In addition to investigations in custody proceedings, the verification of information regarding income and living circumstances in the course of maintenance agreements is among the most frequent reasons for instructing our private detective agency in Münster. We will gladly take on your case as well: +49 251 7009 0014.
Maintenance payments are a major point of contention nationwide within the relationship dynamics of countless former couples. Some individuals display a creativity in such situations that seems alien to their usual behaviour and with which he or she virtually reaches the pinnacle of personal creative achievement – namely by concealing their own living and financial circumstances; this applies equally to those obliged to pay maintenance and to those entitled to receive it. Salary increases and changes of employment are concealed, assets disappear by circuitous routes, while acute financial hardship is claimed in order unlawfully to generate a higher maintenance entitlement or to have to pay less maintenance. Other frequently used variants of maintenance fraud include undisclosed – maintenance-relevant – training allowances for children entitled to maintenance or the concealment of a new partnership.
Research in databases, excellent contacts with authorities and many other sources of information assist our IHK-certified private detectives in Münster in determining assets and income in order to verify the accuracy of the statements made in maintenance proceedings. We will gladly inform you in detail and without obligation about the case-specific investigative methods and the associated detective fees. Please send us your enquiry by e-mail to kontakt@kurtz-detektei-muenster.de or contact our detective agency in Münster by telephone.
There are numerous factors that influence the amount of maintenance to be paid or received. If the ex-partner, for example, enters into a new cohabiting relationship, the entitlement to separation maintenance or post-marital maintenance often ceases entirely, which is why many affected individuals tend to conceal such changed living circumstances, often with considerable effort. The same applies to employment relationships: instead of working overtime as was customary during the marriage, such overtime allegedly ceases suddenly. Or a lucrative secondary occupation is taken up without informing the ex-partner; in extreme cases the activity is not even registered with the tax office (undeclared work). In such constellations, maintenance fraud is accompanied by tax and social security fraud, which may indeed result in criminal consequences. However, this also means that if such unregistered activities are positively proven in the course of investigations by our Münster private detectives, our clients gain additional leverage – the threat of reporting the offence to the authorities – with which they can better enforce their claims in out-of-court negotiations.
Furthermore, both recipients and payers of maintenance are legally obliged to disclose newly acquired assets such as lottery winnings and, in particular, inheritances and similar gains, as these naturally also influence the amount of maintenance. Mere suspicion that the ex-partner may not be entirely accurate in maintenance-relevant disclosures is, of course, insufficient for a recalculation. Income investigations are likewise only one of our numerous options for exposing maintenance fraudsters. Our qualified detectives from Münster are experienced surveillance specialists and possess many years of expertise in the court-admissible clarification of fraud cases of the most varied kinds. With the aid of the mandatory investigation report issued after completion of our work, you are able, should the initial suspicion be confirmed, to assert your claims through legal channels. We will gladly advise you in detail regarding your specific case. For your no-obligation enquiry, please use our contact form, send us an e-mail to kontakt@kurtz-detektei-muenster.de or call us: +49 251 7009 0014.