California family-law form guide
A financial inventory that stays out of the court file.
FL‑142 connects each known asset and debt to its claimed ownership type, value, balance, and supporting record—then is exchanged with the other party in the disclosure packet.
Short answer: FL‑142 is California’s Schedule of Assets and Debts. It lists all known community and separate assets and debts, including items held by another person or spouse. It can accompany FL‑140 in a financial-disclosure packet, but the current form expressly says it should not be filed with the court.
California Courts identifies the current FL‑142 as effective July 1, 2025. The form is approved for optional use and says on page 1 that it should not be filed with the court.
Open the official FL‑142 page ↗What is FL‑142 used for?
FL‑142 creates one signed inventory of the property and debt a party knows about. In the ordinary divorce disclosure path, it is one of two form choices for the property-and-debt portion of the packet: a party may use FL‑142 or FL‑160 with FL‑140.
The schedule records party-supplied information. It does not decide whether an item is community or separate property, establish its legal value, assign a debt or divide anything between the parties.
What must be listed?
The current instructions say to list all known community and separate assets and debts, even if an asset is in another person’s possession. If a party contends that an item is separate, the first column uses P or R to identify whose separate property the party contends it is.
Use enough detail to distinguish one account, asset or obligation from another.
The P or R notation records a claim of separate property; it is not a court finding.
The date can matter and should remain connected to the record that supports it.
Use the signing date unless a different valuation date is stated with the description.
What is on the four pages?
Real estate, household property, vehicles, accounts, cash, tax refunds, insurance, investments, retirement, business interests and other assets.
Student loans, taxes, support arrearages, unsecured loans, credit cards, other debts and continuation-sheet totals.
The form is signed under penalty of perjury. Additional pages can be attached as numbered continuation sheets tied to the applicable item.
Which records does FL‑142 call for?
The form itself identifies supporting copies for many categories. The applicable source should remain connected to the exact line it supports.
- Real estate.Deeds with legal descriptions and the latest lender statement.
- Vehicles and deposit accounts.Title documents and the latest account statements.
- Insurance and investments.The relevant declaration page, certificate or latest statement.
- Retirement and business interests.Current plan or benefit records and, for business interests, the most current K‑1 and Schedule C.
- Support arrearages and consumer debt.Applicable orders, statements and the latest creditor records.
A document can exist but still cover the wrong account or period. Keep the account identifier, statement date, reported figure and calculation traceable, and do not put the supporting financial record in the public court file.
Check the schedule and its sources as separate records.
Inventory the form, supporting documents, exchange evidence and later FL‑141 without uploading financial information.
How is FL‑142 different from FL‑160?
One schedule lists community and separate items together. It has no proposed-division columns and says it should not be filed with the court.
Official form ↗Community and separate declarations are not combined. Its required columns change by use, and it can be filed in identified petition, response, default or judgment contexts.
Understand FL‑160 →California Courts permits either form in the ordinary financial-disclosure packet. The correct choice can depend on what the form also needs to do in the case.
Which FL‑142 statuses should stay separate?
This does not prove every asset or debt was identified.
A working PDF may still be unsigned or incomplete.
A signature does not prove delivery to the other party.
FL‑141 later reports the disclosure service event to the court.
What does FL‑142 not prove?
- It does not independently prove that every asset or debt was disclosed.
- It does not establish that a stated community- or separate-property position is legally correct.
- It does not independently verify a value, balance, acquisition date or source document.
- A signature does not prove the packet was exchanged or properly served.
- FL‑141 does not independently prove every FL‑142 entry or attachment was complete.
- It is not a judgment or property-division order.
Official sources
- California Courts: FL‑142 form page
- Judicial Council of California: Current FL‑142 PDF
- California Courts: Gather and share financial information
- California Courts: File proof you shared financial information
- California Courts: Decide if you have the information you need
- California Courts: Free court-based self-help
This page translates the current official form and California Courts guidance into plain language. It provides legal information, not legal advice or a decision about ownership, characterization, value, disclosure sufficiency or service. Use the current form, local requirements and orders in the actual case. Read CourtAhead’s editorial and source standards.