Boston Divorce Attorneys

Private Investigators

Statistics suggest that 85% of women who feel their lover is cheating are correct and just over half of men who feel their lover is cheating are right.  If you have suspicious warnings or signals of infidelity by your spouse or partner, consider some of the following.  Have you noticed:

• New computer and cell phone passwords?
• The new habit of deleting e-mail messages?
• Suspicious voicemails and new numbers being stored in an address book?
• Sudden increase in time away from the home?
• Distraction and daydreaming?
• Your cell phone calls are rarely, if ever, returned in a timely fashion?
• You are now asked about your schedule and plans more often?
• Mileage on their car or truck is higher, yet they report short drives?
• Unexplained charges on bank statements or credit card bills?

A private investigator is often called upon to uncover the facts and circumstances that can convert mere suspicion into hard evidence, but the job of a good private investigator is to uncover the facts and circumstances, wherever they may lead.

The first area for which a private investigator (PI) can help is in conducting a background check.  With some help, you can find a person, find unlisted phone numbers, obtain vital statistics, criminal record checks, credit record checks, sex offender searches, driving and vehicle records, property records, general public records, business registration and property resources.

The second area where a PI can help is in conducting surveillance.  If you need answers, get the truth, end the doubt and anxiety and have the information you need to move forward with your life.

 If we were to retain a PI on your behalf, the options for surveillance relate around:

• During Work Hours:  A hotel may have a restaurant, but that may not be the primary attraction
• After Work Hours:  Happy hour with the boys or girls really may be a much smaller and private event
• Work Trips Out of State:  Supposed business trips that aren’t all business or aren’t for business at all
• Trips to Nearby Cities:  Private meetings with friends who aren’t that distant

While parties to a divorce sometimes want to hire an investigator to document marital misconduct, we often take the time to educate them that the only relevance to such conduct is in two cases:

1. Financial misconduct:  Since the Massachusetts Divorce Statute addresses the issue of dissipation of marital assets, it would be relevant if you found telephone bills that revealed long distance numbers that were frequently called…credit card statements that revealed unusual patterns of traceable expenditures…or the location of ATM withdraws which suggest a motive behind one’s financial conduct.
   
2. Parental fitness:  The most common benefit to using investigators in this area involves obtaining evidence of  substance abuse, alcoholism or other patterns which question an absent or inattentive parent’s ability to care for young children.

If you have a sneaking suspicion relating to a family matter that you would like to get to the bottom of, Contact our Boston Divorce Attorneys.  The investigators we work with stand ready to respond to our request for help with minimal advance notice.

Whether you are contemplating a divorce, have just been served divorce papers, or are interested into checking into your rights or options, the skilled lawyers at our Massachusetts divorce law firm are well-qualified to answer your questions.  We counsel clients throughout the metro Boston area, along with the towns and cities surrounding the Metro West and Worcester; Cape Cod and Cambridge; the South Shore and the North Shore.  With our main office in Dedham, we also allow for appointments in Andover, Worcester or Plymouth/Cape Cod.  Contact our Boston Divorce Lawyers for a free, no-obligation consultation or call (781) 461-9800.