Document Drafting

Mock case: Financial Disclosure Affidavit

Income, expenses, assets and debts reconciled into one sworn schedule.

Adeyemi v. Adeyemi; contested divorce, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Family Division

Financial Disclosure Affidavit, page 1 of 5 — Financial Disclosure Affidavit· 5 pages
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Financial Disclosure Affidavit, page 2 of 5 — Financial Disclosure Affidavit· 5 pages
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All work samples are drawn from supervised mock case scenarios. No real client data is shown or used.

The brief

Draft the applicant’s financial disclosure affidavit for a contested divorce, pulling employment income, monthly household expenses, jointly held property and every outstanding liability into a single sworn document the attorney could settle in one review.

The process

1Inventory of source documents, notice of assessment, T4, three months of pay statements, and a written list of what was still missing.
2Monthly expenses tabulated by category to a single total, so nothing is double-counted across headings.
3Property and debts scheduled at a common valuation date, with the matrimonial home carried at its stated value against the outstanding mortgage.
4Jurat, exhibit pagination and a final proofread against the pleadings before it went up for signature.

Key features

Expense schedule totalling CAD $6,100 per month
Asset schedule against CAD $437,000 in liabilities
Matrimonial home equity reconciled on its face
Jurat and commissioner block ready for swearing

Systems utilised

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Adobe Acrobat Pro

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