Missing Items

Find the statements that never arrived.

Coverage per account: which periods you hold, which you don't. Institution, account, date range. Then a discovery request from the list.

24
mo default lookback
19
request templates
3
export cuts
Statement coverage · Mitchell vs Crawford
Chase ··1827 Triage
Amex ··3005 Requested
Fidelity ··9440 Resolved
JM Group LLC entity Triage
agent gap detected · Chase ··1827 · Jun–Aug 2024 4 open items
The coverage math

Coverage is computed per account.

For every account, Ordernize plots the periods you hold against a coverage window. 24 months by default, configurable, anchored to today or the filing date. A valuation dispute cares about the filing date; an ongoing support fight cares about now.

Every gap carries the institution, the account, and the date range. Chase ··1827, June 1 through August 31, 2024. Three statement periods.

  • Per-account coverage strip — the holdings-vs-gaps picture at a glance
  • Configurable lookback, 24 months by default
  • End date anchored to today or the filing date — switch anytime

Coverage is computed from the same pipeline that builds the inventory — classified documents, extracted statement periods, deduplicated accounts. See how it works.

Open gaps · window: last 24 months
Chase ··1827 9/12
JM Group LLC op ··4410 7/12
Flagged gaps
Chase ··1827 Jun 1 – Aug 31, 2024 3 periods
Amex ··3005 Nov 1 – Dec 31, 2024 2 periods
JM Group LLC op ··4410 Feb 1 – Jun 30, 2024 5 periods
every gap institution · account · exact date range
The lifecycle workbench

Each gap is a task.

Triage, Requested, Resolved. The paper trail rides along, so the list doesn't go stale.

Triage

New gaps land here.

Skim the detected gaps, keep what matters, dismiss what doesn't — the closed gym-membership card doesn't need a subpoena. Per-item notes keep your reasoning attached to each gap, so the file explains itself six months later.

Requested

Asked for, on the record.

Group outstanding items into named discovery request waves and mark them requested. The record of who was asked for what, and when, keeps itself — no side spreadsheet, no memory test at the status conference.

Resolved

Closed by the documents themselves.

When the missing statements arrive in a later production, the matching items resolve automatically. Nothing to check off — the coverage math notices the new documents and updates the list.

Request waves

From the gap list to the request language.

Group outstanding items into named discovery waves. Request language comes from 19 forensic-accounting templates: statements with canceled checks, tax returns with all schedules, W-2s, 1099s, K-1s, real-estate packets, trust listings, entity catch-alls.

Account numbers and date ranges are already in the case record. When the response comes back thin, the next wave lists exactly what remains outstanding.

Building the discovery strategy? See Ordernize for family law attorneys.

Request No. 2 · Financial institutions follow-up WAVE · 3 items
Chase Bank · checking ··1827 template · statements + canceled checks

All monthly account statements and canceled checks for JPMorgan Chase account ending 1827, for the period June 1, 2024 through August 31, 2024.

American Express ··3005 template · account statements

All monthly account statements for American Express account ending 3005, for the period November 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.

JM Group LLC template · entity catch-all

All bank, brokerage, and loan statements, general ledgers, and financial statements of JM Group LLC, for the period February 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024.

drafted from 19 forensic-accounting templates export wave → .xlsx
Beyond statements

Gaps aren't only missing months.

Statement-period math is the core, but a production can be incomplete in quieter ways. Missing Items checks for those too.

Empty-category detection

A category with nothing behind it is a finding. When the real-estate or insurance category comes back empty in a case that plainly should have one, it's flagged — the silence is the evidence.

Insurance · 0 documents · flagged

Missing standard documents

Some documents should exist in every case — the financial affidavit, the tax returns. When a standard document never shows up, it's flagged even though no account points to it.

Tax return · TY 2024 · not produced

Entity & trust coverage

Business and trust accounts get their own coverage sections, held to the same statement-by-statement standard as the personal checking. Nothing hides behind an LLC.

JM Group LLC · 2 accounts · 5 gaps

Manual items

Add the thing only you know about — the safe-deposit box, the exchange account mentioned in a deposition — and attach it to a real account, entity, or trust already in the inventory. Manual items ride the same lifecycle.

manual · attached to Fidelity ··9440
Exports

One list, cut three ways.

Excel exports come full, per-party, or per-request-wave. Send opposing counsel exactly the wave you're asking about — not your entire work product — and hand your forensic accountant the full picture.

Working the analysis side? See Ordernize for forensic accountants.

Missing-items exports
EXCEL
Missing-Items_Full.xlsx
Every item, every status — the complete record
74 KB
EXCEL
Missing-Items_Respondent.xlsx
Per-party cut — one side's outstanding items
41 KB
EXCEL
Missing-Items_Request-2.xlsx
One request wave — ready to send with the request
18 KB

More questions? The FAQ covers coverage windows, lifecycles, and exports.

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