Connecticut financial affidavit JD-FM-6: short or long version, weekly figures, documents

Form JD-FM-6 is the Connecticut Judicial Branch financial affidavit, printed in a short and a long version that share the same six parts (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT). They cover income and deductions, weekly expenses, debts, assets, the children’s assets and health insurance. A summary then pulls the totals together.

Unlike many states, Connecticut works in weekly amounts. Gross weekly income is computed from year-to-date pay, over no fewer than the last 13 weeks (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT). If you used fewer weeks, or the result does not reflect current wages, you must explain why (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT).

The long version asks for more detail in the same structure, for example more expense lines such as personal care, dry cleaning and entertainment, and room for more accounts and vehicles (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-LONG).

Each party in a dissolution, legal separation, custody or support matter completes their own affidavit, and the Judicial Branch publishes the form on jud.ct.gov. The affiant is the person submitting the form and swearing to it. The affiant signs under oath before a notary, a Commissioner of the Superior Court, an assistant clerk or another proper officer, as the signature block lists (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT). Family law firms usually draft it from the client’s documents.

1. Download the current JD-FM-6-SHORT or JD-FM-6-LONG from the Judicial Branch forms pages on jud.ct.gov, and check the revision date printed at the top, Rev. 2-16 on the current version (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT).
2. Add up last year’s gross income and your total net assets to choose the version.
3. Pull year-to-date pay stubs covering at least the last quarter for each job.
4. Convert every pay and bill to a weekly amount with the factors printed on the form.
5. Sign before a notary or other proper officer, file it, and give a copy to the other side.

• Entering monthly amounts in a weekly form.
• Basing income on one recent paycheck instead of year-to-date pay over at least the last quarter.
• Listing the mortgage balance under liabilities when it already appears under real estate assets.
• Putting a child’s 529 or custodial account under bank accounts instead of the children’s assets section (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT).
• Attaching copies of tax forms to the affidavit, when the form asks only for the prior-year income amount.

Two figures pick the form: your gross annual income and your total net assets, both as you will report them on the affidavit. Net assets are the value of what you own after subtracting the loans and liens on it, which the asset section computes item by item.

Base pay goes in first, for up to three jobs (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT). Then come overtime, self-employment and tips. After that, list benefits such as Social Security, disability, unemployment and veterans benefits. Support and alimony count only if actually received, and so do rent, cash income and help from people in your home (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT).

The form prints its own conversion card, so use it rather than your own math (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT).

Mandatory deductions are listed per job: federal and state income tax, Social Security or mandatory retirement, Medicare, health insurance, union dues and payments under a prior support order (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT). If they vary from check to check, the form asks for average amounts.

1. Paid every two weeks: divide by 2 (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT).
2. Paid twice a month: multiply by 2, multiply by 12, then divide by 52 (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT).
3. Paid monthly: multiply by 12, then divide by 52 (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT).
4. Paid once a year: divide by 52 (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT).

Liabilities cover credit cards, consumer loans, tax debts and health care debts. Mark each one sole or joint, with its balance and weekly payment (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT). Do not repeat a mortgage or vehicle loan that already reduces an asset’s value (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT).

For each asset, mark ownership as S for sole, JTS for joint with spouse or JTO for joint with someone else, and complete the value of your own interest (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT). Account numbers are shown by their last four digits only (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT).

Children’s money gets its own section. Custodial accounts, gift or trust accounts for minors and 529 college accounts go there, with the person who controls each account (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT). A final box reminds you of an affirmative duty to disclose any financial information not yet listed (Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT).

Practice Book Section 25-30 sets the timing. Each party files a sworn statement of current income, expenses, assets and liabilities at least five business days before a hearing on alimony, support or counsel fees (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32). A sworn statement is also due when a dissolution, separation, annulment, custody or visitation case is scheduled for a hearing (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32).

Unless the judge orders otherwise, all appearing parties file sworn statements within thirty days before the date of the decree (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32). The court may still enter temporary and final orders without the other party’s statement (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32).

The affidavit is not the only filing. Where a minor child needs support, the parties file a completed child support and arrearage guidelines worksheet at any child support hearing and at the final hearing (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32). At a hearing to set, change or enforce alimony or child support, a party also submits the Advisement of Rights Re: Income Withholding, form JD-FM-71 (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32).

The affidavit is one half of the paperwork. On request, the parties exchange a set list of documents within sixty days, unless the court orders otherwise for good cause (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32). The duty continues while the case is pending (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32).

• Federal and state income tax returns filed within the last three years, including partnership and closely held corporation returns (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32).
• W-2, 1099 and K-1 forms from the last three years, including the past year if the return is not yet prepared (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32).
• Pay stubs or other evidence of income for the current year, and the last pay stub from the past year (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32).
• Statements for every account with a bank, broker or financial manager for the past 24 months (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32).
• The latest statement for each retirement account and each life insurance policy (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32).
• The employer’s summary of medical coverage, its cost and the COBRA cost, plus any written appraisal of an asset (Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32).

• Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-SHORT: Sets the $75,000 income and net asset test, the 13-week rule, the weekly conversion factors, the deduction lines, the S, JTS and JTO ownership codes, the children’s assets section, the certification and the signing officers.
• Connecticut Judicial Branch, Financial Affidavit JD-FM-6-LONG: The long version applies when income or net assets, or both, are more than $75,000, and adds expense lines and account rows.
• Connecticut Practice Book (2026), Sections 25-30 and 25-32: Sworn statements are filed five business days before support hearings and within thirty days before the decree; a child support guidelines worksheet and form JD-FM-71 go with support hearings; on request, tax returns, wage forms, pay stubs, 24 months of account statements and other listed documents are exchanged within sixty days.