Private Investigation Services for Family Matters

When you need to check an address, understand a parenting routine, or make sense of conflicting accounts, we can help you identify what can be verified. Our investigators gather records, document observations, interview witnesses, and explain what the findings do—and do not—show.

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Start with the Question You Need Answered

Tell us what you need to establish and when you need the information. Surveillance can document an exchange or overnight routine; location work can check an address before service; digital evidence work can preserve messages and files you are authorized to provide. We recommend methods after reviewing the available facts and access.

Review Lite and Heavy rates and separate support costs, then use the evidence-preparation guides to gather relevant records. We conduct fieldwork in Washington through our Tacoma office. During consultation, we discuss the assignment, costs, and schedule before you approve paid work.

What We Can Investigate

An address search, a witness account, and a period of observation answer different questions. The work below can be combined when several kinds of information are needed for the same family matter.

Location Services

We compare address history, public records, and other lawful leads to help locate a person or verify where they may be living. This can support service, reunification, or a parenting dispute. If a child is in immediate danger, call 911; if a child is missing, contact local law enforcement immediately. Do not wait for a private investigator.

Current address verification
Skip-trace support for evasive respondents
Vehicle and movement lead development
Employer/business location confirmation from lawful sources
Address leads from public records and online sources
Locate investigations and service preparation
Missing-person, runaway youth, and reunification support
Parental abduction and unauthorized removal case support

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Surveillance Services

If accounts of an exchange, a household, or a daily routine conflict, we can observe relevant activity from lawful positions. You receive dated notes and available photographs or video, with gaps and limits explained so a single observation is not mistaken for a complete pattern.

Discreet undercover observation from lawful locations
Spot-check verification assignments
Pattern/routine surveillance planning
Custody-exchange compliance observations
Overnight residency and shared-household pattern documentation
Behavior pattern documentation
Cohabitation and routine verification
Date-stamped observation records

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Background Check Services

We check relevant court records, business filings, property records, and public online activity, then compare identifiers to reduce mistaken matches. The report shows what each record supports, where it came from, and which questions remain unresolved.

Common examples: civil and family court research, business and entity links, public-record employment indicators, property leads, and public-facing social media review.
Access boundary: work is limited to public sources, client-authorized materials, and other lawfully obtained records. We do not access protected phone records, private accounts, or restricted data without lawful authority.
What you receive: relevant records and a written explanation of identity matches, dates, business or property links, and any conflicting information.

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Digital Forensics Services

Messages, photographs, and device records can help explain when events happened. We preserve and review materials you are authorized to provide, retain available metadata, and build a timeline that identifies the source of each item.

Common examples: device-activity timeline reconstruction from client-authorized materials, metadata-aware review, and evidence organization.
Access boundary: work is limited to public-facing content and other data we have lawful authority to review. A client request, possession of a device, or attorney involvement does not by itself authorize access to someone else's private account or restricted records.
What you receive: a chronology linked to preserved files, messages, or images, with available dates and metadata and an explanation of missing context.

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Witness Interview Services

We ask witnesses what they personally saw or heard, when it happened, and whether they have messages, photographs, or records that support their account. Neutral questions help preserve their own recollection without coaching an answer.

Common examples: witness outreach, neutral third-party canvassing, statement summaries, and signed written statements when appropriate.
Recording boundary: interviews are documented in writing by default. Any audio recording is done only with the consent required by law.
What you receive: interview notes, a distinction between firsthand observations and information heard from others, and reviewed, signed statements when appropriate.

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Legal Support Services

We assemble event timelines, label exhibits, retrieve records, and support process service, court delivery, and testimony within the agreed assignment. Clients and attorneys can trace each factual statement back to its evidence. Legal advice, form selection, and legal strategy remain with counsel.

Dated timelines tied to records, statements, and observations
Evidence labels and exhibit references checked against the originals
Document and media organization for client or attorney review
Side-by-side timelines of conflicting declarations and supporting records
Public docket, filing-status, and deadline context research
Reports and indexed materials for counsel, experts, or self-represented clients

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Preserving Messages, Files, and Public Posts

Keep the original file or message thread when you can. A cropped screenshot may leave out the date, sender, or conversation needed to understand it; tell us where the material came from before changing or forwarding it.

Social Media Investigation Services

Capture relevant public posts with the account, URL, date, and surrounding discussion. Authorized private material can also be reviewed after access is confirmed.

Agreeing on the Work and Cost

We confirm the assignment and schedule by text and email before prepaid work begins. Lite service is $150 per investigator-hour; Heavy is $300 and adds appropriate advanced research, equipment, or in-person methods. Each task uses the methods suited to its purpose.

Choose a Useful Starting Point

A recent address record may be enough to plan a service attempt. A disputed overnight routine may need observations on more than one date. We explain what the proposed work can reasonably establish before you approve it.

Confirm Access Before Collection

Tell us about relevant court orders, how you obtained records, and who controls any device or account you want reviewed. Permission and recording rules shape what we can collect.

Budget for Support and Expenses

Preparation and our report time each cost $150/hour. Travel is $2.50/minute from and back to 539 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402. Time other than travel is billed in one-hour blocks, rounded up. Each purchased Lite hour carries $15 in expense credit; each Heavy hour carries $30. Credits attached to hours used on a task cover only that task’s expenses and expire when its report is delivered. Unused hours retain their attached credits under the pricing terms; surcharges are paid separately in dollars.

Financial Questions, Reports, and Evidence Rules

An investigation may also need to connect property to a business, explain a disputed financial timeline, or prepare findings for attorney review. Discuss these needs at the start so the records and report address them.

Asset Search and Financial Investigation

Trace public property and business records, ownership links, and lawful income indicators when financial disclosures are disputed in a divorce or support matter.

Investigating hidden assets

Court-Ready Reporting

Receive a dated account of the work, an event timeline, and labeled evidence that you or your attorney can compare with the issues in the case. Court use remains subject to applicable rules.

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State Law and Evidence Compliance

Understand how privacy, recording consent, access authority, and evidence rules affect the proposed method before collection begins.

Privacy and evidence rules

Service FAQ

Which services do people usually need first?

Start with the missing fact. Address uncertainty may call for a locate; a disputed routine may call for surveillance; an event seen by others may call for witness interviews. We review what you already have before recommending additional work.

Can services be combined inside one family-law matter?

Yes. One confirmed task may include several methods available in the selected tier—for example, address research followed by observation. We agree on the scope, prepaid time, and schedule before starting, and seek approval for additional work.

What should I bring to a consultation?

Bring a short account of the question, relevant dates or deadlines, any current orders, and a list of records you can lawfully provide. You do not need to choose a service first. We can discuss which method may answer the question and what it would cost.

Tell Us What You Need to Verify

Start with the fact that would help you make a decision: an address, an exchange, a witness account, or a financial record. We will discuss the available evidence and a practical first assignment.

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