Family Law – Modification & Contempt Questionnaire
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
State your full legal name and any other name by which you have been known:
State your present residence and telephone numbers.
State your place and date of birth:
EDUCATION:
List all business, commercial, and professional licenses that you have obtained since the
entry of the Final Judgment sought to be modified:
List all of your education since the entry of the Final Judgment sought to be modified
including, but not limited to, vocational or specialized training, including the following:
a. (1) name and address of each educational institution.
(2) dates of attendance.
(3) degrees or certificates obtained or anticipated dates of same.
b. (1) name and address of each educational institution.
(2) dates of attendance.
(3) degrees or certificates obtained or anticipated dates of same.
EMPLOYMENT:
For each place of your employment or self-employment since the entry of the Final
Judgment sought to be modified, state the following:
a. First Place of Employment
(1) name, address, and telephone number of your employer.
(2) dates of employment.
(3) job title and brief description of job duties.
(4) starting and ending salaries.
(5) name of your direct supervisor.
(6) all benefits received, including, for example, health, life, and disability insurance;
expense account; use of automobile or automobile expense reimbursement;
reimbursement for travel, food, or lodging expenses; payment of dues in any clubs or
associations; and pension or profit sharing plans.
b. Second Place of Employment
(1) name, address, and telephone number of your employer.
(2) dates of employment.
(3) job title and brief description of job duties.
(4) starting and ending salaries.
(5) name of your direct supervisor.
(6) all benefits received, including, for example, health, life, and disability insurance;
expense account; use of automobile or automobile expense reimbursement;
reimbursement for travel, food, or lodging expenses; payment of dues in any clubs or
associations; and pension or profit sharing plans.
Other than as an employee, if you have been engaged in or associated with any business,
commercial, or professional activity since the entry of the Final Judgment sought to be
modified that was not detailed above, state for each such activity the following:
a. First Business Activity
(1) name, address, and telephone number of each activity.
(2) dates you were connected with such activity.
(3) position title and brief description of activities.
(4) starting and ending compensation.
(5) name of all persons involved in the business, commercial, or professional activity
with you.
(6) all benefits and compensation received, including, for example, health, life, and
disability insurance; expense account; use of automobile or automobile expense
reimbursement; reimbursement for travel, food, or lodging expenses; payment of dues in
any clubs or associations; and pension or profit sharing plans.
b. Second Business Activity
(1) name, address, and telephone number of each activity.
(2) dates you were connected with such activity.
(3) position title and brief description of activities.
(4) starting and ending compensation.
(5) name of all persons involved in the business, commercial, or professional activity
with you.
(6) all benefits and compensation received, including, for example, health, life, and
disability insurance; expense account; use of automobile or automobile expense
reimbursement; reimbursement for travel, food, or lodging expenses; payment of dues in
any clubs or associations; and pension or profit sharing plans.
If you have been unemployed at any time since the entry of the Final Judgment sought to
be modified, state the dates of unemployment.
ASSETS:
Real Estate. State the street address, if any, and if not, the legal description of all real
property that you own or owned during the last 3 years, or since the entry of the Final
Judgment sought to be modified, if shorter. For each property, state the following:
Property address #1:
(1) the names and addresses of any other persons or entities holding any interest and their
percentage of interest.
(2) the present fair market value.
Property address #2:
(1) the names and addresses of any other persons or entities holding any interest and their
percentage of interest.
(2) the present fair market value.
Tangible Personal Property. List all items of tangible personal property that are owned
by you or in which you have had any interest during the last 3 years, or since the entry of
the Final Judgment sought to be modified, if shorter, including, but not limited to, motor
vehicles, tools, furniture, boats, jewelry, art objects or other collections, and collectibles
whose fair market value exceeds $100.
