A private investigator is called in to child custody cases for any number of reasons. The attorney for one parent may want additional information to establish primary custody when it is in dispute or one parent may hire a private investigator because something seems amiss during custodial visits.

Divorce is an emotional word. It triggers traumatic feelings. Divorce/family separations affect many – especially children. The “tidal wave” that ravages through without regard of the destruction it leaves and most times the aftermath affects blameless child victims. We often have cases involving child custody.

Long before the word “betrayal” earned its right to be named circa 1300, it circulated far and wide touching almost every human who ever lived. It’s the club almost everybody has been inducted in, yet the one no one wants to be a member of. Furthermore, I’m surprised to find almost all “members” of the taboo club refuse to talk about the untruths and rarely admit they’ve been victim or participant in it.

Calamity strikes. It doesn’t matter how often I try to avoid it on this journey called “life”- it happens. I remember as a young barely twenty something Specialist in the Army I learned the most valuable life lesson in the Primary Leadership Defensive Course (PLDC). The course is designed to teach useful leadership skills before a promotion to Sergeant. My goals were clear. My drive was fierce. My confidence was solid.