Case Information Statements and Financial Statements in New Jersey

Which form you file

• FM and other non-summary cases: the Family Part Case Information Statement (CN 10482) (revised 08/2025, effective 09/01/2025). It is required in all contested family actions, except summary actions, in which there is any issue as to custody, support, alimony or equitable distribution, and the court may require it by order in other family actions (R. 5:5-2(a)).
• FD summary support cases: the Financial Statement for Summary Support Actions (CN 11223) (revised 09/2025). In any summary action in which child support is in issue, each party provides it when the initial pleading is filed, and the court uses it to set support under R. 5:6A. A current statement and any prior statements are filed with an application to modify child support (R. 5:5-3(a)).
• FD cases that need the full statement: in summary actions, a Case Information Statement is required when spousal, civil union partner or domestic partner support is requested, when contribution to college or post-secondary expenses is requested, or when the matter is on the complex track. It is not required for temporary and final domestic violence restraining order applications (R. 5:5-3(b)).

Deadlines

• Initial filing. Except as R. 5:7-2 provides, each party files an initial Case Information Statement, or a certification that none is required, within 20 days after the filing of an answer or appearance, or at another time the court designates (R. 5:5-2(b)). The court may dismiss a party’s pleadings for failure to file one, subject to reinstatement on conditions.
• Temporary support requests. An application for support, counsel fees or costs pending the case must be accompanied by a completed Case Information Statement, as must the response; any amendments to an earlier statement are filed no later than eight days before the hearing date (R. 5:7-2(a)).
• Amendments. Parties have a continuing duty to inform the court of material changes, and all amendments must be filed no later than 20 days before the final hearing. The court may bar a party from introducing information that was not disclosed (R. 5:5-2(c)).
• Motions. A motion or cross-motion to establish alimony or child support includes a current Case Information Statement (R. 5:5-4(a)(2)), and a motion to modify or terminate support includes the current and prior statements (R. 5:5-4(a)(4)).

What the forms ask for

The Case Information Statement covers case information and the issues in dispute (Part A), miscellaneous information (Part B), income (Part C), monthly expenses computed at 4.3 weeks per month (Part D), a balance sheet of family assets and liabilities (Part E), a statement of special problems (Part F), and required attachments (Part G). Its instructions say expenses should be based on actual expenditures such as checkbook registers and bank or credit card statements from the past 24 months, and that estimates should be clearly noted.

The instructions list attachments including your most recent tax returns with W-2 forms and 1099s, your three most recent pay stubs, and the affidavit of insurance coverage required by R. 5:4-2(f). The Financial Statement for Summary Support Actions reports weekly figures and requires your last federal and state income tax returns with all schedules, your three most recent pay stubs, and your last W-2, 1099 or K-1 statements, plus the most recent federal business return if you are self-employed.

Confidentiality

The Family Case Information Statement and its attachments are confidential and unavailable for public inspection (R. 5:5-2(f)). Rule 1:38-3(d)(1) excludes Case Information Statements and Financial Statements in Summary Support Actions, with their attachments, from public access except for the parties and their counsel of record. After a final judgment, the court orders any income tax returns filed with a Case Information Statement returned to the parties (R. 5:5-2(d)).

Primary sources

Rules and forms change. Check the current version at the source before you file. New Jersey statutes are published by the Legislature, and the Rules Governing the Courts by the Judiciary. Neither site offers a stable link to a single section, so statute and Court Rule links open the official search page; search there for the citation shown.

• R. 5:5-2, Family Case Information Statement
• R. 5:5-3, financial statements in summary support actions
• R. 5:5-4(a), motion attachments
• R. 5:7-2, applications pendente lite
• R. 1:38-3(d), Family Part records excluded from public access
• CN 10482, Family Part Case Information Statement
• CN 11223, Financial Statement for Summary Support Actions