Item Percentage And
Type Interest You
Hold. Names And
Addresses Of Any
Other Persons Or
Entities Holding
Any Interest Present Fair Market
Value
Intangible Personal Property . Other than the financial accounts (checking, savings,
money market, credit union accounts, retirement accounts, or other such cash
management accounts) listed below, list all items of intangible personal property that are
owned by you or in which you have had any ownership interest (including closed
accounts) within the last 3 years, or since the entry of the Final Judgment sought to be
modified, if shorter, including, but not limited to, partnership and business interests
(including good will), deferred compensation accounts unconnected with retirement,
including but not limited to stock options, sick leave, and vacation pay, stocks, stock
funds, mutual funds, bonds, bond funds, real estate investment trusts, receivables,
certificates of deposit, notes, mortgages, and debts owed to you by another entity or
person.
Item Percentage And
Type Interest You
Hold. Names And
Addresses Of Any
Other Persons Or
Entities Holding
Any Interest And
The Names And
Addresses Of The
Persons And
Entities Who Are
Indebted To You. Present Fair Market
Value Or The
Amounts You
Claim Are Owned
By Or Owed To You
Retirement Accounts: List all information regarding each retirement account/plan,
including but not limited to defined benefit plans, 401k, 403B, IRA accounts, pension
plans, federal government plans, money purchase plans, Keogh plans, profit sharing
plans, annuities, employee savings plans, etc. that you have established and/or that have
been established for you by you, your employer or any previous employer. For each
account, state the following:
Name,
Account
Number,
and
Location Type Of
Account Name And Address
Of The Fiduciary
Plan
Administrator/Service
Representative Fair
Market
Value Of Your
Interest Value On
The Date Of
Separation Value On
The Date
Of Filing
Of The
Petition For
Dissolution Vested
Amount, If Any Date At Which You
Became/Become
Eligible To
Receive Some Funds
You may answer this question by providing copies of all periodic (monthly, quarterly,
semi-annual, or annual) account statements for each such account for the preceding 3
years, or since the entry of the Final Judgment sought to be modified, if shorter.
Financial Accounts . For all financial accounts (checking, savings, money market, credit
union accounts, or other such cash management accounts) listed in your Financial
Affidavit, in which you have had any legal or equitable interest, regardless of whether the
interest is or was held in your own name individually, in your name with another person,
or in any other name.
Name And
Address Of
Institution Name In
Which The
Account Is
Or Was
Maintained Account
Number Names Of
Each Person
Authorized
To Make
Withdrawals
From The
Accounts Highest Balance
Within Each Of
The Preceding 3
Years, Or Since
The Entry Of The
Final
Judgment Sought
To Be Modified,
If Shorter Lowest Balance
Within Each Of
The Preceding 3
Years, Or Since
The Entry Of
The Final
Judgment
Sought To Be
Modified, If
Shorter
You may answer this question by providing copies of all periodic (monthly, quarterly,
semi-annual, or annual) account statements for each such account for the preceding 3
years, or since the entry of the Final Judgment sought to be modified, if shorter.
Closed Financial Accounts . For all financial accounts (checking, savings, money market,
credit union accounts, or other such cash management accounts) closed within the last 3
years, or since the entry of the Final Judgment sought to be modified, if shorter, in which
you have had any legal or equitable interest, regardless of whether the interest is or was
held in your own name individually, in your name with another person, or in any other
name.
Name And
Address Of
Institution Name In Which
The Account Is
Or Was
Maintained Account
Number Name Of Each
Person
Authorized To
Make
Withdrawals
From The
Account Date Account
Was Closed
Trust. For any interest in an estate, trust, insurance policy, or annuity, state the following:
(1) if you are the beneficiary of any estate, trust, insurance policy, or annuity, give for
each one the following:
i. (a) identification of the estate, trust, insurance policy, or annuity.
(b) the nature, amount, and frequency of any distributions of benefits.
(c) the total value of the beneficiaries’ interest in the benefit.
(d) whether the benefit is vested or contingent.
ii. (a) identification of the estate, trust, insurance policy, or annuity.
(b) the nature, amount, and frequency of any distributions of benefits.
(c) the total value of the beneficiaries’ interest in the benefit.
(d) whether the benefit is vested or contingent.
(2) if you have established any trust or are the trustee of a trust, state the following:
(a) the date the trust was established.
(b) the names and addresses of the trustees.
(c) the names and addresses of the beneficiaries.
(d) the names and addresses of the persons or entities who possess the trust
(e) each asset that is held in each trust, with its fair market value.
