Infidelity and Affair Investigations
Document relevant meetings and overnight patterns at identified locations, with dated findings and the limits of the observation period.
Tacoma Investigation Types
For a Tacoma-area family investigation, the practical details matter: the exchange location, the address in question, a work schedule and the date counsel needs the findings. We use those details to plan research, interviews or observations in Tacoma and Pierce County.
Common Investigation Questions
Choose the issue that best describes what you need checked. We can help narrow it to an assignment with clear dates, locations and costs.
Divorce Investigations
Investigate residence, property-use and financial claims that remain disputed during separation or divorce.
Child Custody Investigations
Check specific caregiving and supervision concerns, including what happened at an exchange and who witnessed it.
Parenting Plan Investigations
Document pickups, returns and schedule changes against the actual plan, including the messages that explain the arrangements.
Financial Support Investigations
Research work and business connections and observe relevant activity to help test disputed financial claims.
Court Order Investigations
Gather incident and communication records for review under the actual restraining, protection or no-contact order.
Additional Investigation Types
A focused question can make the next step easier to plan. These assignments address particular property, care and order-related concerns.
High Net Worth Divorce Investigations
When several entities or valuable assets are involved, we can research ownership connections and document actual use. We provide the sources behind each link for review alongside divorce disclosures.
- What we look into: business interests, shell entities, LLC and property ties, undeclared vehicles or boats, residence-use patterns, and lifestyle-to-income inconsistencies.
- Use cases: disputed disclosures, business-owner divorce, asset-control conflicts, and financially complex settlement or trial preparation.
- What you receive: business and property findings, a dated chronology and relevant use observations. Valuation, pension calculations and complete audits require separately agreed specialist work.
Alimony and Spousal Support Investigations
We check work routines and living arrangements that are disputed in a maintenance matter, including cohabitation and possible undisclosed-work indicators.
- Common examples: cohabitation timeline development, routine pattern verification, and source-based observations.
- Use cases: support establishment, contested support obligations, and modification petitions.
- What you receive: a dated account of the relevant activity and records for your attorney to assess against the support order.
Child Support Modification Investigations
We investigate what has changed in a parent’s work or residence and when, using available records and observations to compare the present circumstances with the earlier account.
- Common examples: employment and activity pattern verification, residence-use observations, and source-based documentation.
- Questions we address: disputed income changes, underemployment claims and indications of work that has not been disclosed.
- What you receive: findings linked to the claimed change, with dates and sources for hearing preparation.
Cohabitation Investigations
We document repeated use of a home and overlapping routines to help clarify a disputed living arrangement. An isolated visit or parked vehicle is considered in context.
- Common examples: overnight pattern documentation, routine overlap observations, and location/timeline corroboration.
- Use cases: alimony review, spousal-support cases, and claim validation in contested domestic matters.
- What you receive: a residence-use timeline with relevant media and observation gaps identified.
Parental Kidnapping and Unauthorized Removal Investigations
Contact law enforcement immediately if a child is missing, or call 911 for immediate danger. We can then help check lawful parent-and-child location leads and document movement dates for authorized coordination.
- What we look into: parent and child locate leads, recent movement patterns, residence-use verification, public-facing digital traces, and timeline reconstruction tied to court orders or expected exchanges.
- Use cases: missed returns, concealment concerns, emergency custody strategy support, and attorney-directed fact development in urgent child-custody disputes.
- What you receive: verified location findings where available, source references and a movement timeline that identifies unresolved leads.
Parental Fitness Investigations
We document observable care, supervision and environment concerns. We do not diagnose a parent, perform a clinical fitness evaluation or serve as a GAL. Medical, treatment, school, DCYF, victim-service and military records require lawful availability and proper authority.
- Common examples: parenting-time condition observations, witness development, and behavior pattern documentation.
- Use cases: custody disputes, parenting plan modifications, and child-safety concerns.
- What you receive: dated observations and corroborating accounts of specific care events for attorney review.
Right of First Refusal Investigations
We investigate childcare timing, caregiver identity where verifiable, notices and transfers under the exact right-of-first-refusal provision in your plan.
- Common examples: schedule-compliance timelines, transfer-window observations, and communication pattern corroboration.
- Use cases: enforcement motions, repeated noncompliance claims, and parenting-plan clarification disputes.
- What you receive: an event timeline with communications and observations for comparison with the clause.
Relocation Investigations
We check whether and when residence use changed, and document relevant effects on exchanges and caregiving routines during a disputed move.
- Common examples: location verification, pattern-of-movement documentation, and timeline validation tied to custody orders.
- Use cases: parent relocation disputes, contested move notices, and parenting-time impact evidence.
