Matrimonial Services

Lazar Levine & Felix LLP’s Matrimonial Services Group, is an extraordinary team of skilled and seasoned professionals, that is particularly adept at working closely with counsel in crafting sound strategies related to the complex financial aspects associated with divorce proceedings. We often participate in high profile divorce cases and enjoy a national reputation within both the legal and accounting communities for professionalism, expertise and results. LLF has extensive experience in providing expert consulting and testimony services to assist counsel and their clients in marital disputes. The firm’s matrimonial specialists are especially adept in the accounting, tax and legal aspects of marital dissolutions, forensic accounting needed to track assets, and identifying and quantifying separate and marital property, lifestyle expenses and sources available for child and spousal support.

The firm’s matrimonial experts also assist counsel at depositions, financial negotiations and in structuring the evaluation of settlement proposals, equitable distribution, asset tracing, dissipation issues, child support and spousal maintenance requirements, and the tax consequences of property distributions and support arrangements.

Our Services:

• Evaluate the tax consequences of equitable distribution and support.
• Identify and quantify the costs associated with maintaining the pre-separation standard of living (lifestyle costs)
• Reconstruct income and cash flow used by the parties to pay for the lifestyle costs
• Expert affidavits in support of free applications or in conjunction with other legal proceedings
• Identify and quantify the income and cash flow available to pay child and spousal support
• Conduct client interviews and review underlying documents for the purpose of preparing the net worth statements and financial affidavits in accordance with jurisdictional requirements
• Prepare case specific document requests in connection with notices for discovery and inspection.
• Assist in the preparation of financial interrogatories for response by the opposing party and assist in the preparation of responses to interrogatories submitted by the opposition
• Assist in deposition of opposing experts and fact witnesses
• Review all documents for omissions, inconsistencies and the need for additional document requests
• Asset tracing
• Income reconstruction
• Expert testimony
• Assist parties and/or counsel in negotiations

LLF’s matrimonial specialists provide expert consulting and testimony services on behalf of financially dependent and independent spouses in cases involving a wide variety of complex issues. The firm’s experts reveal the often hidden numbers and uncover the financial facts that help our clients prevail. Many of Lazar Levine & Felix LLP’s experts are certified public accountants (CPAs) who are also certified fraud examiners (CFEs), accredited by the AICPA in business valuations, diplomats of the board of forensic accountants (DABFAs) and certified divorce financial analysts (CDFAs).

Please contact Henry B. Guberman, CPA, ABV, CFE, CDFA, DABFA at hguberman@lazarcpa.com with any questions regarding our Matrimonial Accounting services.

Lazar Lipton Valuation Services, LLC

Through our affiliate Lazar Lipton Valuation Services, LLC we provide business valuations, enhanced earnings valuations, and other valuations in connection to our matrimonial services.

If you would like more information about Lazar Lipton Valuation Services please click www.lazarlipton.com to view their website or contact Joan A. Lipton, CPA/ABV, Ph.D. at jlipton@lazarlipton.com.

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