North Dakota financial forms for family court
North Dakota's court rules set the forms by stage: a financial statement for temporary orders, and a pretrial statement and a confidential property and debt list for contested divorces.
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The forms
N.D.R.Ct. 8.2 Appendix B
Financial Statement and Affidavit
- Income
- Expenses
- Property and assets
- Debts
When it’s used: Every interim-order proceeding in domestic relations cases
Rule text, web pageRevision: Appendix effective 3/1/2000Confirmed in the court's own rule textThe rule appendix (web page)
N.D.R.Ct. 8.3 Appendix D
Pretrial Conference Statement
- Income
- Expenses
- Property and assets
- Debts
- Health insurance
When it’s used: Each party in a contested divorce before the pretrial conference
Rule text, web pageConfirmed in the court's own rule textThe rule appendix (web page)
N.D.R.Ct. 8.3 Appendix E
Confidential Property and Debt Listing
- Property and assets
- Debts
When it’s used: Joint listing in contested divorces before trial
Rule text, web pageConfirmed in the court's own rule textThe rule appendix (web page)
Filed with the court, or given to the other side?
Filed with the court and served. The pretrial statement is filed at least 14 days before the pretrial conference. The joint property and debt list is filed at least 14 days before trial and is confidential.
The rule in full, with its sourcesExactly what we confirmed, with the rule each part comes from.
- What it uses
- Official rule forms in the N.D. Rules of Court, split by stage: Rule 8.2 Appendix B financial statement for interim-order proceedings, and Rule 8.3 Appendix D pretrial conference statement and Appendix E confidential property and debt listing for contested divorces; the Self Help Center's PDFs are unofficial templates of these.
- Which form, when
- Interim orders: 'each party must file an itemized financial statement prepared as illustrated in appendix B' (N.D.R.Ct. 8.2(d)(1), rule eff. 9/1/2026). Contested divorce: pretrial conference statement 'substantially in the form set forth in appendix D' (8.3(c)(1)) and joint property and debt listing 'substantially in the form set forth in appendix E' (8.3(c)(4)).
- Filed or exchanged
- Filed and served: App. B served and filed 21 days before the hearing (movant), 7 days (respondent, no new issues) or 14 days (respondent raising new issues) (8.2(d)(3)); App. D served on all parties and filed at least 14 days before the pretrial conference (8.3(c)(1)); App. E filed jointly at least 14 days before trial and is confidential (8.3(c)(4)).
This is general information, not legal advice. Forms change, so check with the court before you file.
