Is it contempt to fail to fill out your income and expense declaration?

The best family law attorneys in San Francisco Bay Area will inform clients about the importance of financial disclosures.

An Income and Expense is declaration is a budget worksheet used for several reasons: establishing/enforcing child support, spousal support, attorney fees, sanctions.
California courts require the exchange and submission of financial disclosure documents (I&E, preliminary and final declaration of disclosures) in all dissolution, legal separation and nullity actions.

Can I be held in contempt for failing to file an Income and Expense declaration? No California court has ever held an individual in contempt for filing a false I&E or FL 142. However, the court has inherent jurisdiction and a party may request sanctions under the Family Code for monetary sanctions in an amount “sufficient to deter repetition of the conduct or comparable conduct.”