Is There Any Protection from Malicious Financial Maneuvers?
In Arizona, it is possible to protect yourself from your spouse´s potential malicious financial maneuvers. At the initial consultation, your attorney should review with you your assets and liabilities. If you have joint credit cards and your spouse is mean-spirited, you may be advised to terminate the credit card or lower the credit limit. If there are joint investment accounts, you may be advised to request that the financial institution either freeze the account, or request that both parties sign for any transactions in order to avoid a spouse´s unilateral looting of the account. In addition, you can protect yourself by gathering as much financial information as possible, including bank accounts, brokerage accounts, stocks, trusts, or life insurance policies, prior to meeting with your attorney. Although an Arizona divorce attorney has the ability to discover your spouse´s assets during the litigation, it is always easier and more cost-efficient to assemble existing documents in orde
