Divorce is a time of stress and uncertainty, especially when there are complicated financial issues to address, such as spousal support, child support, and the equitable division of marital property (all of the assets and liabilities built up during the marriage). You have an experienced and trusted attorney helping you navigate the legal aspects of your divorce. But do you have the expertise needed to help you understand complex financial issues and complicated financial assets? This is where Trace Forensic Experts can make a significant impact on the outcome of your case. A forensic accountant divorce matter may involve hidden income, disputed business interests, or questions around accurate asset valuation. 

TRACE plays a critical role when:
  • There are multiple high value assets involved
  • The divorce case is highly technical and complex
  • There is a conflict of division over property
  • A business is involved
  • If either party has any significant premarital assets or liabilities.

TRACE can be engaged as an independent expert for both parties, or may work in conjunction with a legal team, representing only one of the spouses. In other instances, a mediator may use us as an expert in complex financial divorce matters. Due to the sensitive nature of these issues, we exercise a high level of client confidentiality and discretion. Clients trust in our ability to protect their privacy while we work towards case resolution.​

Why do I need Expert Witnesses for Divorce and Child Support

Divorce cases involving high net worth or business ownership require a level of financial scrutiny that goes beyond standard mediation. Trace Forensic Experts LLC serves as expert witnesses for divorce and child support, ensuring that marital assets are valued correctly and that income for support purposes is accurately calculated. 
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An expert is needed to:
Uncover "Income Smoothing"

Identify if a business-owning spouse has intentionally deferred bonuses or inflated expenses to artificially lower their reported income for support calculations.
Determine Marital vs. Separate Property

Trace the origins of assets to ensure that pre-marital wealth is protected and marital growth is shared equitably
Perform Lifestyle Analysis

Compare reported income against actual spending habits to prove the existence of "off-book" cash or hidden resources
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Value Closely-Held Businesses

Provide a defensible valuation of a family business that considers market conditions and future earnings
Our role often involves bank statement extraction and analysis to find the truth behind the financial disclosures. For more information on our specific approach to these cases, please visit our services page.
Our forensic financial investigator services for divorce & child support include:
  • Identifying and quantifying hidden personal income 
  • Looking for hidden personal assets (asset tracing)
  • Identifying and evaluating inconsistencies in personal financial information
  • Identifying and quantifying marital waste
  • Creating an inventory of marital assets
  • Valuing marital assets
  • Performing a forensic accounting review of a business that is a marital asset. Such a review might include:
    • Looking for hidden or deferred business income
    • Looking for hidden business assets and liabilities
    • Identifying and evaluating inconsistencies in the financial reporting and other financial information of the business
  • Preparing a proposed comprehensive financial divorce settlement 
  • Evaluating your spouse’s proposed divorce settlements, including assessing the long-term financial impact of the settlement on you and your children
  • Providing an expert witness report and expert witness testimony at deposition and trial

Why Hire Trace Forensic Experts
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Trace Forensic Experts has worked on numerous divorce and child support matters. We work diligently to reveal the truth, finding undisclosed and hidden income and assets. We present our work independently and objectively, relying on the facts and the numbers to support our opinions. Contact us today to learn more if you're searching for a forensic accountant for divorce, or if you need expert witness services.
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FAQs About our Expert Witness Services for Divorce & Child Support

How do you "impute income" for a spouse who claims to be earning significantly less than they are capable of?
In child support and alimony cases, a parent may intentionally take a lower-paying job to reduce their obligations. Trace Forensic performs a vocational and historical earning capacity analysis. We compare their current reported income to their previous five years of earnings, their educational background, and their current lifestyle expenditures to provide the court with a realistic "earning capacity" figure that reflects their true financial ability.

What methods do you use to uncover income in "cash-intensive" businesses like restaurants or construction?
When a spouse owns a cash business, the reported tax returns rarely tell the whole story. We use indirect methods of proof, such as the "Unit and Volume" analysis. By analyzing the cost of goods sold (e.g., how much flour a bakery bought) or the number of labor hours billed, we can calculate what the actual revenue should have been, regardless of what was rung up in the cash register.

How do you value "Goodwill" in a professional practice during a marital dissolution?
Valuing a doctor’s, lawyer’s, or accountant’s practice involves distinguishing between "Personal Goodwill" (linked to the individual) and "Enterprise Goodwill" (linked to the business). Trace Forensic uses sophisticated valuation models to quantify these values. This ensures that the non-owning spouse receives a fair share of the business's value without overestimating the portion of the business that cannot be sold or transferred.

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