Name of Accountant, Bookkeeper, or Records Keeper . State the names, addresses, and
telephone numbers of your accountant, bookkeeper, and any other persons who possess
your financial records, and state which records each possesses.
Name Address Phone Number
LIABILITIES:
Loans, Liabilities, Debts, and Other Obligations. For all loans, liabilities, debts, and other
obligations (other than credit cards and charge accounts) listed in your financial
statement, indicate for each the following:
Name And
Address Of
Creditor Name In
Which
The
Obligation
Is Or Was
Incurred Loan Or
Account
Number Nature Of
The
Security, If Any Payment
Schedule Present
Balance And
Current
Status Of Your
Payments Total
Amount Of
Arrearage, If Any
You may answer this question by providing copies of all periodic (monthly, quarterly,
semi-annual, or annual) account statements for each such account for the preceding 3
years, or since the entry of the Final Judgment sought to be modified, if shorter.
Credit Cards and Charge Accounts . For all financial accounts (credit cards, charge
accounts, or other such accounts) listed in your financial statment, in which you have had
any legal or equitable interest, regardless of whether the interest is or was held in your
own name individually, in your name with another person, or in any other name, give the
following:
Name And
Address Of
Creditor Name In
Which The
Account Is
Or Was
Maintained Account
Number Lowest
Balance
Within
Each Of
The
Preceding
3 Years,
Or Since
The Entry
Of The
Final
Judgment
Sought To
Be
Modified,
If Shorter. Highest
Balance
Within
Each Of
The
Preceding
3 Years,
Or Since
The Entry
Of The
Final
Judgment
Sought To
Be
Modified, If Short Present
Balance And
Current
Status Of Your
Payments Total Amount
Of Arrearage, If Any
You may answer this question by providing copies of all periodic (monthly, quarterly,
semi-annual, or annual) account statements for each such account for the preceding 3
years, or since the entry of the Final Judgment sought to be modified, if shorter.
Closed Credit Cards and Charge Accounts. As to all financial accounts (credit card,
charge accounts, or other such accounts) closed with no remaining balance, within the
last 3 years, or since the entry of the Final Judgment sought to be modified, if shorter, in
which you have had any legal or equitable interest, regardless of whether the interest is or
was held in your own name individually, in your name with another person, or in any
other name, give the following:
Name of
Creditor Address Account
Number Name Of Each
Person
Authorized To
Sign On The
Accounts Date The
Balance Was
Paid Off And
Amount
You may answer this question by providing copies of all periodic (monthly, quarterly,
semi-annual, or annual) account statements for each such account for the preceding 3
years, or since the entry of the Final Judgment sought to be modified, if shorter.
MISCELLANEOUS:
If you are claiming a diminished earning capacity since the entry of the Final Judgment
sought to be modified as grounds to modify alimony or deviate from the child support
established in your case, describe in detail how your earning capacity is lowered and state
all facts upon which you rely in your claim. If unemployed, state how, why, and when
you lost your job.
If you are claiming a change in a mental or physical condition since the entry of the Final
Judgment sought to be modified as grounds to modify alimony or change the child
support established in your case, describe in detail how your mental and/or physical
capacity has changed and state all facts upon which you rely in your claim. Identify the
change in your mental and/or physical capacity, and state the name and address of all
health care providers involved in the treatment of this mental or physical condition.
If you are requesting a change in shared or sole parental responsibility, primary
residency, the parenting schedule, or any combination thereof, for the minor child(ren),
describe in detail the change in circumstances since the entry of the Final Judgment
sought to be modified that you feel justify the requested change. State when the change of
circumstances occurred, how the change of circumstances affects the child(ren), and why
it is in the best interests of the child(ren) that the Court make the requested change.
Attach your parenting schedule.
If you do not feel the requested change in shared or sole parental responsibility, primary
residency, the parenting schedule, or any combination thereof, for the minor child(ren) is
in their best interests, describe in detail any facts since the entry of the Final Judgment
sought to be modified that you feel justify the Court denying the requested change. State,
in your opinion, what change, if any, of the parenting arrangement is justified or
agreeable to you and why it is in the best interests of the child(ren).