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If you are thinking of divorce:

Get copies of your banking records from date of marriage to the present. Privately contact your bank for back statements. If you have your statements online, download them to PDF files that you can share with counsel.
Get copies of your credit card and debt documents (secured and unsecured lines of credit). Remember, you will be dividing assets and debts. As your marital standard of living may become a factor in determining your support obligations, make a note of expenditures made to finance your lifestyle (e.g. monies spent on vacations, dining, entertaining, maids, etc.).
Gather your tax records, including any past joint tax returns. Tax returns are submitted to the IRS and Franchise Tax Board under penalty of perjury. If the opposing party takes a position inconsistent with their tax return, you can use the return to discredit them.
Take photographs of your belongings. A photograph will help deter the parties from hiding assets and will be helpful in determining value.
Gather any written representations by your spouse that you believe are agreements to treat assets or debts in a specific manner. The representations do not have to be signed and can be in the form of an email or handwritten letter.

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