged atmosphere for all parties.
A forensic accountant can examine documents, perform analysis, and provide unbiased objectivity for divorce engagements.

Forensic accounting engagements include analysis of marital and family financial situations:

• Lifestyle analysis for spousal support
• Income available for alimony and/or child support
• Equitable distribution of marital estate
• Identification of non-marital assets

The obligation of each party is to fully and truthfully disclose his or her assets and earnings. Instead, often non-disclosure, inaccuracies, or illegal transfer of assets are alleged by one or both parties. The skills of a forensic accountant can be used support or refute such allegations by distilling the information and presenting it in an unbiased manner in a court of law, if needed.

Leslea Ellis, LLC offers the following divorce-related forensic accounting services:

• Reconstruction of bank and investment accounts to identify non-disclosed, diverted or otherwise squandered funds
• Review of business records for personal use or misappropriation of business funds
• Analysis of financial records to identify non-disclosed sources of income
• Tracking and identification of undisclosed real or personal property
• Review and analysis of filed tax returns
• Tracking of significant changes in spending habits prior to separation