Jay Attorney: How to Find the Money Your Ex Is Hiding in Your Divorce

If your spouse always controlled the money, some of it may already be moving somewhere you can't see it. In this episode, a Michigan divorce attorney who goes by "Jay Attorney" (and who began her career as a government investigator tracking down criminals' assets) gives Lisa a specific, practical map of where money hides in a divorce and how to find it.Jay covers the quiet places first: the kids' 529s, overpaid taxes and credit cards, prepaid leases, gift cards, cash apps, crypto, and plain cash. Then the harder stuff that usually needs an expert: how a business owner runs personal expenses through the company to shrink what you're owed, the forensic "add-back" that recovers it, and phantom loans and promissory notes that collapse under a metadata check. She also explains the one-year rule for reclaiming an undisclosed asset and why a deposition under oath is often your cheapest, strongest move.This is strategic education, not legal advice for your specific situation, and the rules vary by state.✅ WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ✅ The one-year rule that can cost you a hidden asset forever, and how it varies by state ✅ The first place to look: your kids' 529s and custodial accounts ✅ How overpaid taxes, credit cards, and prepaid bills quietly park marital money for later ✅ The everyday ways cash disappears: gift cards, returns, cash apps, and crypto ✅ How a business owner shrinks the value you're owed, and what a forensic add-back recovers ✅ Fake loans, phantom promissory notes, and the metadata trick that exposes them ✅ Why a deposition under oath is often your cheapest, strongest move ✅ How to make peace when the money is gone and you can't get it back⏱️ TIMESTAMPS (+1:00 for the bumper) 0:00 Intro 1:00 Meet Jay, the Michigan attorney who finds hidden money 2:40 Why financial abuse hides in almost every high-conflict divorce 4:57 Michigan's one-year rule to reclaim an undisclosed asset 7:36 Look here first: your kids' 529s and custodial accounts 10:35 Overpaid taxes, credit cards, and prepaid bills 15:39 Gift cards, returns, and cash apps 20:42 Cash, crypto, and money you can't trace 22:37 How a business owner shrinks what you're owed 31:09 Estate accounts, fake loans, and phantom promissory notes 39:00 Home equity, redirected mail, and offshore secrecy 43:57 When you can't get it back, and how to move on 47:45 Where to find JayCTA (spoken): Divorcing someone who hid the money? Book a free discovery call at beentheregotout.com. Books: Been There Got Out — https://www.amazon.com/Been-There-Got-Relationships-Circumstances/dp/194627495X/ · When Your Ex Turns the Kids Against You — https://www.amazon.com/Been-There-Got-Out-Against/dp/1967674183 Tags: hidden assets, divorce finances, financial abuse, forensic accountant, business valuation, deposition, high conflict divorce, dividing assets, divorce tips