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Washington courts require full financial disclosure

In every Washington dissolution, legal separation, or paternity action involving property or support, both spouses must provide complete and accurate financial disclosure — income, assets, debts, and financial accounts. Courts can sanction a party, exclude undisclosed assets, or delay a case when disclosure is incomplete or comes in late. Full disclosure isn't optional; it's how the court decides the case fairly.

AttorneyEvery account. Every month.Checking — Bank ABrokerage — Bank BAnother account? Easy to overlook.A month or two of statements missing?A complete request removes the guesswork.
A complete disclosure record means every account and every month is accounted for — it's easy to overlook one without a systematic way to check.

Gathering statements by hand takes time and money

Meeting that obligation the traditional way means requesting months of statements from every bank, credit union, and brokerage you use, then organizing and delivering them to your attorney and the court. Every hour spent chasing down paperwork is an hour that can add to your legal bill.

By securely connecting your financial accounts through our tool at civilrule26.com, we can assemble a complete, accurate discovery record in a fraction of the time it takes to gather statements by hand, which can meaningfully reduce the cost of your case.

A faster way to do discovery

Through our tool at civilrule26.com, you can securely connect your financial accounts using Plaid, the same technology used by many major banks and financial apps. The connection is read-only, scoped to the accounts you choose to share, and you can revoke it at any time — we never see or store your online banking username or password. Connecting your accounts lets us assemble a complete, accurate discovery record in a fraction of the time it takes to gather statements by hand, which can meaningfully reduce the cost of your case.

Attorneyrequests financial recordsClientGrant AccessRevoke Access↔The client can switch between these at any time.Either choice applies immediately to the attorney's access.
You stay in control: grant access when you're ready, and revoke it just as easily — either choice applies immediately.
AttorneyHas the client'saccess tokenAnyone elseNo valid tokenVerifies the token matchesthe client's authorizationauthorizedFinancial InstitutionWants to honor the client's wishesData only moves once the institution confirms the requester is who theclient actually authorized — not just someone who asked.
Your financial institution only releases records once it verifies the request carries your valid, client-authorized token — never on request alone.
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