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?
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. They want to know whether we can look for offshore assets in
Everyone would love to have more information, but getting information is not always free. At what point does it become too expensive to pay for more?
We get this question a lot, especially when divorcing parties call us directly about our asset search services.
Firstly, before you file for divorce there are lots of things
Philip Segal’s lengthy interview about asset searching with divorce journalist Ilyssa Panitz is here:
It appeared on line in Authority Magazine.
Some people just like privacy, but others form companies with a view to concealing any link between that company and themselves. If you are hiding assets from creditors, that’s a plus (for you, not the creditors).
Picking a company name can be more difficult than many think. A lot of the obvious company names are
If asked to describe the attributes of a good investigator, “empathetic” is not the first word that would come to mind for most people.
For anyone looking for hidden assets, though, empathy is a must.
Empathy means “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another,” and it’s a critical tool for any professional
A frequent problem when taking in a new asset search in divorce is figuring out how far back to look.
Clients in divorce usually know a lot more about their spouse than anyone else, at least when it comes to daily habits, close friends, and other bits of information that can inform our asset search.
This blog has been pretty clear over the years that an offshore asset search is not for the faint of heart or anyone on a tight budget.
We have recommended that even if you think there are assets outside the U.S., you could get a better idea of where they may be by searching U.S.
At some point with nearly every asset search our firm conducts, we end up telling clients that finding assets is often more than a one-step process.
The one step some people think we need to take is to consult some databases, and voila! A pot of gold they can easily seize.
While there have been
Finding assets can be satisfying work, but frustration sometimes comes in realizing that a client’s lawyers haven’t been asking the right questions in their depositions.
We have written repeatedly that getting bank account information without a court order is illegal (other than discovering it on a shared computer or in records lying around). When we