Matrimonial Timeline and Turnaround

The analysis and draft report, because the labor market survey and the earning capacity analysis for the relevant area are done there, against the profile the records and any testing established, and written up for the questions the proceeding raises: employability, underemployment, return to work or retraining. Assessing both parties runs that phase twice, and the records review lengthens with the financial file.

Incomplete financial or employment records, most often, since the earning history and the current earnings are the base of every question the report answers. Scheduling the interview and testing adds time when a party is unavailable or the parties are assessed separately, a labor market survey specific to a smaller jurisdiction adds research, and a supplemental opinion follows whenever new financial records are produced.

Rush turnarounds are accommodated case-by-case. A matrimonial assessment can be expedited when the financial and employment record is complete at engagement, the party is available for the interview promptly if one is needed, and the expert's calendar has room; an assessment of both parties is harder to expedite, because each party's evaluation and labor market analysis is done in full.

Early enough for the whole window before the case management deadline: a matrimonial assessment is typically 30 to 60 days from receipt of complete records, and an assessment of both parties or a contested labor market survey uses all of it. Allow for a supplemental opinion if financial records are still arriving, and for the hearing date, which places the testimony rather than the report.

The interview and testing overlap the records review, since they are placed inside that period rather than after it, and wage research for the occupations in the party's profile can begin while the financial records are still being read. The draft waits for the analysis, and testimony follows the report on the court's calendar, so those two run in sequence and are placed by the case management schedule.