| st of the investigations,domestic investigations | | | | and asset investigations of the parties involved. In |
| are, in essence, legal investigations designed to | | | | the custody issue investigation, the role of the |
| produce testimony at some point in time that will | | | | investigator is to document the fitness of one or |
| be used in court by one or both parties. | | | | both of the parties to obtain primary custody. |
| Domestic investigations are the most dangerous | | | | The asset investigation is designed to uncover all |
| and of all investigations conducted by private | | | | assets, hidden and obvious, of one or both of the |
| investigators. They are the basis of most of the | | | | parties. All of these investigations result in |
| image of investigators in the whodunit, adventure | | | | evidence being presented on behalf of one of the |
| films, and television. They are very necessary and | | | | marital parties to support his/her position. |
| a major source of income for many investigators. | | | | Investigator’s task may be to refute or |
| Some investigators will not do domestic | | | | confirm claims on a financial status, or present |
| investigations that have the purpose of | | | | testimony and evidence regarding the suitability of |
| “catching” the treacherous spouse. In some | | | | a parent fighting for legal guardianship. |
| states, divorces are unerrind.Therefore, it is not | | | | One area that sometimes requires investigation in |
| necessary to determine if one of the parties is | | | | domestic matters is the duration of residence. |
| unfaithful. However, it is human nature for the | | | | Most states have a residency requirement,usually |
| parties to want to know if their spouse is | | | | six months, before a party may file for divorce. |
| committing adultery. | | | | Therefore, among the issues that the investigator |
| There are many other types of domestic | | | | must clarify is whether both parties have resided |
| investigations including deter- mination of custody, | | | | in the state for the required time period. |