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                                   LCR 16B.
          ASSETS AND DEBTS IN MARRIAGE  DISSOLUTION AND SIMILAR CASES


    (a) Statement Required.   Not later than noon on the court day before the day
on which an action for dissolution of marriage, dissolution of a registered
domestic partnership, division of assets of a committed intimate relationship,
or similar case, is called for trial, when there exists a dispute between the
parties regarding the characterization, valuation or distribution of any asset
or debt, each party shall file with the trial judge and serve on the other
party a statement in spreadsheet format of all assets and debts of the parties
within the court's jurisdiction.

    (b) Contents of Statement.     (1) Assets.  The statement shall sequentially
number and identify each asset with sufficient particularity to distinguish it
from other assets of the same type.  As to each asset, the statement shall set
forth, unless unknown to the party, the following information: date, manner and
cost of acquisition; the party's characterization of the asset as community (or
"shared") or separate property, and if separate, the basis for that claim;
present fair market value; and proposed distribution by the court.  The
statement shall separately identify any asset in the possession of either party
claimed to be the property of a third person, in whole or in part.

    (2) Debts.  The statement shall sequentially number and specifically identify
(including creditor and account number) each debt claimed to be owed by either
party or both.  As to each debt, the statement shall set forth, unless unknown
to the party, the following information: the date(s) on which the debt was
incurred, the purpose for which it was incurred, any security given for the
debt; the balance owed at the time of trial and at the time of separation;
payments made by either party after separation; whether, and to what extent,
the debt is claimed to be the separate or individual debt of either party; and
the proposed distribution by the court.

    (3) Other relief.  Each party's statement shall also set forth any other
financial relief requested, other than child support, including a monetary
judgment to balance the division of assets and debts, spousal maintenance, and
award of costs and attorney fees.


[Adopted as LR 15 September 1, 2005; amended and re-numbered effective September 1, 2012]
	

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