Family Law & Matrimonial Discovery

Bank Statement Review for Divorce & Family Law Matters

Streamline marital financial disclosure, detect dissipation patterns, flag 7-day cash withdrawal clusters, and uncover undisclosed transfers across multi-year bank statements.

Marital Dissipation & Discovery Audit
Deterministic Pattern Detection
Cash Dissipation Clusters

Surfaces rapid ATM and teller withdrawal clusters to document off-ledger cash reserves before separation.

Fund Velocity & Wires

Detects rapid pass-through conduit flows and substantial transfers staged into separate entity accounts.

Non-Marital Spend Categories

Flags gambling, crypto, luxury purchases, and recurring P2P payments to external third parties.

Financial Disclosure in Family Law & Divorce Litigation

Financial disclosure is the cornerstone of matrimonial and divorce proceedings. Courts and legal statutes mandate full, transparent disclosure of all income, assets, debts, and transaction histories to calculate support awards, evaluate marital property division, and establish the marital standard of living.

In practice, family law attorneys and paralegals spend 15 to 30 hours per matter manually reviewing voluminous sets of bank statements across multiple institutions. Opposing parties often submit unorganized, multi-page PDF productions spanning 2 to 5 years, making it difficult to spot concealed spending, account drains, or secret transfers.

Disclosure Assistant automates the extraction, chronological normalization, and systematic audit of bank statements, enabling family law firms to uncover marital asset dissipation in minutes instead of days.

Toggleable Marital Asset Dissipation Patterns

Dissipation claims require clear, evidentiary proof that marital funds were depleted for non-marital purposes during the breakdown of the marriage. In case settings, legal teams can configure thresholds and toggle on or off behavioral pattern rules:

7-Day Cash Withdrawal Clusters

Flag 2 or more ATM or counter cash withdrawals within a rolling 7-day window to detect rapid, untraceable cash drains prior to separation.

Pass-Through Fund Velocity

Detect deposits of $2,000 or more where 70% or more of the funds are transferred or withdrawn within 3 days, pinpointing transit accounts and hidden routing.

Repeated Transfers & P2P Tracking

Surface recurring transfers sent 2+ times to identical counterparties or P2P handles (Venmo, Zelle, Cash App, PayPal, Wise) to identify undisclosed recipients.

Large Round-Dollar Fund Movements

Isolate even-sum transfers ($1,000, $5,000, $10,000 with zero cents) indicating planned, manual money relocations rather than normal consumer expenditures.

9 Built-in Legal Risk Categories for Divorce

Rather than building manual keyword filters, legal teams can toggle on or off 9 pre-built legal risk categories in case settings:

Gambling & BettingCasinos, sportsbooks, DraftKings, poker, lotteries
Crypto & Digital AssetsCoinbase, Binance, Kraken, MoonPay, digital asset custody
P2P Money TransfersVenmo, Zelle, Cash App, PayPal, Wise personal transfers
Luxury Goods & VIPFine jewelry, designer apparel, private travel, subscriptions
Trading & InvestmentsRobinhood, Schwab, Fidelity, undisclosed brokerage draws
Check Cashing & PawnPayday loans, check cashing counters, cash advance outlets

Attorneys can also define unlimited custom keyword categories for specific businesses, entities, or paramours relevant to the matter.

Automatic Missing Statement & Discovery Gap Detection

A common tactic in contentious divorce discovery is the selective production of financial records — providing 22 months of statements but skipping 2 key months during which significant asset transfers took place.

Disclosure Assistant's Gap Analysis engine maps all transaction dates across an account timeline and automatically flags missing calendar months.

Family law paralegals can immediately draft targeted deficiency letters or formal motions to compel before discovery deadlines expire.

Reusable Law Firm Review Profiles

Different divorce cases require different review standards. A high-net-worth divorce might warrant a $5,000 cash threshold and a $10,000 transfer limit, while a modest-estate dissolution may require flagging $250 cash withdrawals.

Firms can configure custom thresholds and pattern rules once, save them into named Firm Review Profiles, and apply them to new cases with a single click to maintain rigorous quality control across all associates and paralegals.

Court-Defensible Reports & Direct Clio Sync

Export structured PDF and CSV disclosure exhibits complete with applied rule signals, attorney review notes, and exact source PDF page provenance. For firms using Clio Manage, push completed reports directly into client matter documents with one click.