Private investigators remain the eyes and ears in the divorce market.

Making Sure Your Rights are Kept in a Divorce

Before the advent of no-fault divorce laws in the late 1960's, the use of surveillance and other tasks by a private investigator were actually more prominent, especially if one party was trying to deny their spouse a divorce. By proving infidelity, abandonment or abuse, a spouse would more likely be able to justify the divorce to a state judge. In most states, it is now possible to ask for a divorce simply by stating “irreconcilable differences.” Despite the no-fault laws, a private investigator can still make a living doing surveillance for a divorcing spouse. Hiring the investigator can produce the evidence which the spouse desires to quell the hunch that their partner has not been faithful, despite protests and denials from them.

With consistent, if not growing, divorce rates, private investigators are guaranteed a slice of the divorce market. The many ways to monitor people, especially through technology, make it easy for the investigators to watch, photograph and listen to cheating, abusive and abandoning spouses. Although it is not necessary to hire a P.I. to obtain a divorce, many suspecting spouses are doing so anyway, in order to guarantee their rights once the proceedings begin. Private investigators have carved themselves easily into the space where a suspecting spouse no longer has the time, energy or courage to go. Neither does the other great moneymaker of divorce, the attorney, have the time nor desire to sit in cars or bars for hours to watch a dubious spouse. Private investigators remain the eyes and ears in the divorce market.
 

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