Financial Affidavit Certification Program
Legal assistants in family law, matrimonial, and divorce practices gain a powerful advantage by learning cutting-edge Divorce Financial Affidavit software and earning certification.
Benefits for Legal Assistants
- Accuracy & Efficiency: Certification ensures affidavits are completed quickly and correctly, reducing costly errors.
- Custom Financial Reports: Gain the ability to run advanced reports attorneys depend on for negotiations and case strategy.
- Revenue Impact: These reports create additional billable time for the law firm, making the assistant’s work directly tied to profitability.
Career Growth and Value
- Current Job Value: Certified assistants become indispensable to their firms by bringing specialized, revenue-generating skills.
- Competitive Advantage: On the job market, certification signals expertise that goes beyond administrative support.
- Career Mobility: With measurable contributions to both case outcomes and firm revenue, certified assistants stand out to new employers.
In short, certification transforms a legal assistant from a support role into a strategic, high-value contributor in divorce and family law practices.
MY SNW Tiered Certification
Level 1: CNWA — Certified Net Worth Associate
- For those who demonstrate basic knowledge of the MY SNW platform and can accurately complete standard financial affidavits without supervision.
- Ideal for junior paralegals, legal assistants, or office managers beginning to work with divorce financial paperwork.
- Trained to ensure affidavits are filled out accurately, completely, and securely, avoiding common mistakes that delay cases.
- Credential is positioned as: “MY SNW Certified Associate.”
Level 2: CNWP — Certified Net Worth Professional
- For those who have successfully passed the full professional-level exam and can manage affidavits independently with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency.
- Able to create, customize, and finalize affidavits, including preparing tailored reports for an individual client’s needs.
- Recognized as the primary credential for paralegals and legal assistants in divorce and family law practices.
- Professionals at this level can increase positive billable hours for law firms by offering Custom Report creation (spousal income vs. expenses, debt allocation summaries, property equity reports, etc.).
- Helps clients by producing clearer financial disclosures that strengthen negotiations and improve their chances of securing a fairer equitable distribution.
- Credential is positioned as: “MY SNW Certified Professional.”
Level 3: CNWE — Certified Net Worth Expert (CNWE)
For advanced professionals who demonstrate mastery of complex divorce financial affidavits, including cases involving high net worth individuals, business ownership, real estate portfolios, or multi-jurisdictional issues.
- Skilled in troubleshooting difficult affidavit challenges and ensuring accuracy even in the most detailed financial disclosures.
- Able to generate multiple scenario-based Custom Reports that allow attorneys and clients to weigh different settlement strategies (e.g., house buyout vs. sale, retirement rollover vs. lump sum, debt restructuring).
- By producing detailed custom scenarios, Experts create additional billable opportunities for law firms while providing clients with strategic insights that directly improve their equitable distribution share of assets.
- Experts at leveraging MY SNW’s Notes feature and Advanced Calculations Report to maximize asset retention and minimize liability exposure.
- Credential is positioned as: “MY SNW Certified Expert.”
Level 4: CNWT — Certified Net Worth Trainer (CNWT)
For top-level professionals who are not only experts in the platform but are also qualified to train, mentor, and represent MY SNW as ambassadors.
- Capable of conducting workshops, certification courses, and firm-wide training programs to bring others up to speed.
- Serves as a mentor and thought leader within the legal community, ensuring best practices are upheld.
- May also work closely with MY SNW as affiliate partners or consultants, helping firms integrate the software into daily workflows.
- Credential is positioned as: “MY SNW Certified Trainer.”
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