This article details the Form F8 Financial statement within Automated Civil Litigation (ACL). Ensure to review the entire article before proceeding to generate the form or it may generate incorrectly. 

Form F8 Financial Statement (MSWord Automated) is is an intuitive and smart “workspace” with built-in calculations, maintenance of income and expense details, and valuations and apportionments of all spousal assets and liabilities. ACL Family Law lets you focus on the “what” and the “who” of property division and automates the “what if” calculations for multiple scenarios while eliminating the need to re-enter the same information.

File Details and Parties

When creating a Family Law file, ensure the Practice Area is set to Family Law, and the File Type is also set to Family Law. The Proceeding Type should be set to Action/Claim or Action/Claim - Joint.

When adding the parties, ensure to capture the Children and Case Details.

Generating Form F8 Financial Statement

Under Court Forms, search for F8 Financial Statement. There are two options, select the MSWord version.

• Select your Client in the Financial Statement – Affidavit of field by clicking on the magnifying glass (numbered 1). Do not free type the client’s name.
• Ensure to complete each section (numbered 2-8) so the form correctly auto-calculates the amounts when generated in MSWord.
• Users can check the Display notes box in sections 2 to 8 to see further information (numbered A).

• Within each Part, a variety of sections must be completed.
• It is not required to complete all sections at the same time.
• These can be revised at any time to complete additional Parts or edit the information already captured.
• Selections vary from:

1. Radio Buttons - Only one may be selected
2. Free Type Fields - Type required details
3. Check Boxes - Select as many as required

• Due to the volume of information captured, some sections can scroll through the dialog and contain additional sub-sections to capture information.
• Sub-sections are represented in a brighter shade of blue with underlining.
• After the relevant Parts of the dialog are filled select OK at the bottom of the dialog to review a draft or final version of the document.

Frequently Asked Questions

Question - "What if I have changes to the Form -- do I edit the Word Document?"

Answer - If the changes include re-calculations of any monetary amounts, do not make the changes in the Word Document as the auto-calculation is completed in ACL by the dialog box. Instead, open and edit the required sections of the Form F8 dialog and then re-generate the form.

Question - "What is the Clear Fields button?"

Answer - If you click Clear Fields, it will erase all previously entered information on the current dialog page. Only use this option if you need to start fresh.