These are the family-law cases we work on every day - from divorce and custody fights to estate disputes and infidelity concerns. Each one is built around a specific legal goal and a clear plan for gathering evidence that can actually be used in court. If you're not sure where your situation fits, that's okay. Most people aren't when they first call.
Divorce
Washington is a no-fault state, but that doesn't mean your divorce will be simple. Cases get stuck all the time when one side claims cohabitation, hidden spending, or bad parenting - and the other side just says "prove it." What's usually missing is an honest, fact-based timeline that isn't just one person's word against the other.
- What we look into: cohabitation verification, residence-use timelines, lifestyle and spending inconsistencies, and whether the other party is being truthful about their living situation.
- Also useful for: concerns about wasted marital assets, undisclosed overnight guests, and conflicting stories about household arrangements.
- High net worth situations: if you suspect hidden business interests, shell companies, offshore accounts, or undisclosed assets like vehicles, boats, or property - we develop leads and document what can be verified through lawful sources.
- Evidence focus: we compare what each side claims against what we independently observe, so the dispute gets tested with facts instead of feelings.
- Goal: build a factual timeline that puts you in a stronger position for settlement or trial.
- What you get: surveillance observations, chronology logs, and supporting photos or video.
- What we won't do: hack accounts, impersonate anyone, trespass, or make unlawful recordings.
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Child Custody
When your child's safety is on the line, you need more than worry - you need proof. Family courts in Washington decide custody based on the "best interest of the child" standard, which means judges look at parental fitness, the home environment, each parent's history, and the child's physical and emotional well-being. But courts can only weigh what's in front of them. If you suspect neglect, substance abuse, unsafe supervision, or worse - we help you document it so the facts speak for themselves.
- What we look into: custody exchanges, supervision concerns, unsupervised visitation, unsafe living conditions, and whether children are being exposed to dangerous people or situations - including partners with criminal histories, substance use around kids, signs of physical harm, or reckless behavior like impaired driving with children in the car.
- Visitation monitoring: we observe and document visitation exchanges and overnight stays to verify whether court-ordered arrangements are being followed and whether the child appears safe.
- Also useful for: unauthorized caregivers, concerning pickup/dropoff behavior, grandparents or extended family members seeking custody or visitation rights, and building facts for emergency custody motions.
- False accusations: if you've been falsely accused of neglect, abuse, or unfit parenting, we gather independent evidence that tells your side of the story with dates, witnesses, and context - so you're not stuck just defending yourself with words.
- Court factors we help document: parental fitness, stability of each home, each parent's willingness to support the child's relationship with the other parent, criminal or substance history, and the child's established routine - all factors Washington courts consider when deciding legal custody (who makes decisions) and physical custody (where the child lives), whether sole or joint.
- Evidence focus: we separate one-time incidents from repeat patterns by documenting each observation with dates, times, and context.
- Report standard: we use neutral, observable language with context and no legal conclusions.
- Corroboration: field observations are cross-checked against lawful records, witness statements, and timeline references when available.
- Goal: document the patterns that matter to your child's safety and well-being - tied to the facts a judge can actually use.
- What you get: timestamped logs, photos/video, and incident timelines ready for legal review.
- What we won't do: access school records illegally, break into devices, or record without authorization.
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Parenting Plans
A parenting plan is supposed to protect your child's routine and your time together. But when the other parent keeps showing up late, skipping exchanges, or ignoring the schedule entirely, telling the court "it keeps happening" isn't enough. You need documented proof that shows a pattern - not just a single frustrating weekend.
- What we look into: parenting-plan compliance, schedule deviations, late exchanges, no-shows, and whether the other parent is consistently following the court order.
- Also useful for: relocation or move-away disputes, denied parenting time, repeated holiday schedule violations, and situations where a deceptive opposing party is twisting the facts to make you look like the problem.
- Evidence focus: we track exchanges and timing across multiple dates to show whether the order is being followed - or whether the violations form a pattern the court needs to see.
- Goal: build a factual violation timeline that supports enforcement, contempt motions, or plan modification.
- What you get: exchange logs, chronology reports, and evidence summaries ready for hearings.
- What we won't do: harassing contact or anything that conflicts with active court orders.
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Financial Support
Support orders don't update themselves. When someone starts a new job, picks up cash work, or moves in with a partner, the numbers change - but the court order stays the same until someone proves it. If you know the other side is hiding income or living a lifestyle that doesn't match what they claim, we help you put that on paper.
- What we look into: income and employment verification, undisclosed side work or business activity, and asset or property leads.
- Also useful for: cohabitation evidence in support disputes, cash-income vs. lifestyle mismatches, and tracing business interests - including shell companies, undisclosed partnerships, and property held through LLCs or trusts.
- Evidence focus: we tie support arguments to verifiable income, residence, and spending patterns - not estimates or hearsay.
- Goal: produce organized documentation that supports establishing or modifying a support order.
- What you get: structured records research with sources indexed for legal use.
- What we won't do: access financial data illegally or impersonate anyone to obtain tax records.
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Estate Investigations
Losing a family member is hard enough. When you suspect that someone took advantage of them - pressured them into changing a will, isolated them from family, or drained their accounts - the grief mixes with urgency. Probate timelines move fast, and without a verified factual record, disputes get expensive and hard to resolve.
