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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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Would an Artificial Intelligence Asset Search Help?

Could someone getting divorced use artificial intelligence to conduct an asset search? Sure, it just wouldn’t be a very good one. It’s hard to get that far into your day right now without hearing about ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence…
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The Truck Stop Case: In Divorce, Our Clients Know a Lot, but Also Very Little

A client came to us and asked us to look for assets owned by her husband. They were going to get divorced and she needed to know what he had. In briefing us, she told us that she didn’t know much, but one thing she was certain of was that…
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Public Record Sources for Free – What Any Investigator Can (but May Not) Tell You

Investigators get information in exchange for money, so why in the world would an investigator want to tell people how to get that information for free? As I wrote last week on our companion blog, The Divorce Asset Hunter in an article called…
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Power of Attorney: If You Signed One and You are Divorcing, You Probably Need an Investigator

Now and again a client comes to us for information on a spouse’s assets. But if the client has already signed a power of attorney, the search could involve both spouses’ assets. A power of attorney between married people could work like…
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Surprise! The Super-Rich Adjust Their Behavior as Government Pays More Attention

The New York Times was half right and half wrong when it reported that the boom in “trophy homes in the sky” is over. The right part:  It turns out that there is not an inexhaustible supply of people willing to spend $50 million or more…
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Husband Sends Wife’s Home Into Foreclosure Behind Her Back

We usually blog here about how to find hidden assets in the context of a divorce, however, we recently came across a story that serves to caution those entering a marriage not to relinquish all control over the family finances. According to…
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Bankruptcy Judge Pounds on Drumm in Judgment Denying Discharge

According to several media reports, former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive, David Drumm was recently denied a bankruptcy discharge by a judge in Boston.  Drumm appealed the ruling on Friday.  Not only did the judge keep Drumm on the hook…
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Licenses and Trade Names

In a country in which people can form a company in minutes over the internet, it’s amazing to us how many asset searches proceed on the basis that you only need to look for property owned directly by a person. So often, we find that someone…
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Soccer Star Property Fraud: How Experts Can Help Build a Case

According to a recent story in the UK’s Daily Mail, Elie Taktouk, the estranged husband of Daniella Semaan, girlfriend of Barcelona soccer star Cesc Fabregas, is alleging that that the soccer star was involved in a property fraud.  Although…