- What you receive: a sourced move chronology for counsel. Investigation does not extend notice, objection or court deadlines.
Grandparent Rights Investigations
We document a grandparent’s history of care and contact using firsthand accounts and lawful records, including when the arrangement changed.
- Common examples: historical caregiving timeline reconstruction, witness interviews, and routine documentation.
- Use cases: visitation disputes, guardianship-related facts, and child best-interest evidence support.
- What you receive: a care-history report with dates, supporting sources and any gaps for counsel to assess.
Domestic Violence Investigations
We gather dated evidence of specific alleged threats, intimidation, coercive control or physical harm for legal review. Immediate safety needs should be addressed without waiting for an investigation.
- What we look into: incident chronology, threat and intimidation patterns, coercive control indicators, physical evidence context, witness identification, and digital harassment preservation.
- When this helps: preparing facts for a DVPO matter, custody safety issue, parenting-plan restriction or response to disputed allegations.
- What you receive: a documented incident sequence with corroborating sources for counsel’s hearing preparation.
Restraining Order Investigations
We document conduct relevant to the specific restrictions in a family-law restraining order, including contact and proximity concerns.
- Common examples: contact-pattern timelines, proximity documentation, communication preservation, and witness corroboration.
- Use cases: enforcement motions, contempt filings, modification hearings, and defense against false violation claims.
- What you receive: an event chronology and supporting evidence for counsel’s assessment of an alleged violation.
Protection Order Investigations
We preserve original incident records and corroborating accounts for a person seeking a protection order or responding to a contested petition.
- Common examples: conduct-pattern documentation, stalking and harassment timelines, digital evidence preservation, and witness development for hearing preparation.
- Use cases: DVPO petitions, anti-harassment orders, stalking protection orders, temporary-to-permanent order hearings, and contested protection order proceedings.
- What you receive: a chronology and source-referenced evidence for attorney review before filing or a hearing.
No-Contact Order Investigations
We document direct messages, third-party relays and other relevant contact under criminal-court no-contact conditions. We do not enforce the order.
- Common examples: contact-attempt logs, third-party intermediary documentation, digital message preservation, and location-based proximity evidence.
- Use cases: criminal violation reporting, family-law crossover evidence, bail-condition enforcement, and defense against false violation allegations.
- What you receive: contact findings with dates and sources for authorized criminal or family-court review.
Investigation Planning Factors
The schedule and budget depend on where the work needs to happen and which factual question it can answer.
Plan for Attorney Review
If a Pierce County hearing is approaching, tell us when counsel needs to review the findings. We confirm what work can be scheduled and the expected reporting date before you book.
Identify the Relevant Locations
An exchange point, residence or workplace may require different observation periods and travel. Provide the address and expected activity window so we can plan the assignment.
When the Matter Widens
If relevant activity extends beyond Tacoma or Pierce County, we discuss the added locations, travel and work before expanding the assignment.
Tacoma and Pierce County Planning Resources
For a Tacoma-area inquiry, identify the court, case number if available, the event or claim to investigate and counsel’s review deadline. An observation, records request and court filing involve different work, so the plan should name the task you need.
Use the County's Actual Forms and Instructions
Pierce County publishes family-law forms and instructions, including materials for cases filed in the county. Check that source alongside the statewide forms and ask counsel about current requirements. Investigative findings do not select a motion, satisfy filing requirements or guarantee admissibility.
Prepare Locations and Source Material Before Booking
List the addresses and time windows relevant to the event, noting which addresses are confirmed and which are leads. Include known access restrictions and preserve original messages or documents. Identify personal recollections as such so we can see what still needs corroboration.
Budget for the work and travel from our office at 539 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402. Lite service costs $150 per hour and Heavy $300 per hour, per investigator. Preparation and our report writing are each $150 per hour; round-trip travel is $2.50 per minute. Except travel, time is rounded up to whole hours. Applicable dollar surcharges are separate payments and do not use service hours. Review the rates and billing rules before confirming the assignment.
Tacoma Investigation FAQ
How do Tacoma locations and Pierce County court dates affect the plan?
They help determine the useful observation periods, travel and deadline for attorney review. The location of the activity matters as well as the court handling the case. Share both so we can discuss a realistic assignment.
Can an investigation start small and widen later?
Yes. We can start by checking one exchange, residence claim or business lead. If further inquiry would help, we explain the proposed work and cost and seek approval before extending the scope.
Are these pages legal advice?
No. We investigate facts and describe practical preparation. Your attorney advises on legal strategy, motions and court requirements.
Need help deciding where to start?
Tell us the location, dates and question you need answered. The first call is free and lasts 30 minutes; additional communication outside the agreed task is $150 per hour, prepaid separately. Communication already included in the task is not charged twice.