- What we look into: beneficiary and heir backgrounds, undue-influence patterns, caretaker behavior, and asset-location leads.
- Also useful for: sudden beneficiary changes, signs of late-life isolation, and building a timeline of who had access to the person and their finances.
- Goal: reconstruct a reliable timeline tied to probate and estate dispute questions.
- What you get: chronology reports and source-linked records for probate legal review.
- What we won't do: access protected financial or legal records without authorization.
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Inheritance Investigations
Heirs can be hard to find. Names change, people move, and family histories don't always line up. Inheritance cases lose momentum when the right people can't be located or asset trails can't be verified fast enough to meet court deadlines.
- What we look into: locating missing heirs or beneficiaries, developing inheritance-claim facts, and documenting relationship history.
- Also useful for: verifying kinship, building heir-legitimacy timelines, and sorting out complex family branches.
- Goal: locate heirs and trace asset trails to support inheritance dispute resolution.
- What you get: locate reports with sourced references and inheritance-support timelines.
- What we won't do: use deceptive contact tactics, harass anyone, or access protected records.
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Minor Guardianship
When a child needs stability right now, the urgency is real - but the court still needs lawful notice, service, and documented reasons before anything can move forward. It's frustrating when you know a child isn't safe and the paperwork feels like it's getting in the way. We help close that gap.
- What we look into: guardianship evidence, care-environment conditions, and custodial-risk incidents.
- Also useful for: school-attendance disruptions, medical-neglect concerns, and household-stability observations.
- Goal: document the child-safety factors and custodial stability needed for guardianship decisions.
- What you get: incident timelines, corroboration logs, and court-ready report packages.
- What we won't do: attempt prohibited contact or take any action that violates active court orders.
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Adoption Investigations
Adoption cases are layered with confidentiality rules and strict timelines. Families often hit dead ends when they need background clarity, notice support, or case history verification - and the clock is ticking on a court deadline.
- What we look into: adoption timeline and background reconstruction, and locating people for court notice or legal service.
- Also useful for: reconciling historical identity records, filling timeline gaps, and developing contact paths for legal notices.
- Goal: produce documentation that's safe for court and agency processes.
- What you get: chronology reports and documented findings for legal and agency review.
- What we won't do: attempt prohibited contact or take any action that violates court orders.
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Birth Parent Investigations
Washington has no central registry for biological parent searches, which means families usually start with very little - an old name, a city, maybe nothing at all. Finding answers takes careful, lawful research and a process that respects everyone's privacy along the way.
- What we look into: locating birth parents, preparing contact paths, and developing historical address and identity leads.
- Also useful for: intermediary contact support, matching identities across multiple sources, and confidential reunification preparation.
- Goal: support confidential reunification within legal and privacy boundaries.
- What you get: documented lead trails and structured contact-path options for legal review.
- What we won't do: make direct contact outside the authorized scope or violate privacy laws.
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Infidelity Investigations
The suspicion alone is exhausting. You notice the schedule changes, the guarded phone, the stories that don't add up - and you start second-guessing everything. Whether you need to confirm what's happening or clear the air once and for all, we give you documented facts so you can stop wondering and start making decisions.
- What we look into: relationship patterns, affair and cheating indicators, routine and location checks, and activity on social media platforms including dating apps.
- Also useful for: overnight-stay verification, shared-residence patterns, and confirming timeline claims through lawful public sources.
- Evidence focus: we determine whether cohabitation is continuous and financially relevant - not just casual or isolated - because that distinction matters for support and settlement.
- Goal: replace assumptions about a relationship with documented evidence, so you and your attorney can act on facts.
- What you get: verified chronology, surveillance documentation, and reports with sourced references.
- What we won't do: hack accounts, impersonate anyone, or violate privacy laws.
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Real Situations We've Helped With
Every case is different, but patterns repeat. Here are a few anonymized examples of investigations we've completed - to give you a sense of what working with us actually looks like.
| Situation | What We Did | Outcome |
|---|
| A mother suspected her ex-husband was leaving their 4-year-old with an unauthorized caregiver who had a criminal history, during his unsupervised overnight visits. | We conducted surveillance across multiple weekends, documented who was present at the residence, and ran a background check on the caregiver. | Our report confirmed the pattern. The mother's attorney used the documented timeline in an emergency motion to modify custody, and the court imposed supervised visitation. |
| A husband going through divorce believed his wife was cohabiting with a new partner and hiding income from a cash business - while claiming she needed full spousal support. | We set up surveillance at both addresses, documented overnight patterns and vehicle presence, and built a financial profile from lawful public records including business filings and social media activity. | The evidence showed consistent cohabitation and an undisclosed income source. The husband's attorney used the findings to negotiate a significantly reduced support obligation during settlement. |
| A grandmother was trying to get guardianship of her two grandchildren after their mother was arrested and the father had been absent for years. She had no legal representation and didn't know where to start. | We helped her document the children's living situation, the mother's history, and the father's last known contact information. We also located the father for legal service and provided process service. | With our documentation and locate work, she was able to connect with a family-law attorney and file for emergency guardianship. The court granted temporary guardianship within two weeks of filing. |
Names, dates, and identifying details have been changed. These examples reflect the types of investigations we handle regularly.
