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Segal On the Find Me the Money Podcast: Using an Investigator in Divorce

Tracy Coenen is a nationally recognized forensic accountant working exclusively on divorce matters. She is also the author of The Divorce Money Guide, which helps women figure out what they need to know in contemplating divorce. https://www.divorcemoneyguide.com Tracy…
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Finding Assets Hidden by Doctors

Now and then, we get asked to do an asset search on a doctor and these can be challenging ones. Doctors are afraid of getting sued. Some who are not even married or who have no inkling that divorce is on the horizon are often inclined to…
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A Roadmap for Discovery in Complex Divorce

When you need an asset search while contemplating or in the midst of a divorce, there are the usual kinds and the highly complex kinds. It’s one thing to look at a guy with two houses, a small fleet of trucks and two heating and cooling…
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Valuing Private Companies in Divorce

The toughest nut to crack in many divorce asset searches is the private company. While people always want immediate access to bank accounts (and aren’t allowed to get them without discovery), you can always start to try to figure out what…
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Finding Banks to Subpoena Instead of Breaking the Law

We’ve written before about the illegal trade in bank account information that a lot of investigators and lawyers get mixed up in. See for instance That Bank Account Information Your Investigator Got? Probably a Crime. Without a court…
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Questions People Should Ask (But Often Don’t) When Starting an Asset Search

We’ve written many times about the questionnaire we hand out to clients who want a divorce asset search. If you want one, just contact us and we’ll send it along. Based on the many questionnaires we’ve reviewed over the years, here…
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When in Divorce Do You Need an Asset Investigator? A Forensic Accountant? Or Both?

In doing our investigations for assets in divorce, we often work with a forensic accountant. Sometimes they bring us into the case and sometimes it’s the reverse. When do you need one, the other, or both? If you have all the pertinent…
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How Long Does a Divorce Asset Search Take? “You Should Have Called Me Sooner”

Sadly, the answer is usually, “Longer than you’re willing to give me. You should have called me sooner.” We get inquiries from time to time from divorcing parties who are going to trial within the next month or even just a few weeks.…
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The Valuation Hints Are There: Good Financial Investigators Follow Them Up

When people come to us for financial investigations, it’s rare that the information they are seeking is right out in the open. But sometimes, the values are not very far under the surface. When the hints are there,  it can be a matter of…
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Securities Records: Treasure Not Even Buried

We Found $60 Million in two hours, and our client wasn’t happy. Sometimes looking for assets is like hunting for buried treasure. Other times, there’s a pot of gold under such a light dusting of soil that you can spot it in an hour or two. That’s…