Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Re: Simplified Dissolution of Marriage in Florida

Yes, financial affidavits are required by state law. Unless the judge or the clerk misses something or lets you get away with something, which is unlikely, you will have to file financial affidavits.

The reason for financial affidavits is to make sure that you tell each other in open court what you are worth. That way, neither of you can try to reopen your divorce, claiming that the other hid something to which the other spouse could have made a claim. The courts want divorces to be final, not reopened, and the only way to do that is to make sure yo both tell each other--and the judge-- everything.

Re: Simplified Dissolution of Marriage in Florida

If you want a divorce you better! The law requires it. The whole idea is fair dealing with one another unless both parties are playing games?