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Forensic Accounting: When Do You Need It?

Most matrimonial attorneys have heard a client, typically the "out-spouse" in a marriage with a business interest, say, "The books are cooked," or "Personal expenses are being paid by the business," or "The accounting records are fiction." Failing to probe these issues may cost your client a lot of money when the asset division takes place, and may leave him or her dissatisfied with your representation.

15 minute read July 02, 2017 at 12:03 AM
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Ken Stalcup, Penny Lutocka and Ross Koble
Forensic Accounting: When Do You Need It?

“Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.” — Leo Tolstoy

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