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Finding Hidden Employment 

When two people are married, nearly everything they acquire is a shared asset unless a prenuptial agreement was signed beforehand.  This can become a problem during a divorce because those assets are meant to be divided evenly between the two parties.  This reality often becomes the sole factor in a spouse’s decision to intentionally hide assets so they can come out on top in the divorce.  In fact, financial issues are often the most complicated portion of family law cases for this very reason.  Included in the decision to hide assets is sometimes also the choice to hide income.

 

In a divorce, unreported income is often alleged by one or both parties because, frankly, it is not uncommon for a spouse to hide or skew income, especially if the divorce has been planned by the offending party for awhile.  When a spouse hopes to pay a smaller financial settlement in a divorce, the temptation to hide assets and income is high.

 

If you are preparing for a divorce or even in the middle of one and you suspect your spouse could be hiding or not fully disclosing their current employment situation, we can help.  Or perhaps the divorce has already been finalized and you are now starting child support proceedings.  One of our specialties is uncovering hidden employment.

 

Even though both parties must disclose income and certain expenses during a divorce proceeding, there are numerous methods for intentionally failing to fully disclose the complete picture.  Your spouse may be failing to disclose a job or could be working under-the-table for cash.  Perhaps they have deferred salary, extra bonus money, or higher commissions than they are admitting.  If you suspect their income and expense declarations aren’t displaying the entire truth, we can conduct a variety of investigative methods to uncover the whole truth.

 

We initially look at the lifestyle of a subject and match it to the income they are reporting.  If there is a disparity between the two, there is a good chance your suspicions are valid.  And even if no initial evidence can be uncovered, we dig deeper until we find the truth.  As part of a hidden employment search, we examine both tangible assets and intangible assets through receipts, credit bureaus, loan documents, deeds, title records, account statements, hidden accounts, stock certificates, subscription agreements, tax documents, W-2 forms, and others.  Tangible assets include cash while intangible assets include savings accounts, checking accounts, brokerage accounts, retirement accounts, stocks, investments, royalties, etc.

 

Our second step is to conduct surveillance in which we follow your spouse to work and anywhere else that might provide clues to additional income.  Our professional surveillance is conducted by experienced investigators who are highly skilled at following people, undetected.  We do the job well, adhere to all pertinent laws, don’t waste time, and produce clear evidence that stands up in a court of law every time.

 

We also work to uncover concealed financial assets that show lifestyle activities and expenditures.  This serves as additional evidence that often supplements any evidence we have prepared through surveillance.  Additionally, our confidential databases might further discover employment that is unknown to you.

 

Our job is to gather as much information as possible about a subject’s undeclared income, which can then be used as evidence in family court.  Our goal is to utilize every resource we have to find any and all financial evidence, no matter how well it has been hidden.  It is important to us that our clients are treated fairly, and we believe that fair treatment includes entitlement to what rightfully belongs to them, especially when their spouse attempts to sneakily hide it and keep it for themselves.

 

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