Your attorney will need to know an astounding amount of very personal information about you, your family, your finances and your relationships.

Be prepared to discuss some extremely personal and possibly intimate details with your attorney.  For instance, it may be necessary for your attorney or a paralegal to ask the date of your last marital relations with your spouse in order to determine a "separation date".   The honesty and frankness of your answer may be very important to your case.

Your attorney will need to know about any infidelity in your marriage, hidden assets, your credit and employment history, witnesses to abuse, and much more.

You need to be absolutely honest and straight-forward with your attorney about any domestic violence that may have occurred during your marriage.

The information sought by your attorney is not intended for the purpose of prying into your personal business. They are essential to the litigation of your case.