Social Media Scans for Child Custody Mediations

Child custody arrangements also have the capacity to become extremely sticky situations. This is especially true during separations and divorces. Fights over how to raise the children, which party gets custody, how much child support, if any, a party will pay, which school the children will attend, and which city and state the kids(s) may live in are only some of the many problems we see some couples experience. 

When you throw in factors like grandparents, guardians ad litem, personal vendettas, criminal charges/incarceration, significant illnesses, military service, etc., situations only become stickier and more complex. This is yet another reason why our digital private investigator and child custody mediators receive so many calls from potential clients for assistance. 

How and Why Child Custody Mediators are the Best Choice for Families Struggling with Divorce & Co-Parenting:

Families going through separations and divorce who have children face extra complexities. Divorces have many layers that may overlap in the couple’s lives which often now must separate, which include, but are not limited to the following:

• Religious Institutions

• Schools

• Friends Groups

• Clubs & Organizations

• Neighborhood/Home

• County Club/Gyms

• Employment

• Military Housing/Military Family Groups

• In-Laws

•  Mutual Friends

•  Diminished Finances & Benefits

•  Shared Custody of Children

•  Possible Long Distance Living Arrangements

•  Separate Holidays

As our divorce private investigators can attest, there are many layers to separation and divorces. It is not just the two adults whose lives split; they must begin to unwind the intertwining of their lives. This can prove to be an extremely painful process, because it affects so many areas of both members of the couple’s lives, especially if they have been married for a long time. Thus, during family and divorce mediations, the following is a partial list of some of the common details that couples must work out while going through the divorce process:      

• Possession of the Housing/Offices/Business/Acreages, if Applicable

• Spousal Support

• Educational Institution Arrangements

• Possession of Vehicles

• Monetary Asset Division

• Separations of Cell Phones/Cell Service & Other Technological Devices 

• Who Gets the Cats/Dogs/Birds?

• Division of Retirement Plans/Military Benefits/Social Security

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance

•  Stocks/Mutual Fund Division

•  Whether Prenuptial Agreements Exist & Their Details

•  Other Personal Property Division – Coins, Equipment, Furniture 

•  Lawsuit/Settlement Proceed Division

These are just a few of the many complex items that divorcing couples must figure out, and our family and divorce mediators are adept at going through each of these with couples and helping them come to agreements on who will get which items. It may sound like an easy task, but for anyone who has ever done mediations in Oklahoma for extraordinarily long can tell you, when tempers flare, and a divorcing couple has many assets to divide it can become exceedingly difficult sometimes.

Some couples also have minor children together as well, and this only further complicates the separation and divorce process. It means that, in addition to the items above, the couple must also make important decisions about the following:

• Child Support Arrangements, if Applicable

• Child Custody Arrangements – Times & Dates, Holidays

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance for the Child

• Schooling Options for the Child & Associated Costs

• Parenting Styles

• Vaccinations

• Vacations

• Services & Care for Any Special Needs/Disabilities the Child May Have

• Religious Upbringing Preferences or Lack Thereof

•  Childcare Expenses

•  Ensuring the Child is in a Pro-2SLGBTQIA+ Home Environment, Especially if the Kid is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Etc.

•  Prescribed Medications & Healthcare Visits

•  Cultural Considerations

As you can see, our mediators in OKC clearly have their work cut out for them, because there are plenty of tough issues that they must help couples sort out and come to some sort of agreement on via a Memorandum of Understanding. This is the document at the end of the mediation services that spells out the specifics regarding what a couple is agreeing to. Getting to completion is sometimes a challenging task but once completed it can indeed be very well worth it and can help each side get things they want from the negotiated agreement.

Why Clients Undergoing Child Custody Mediation Services Require Social Media Scans:

Many of our clients who go through mediation services for child custody often require other services throughout the process. Indeed, they may only seek a mediator, because a judge has ordered it. One of the other legal services that couples might seek out are social media scans by digital private detectives. But what are they and how are they helpful?

To do the social media scans, our social media private investigator will scour the internet and will pull up all kinds of information about the other parent, grandparents, or other involved parties. Seeking jailhouse photos? Anti-LGBTQIA+ comments? Want pics of the other parent bragging about a crime she/he/they committed? Well, we can pull up things like this, so you can give it to your divorce lawyer in Oklahoma and use it during the mediation service to negotiate child custody arrangements.

Other Legal Services Our Clients Often Ask for During Divorce Mediations:

Sometimes our legal clients may also want other associated services while seeking mediation services. This varies from one couple to the next and depends on the circumstances of their marriage and whether they have children. Some of these additional legal services include, but are not limited to, the following:

Lie Detector Tests for Child Custody Cases & Infidelity:

These are especially helpful when questions of child abuse, adultery, the hiding of assets, etc., arise before, during, or even after family and divorce mediation services occur. Our polygraph examiners near me can help determine whether either party to a divorce and/or child custody matter is guilty of any of these types of domestic issues. If this is indeed the case, it may affect the direction the couple takes while going through the mediation process. This is especially true if a prenuptial agreement exists that explicitly prohibits cheating and other marital infidelity.

Surveillance Private Investigations:

Sometimes parents hire a divorce private investigator to do surveillance to check for things like infidelity, parents committing violent crimes, or doing other things that violate terms of a child custody agreement. When parents need proof of these horrific acts taking place, they might try to locate the best child custody private investigator to go out and follow the other parent/grandparent/guardian and see where they are going, what they are doing, whom they are with, and when they do the atrocious, illegal acts.

Skip Tracing for Child Custody Cases:

Once again, sometimes parents flee with children or move somewhere unknown, serving them with court papers for things like child support, child custody modifications, etc., impossible. When this happens, they need a skip trace service to help locate missing parents and guardians. This is especially true in cases of parental kidnapping, which can significantly harm the kids and can violate legal rights.

Asset Checks:

Think your partner may be hiding assets during a divorce or child custody proceeding? This hidden information could affect the amount of money you receive for child support and/or alimony. Our child support private investigators at our PI agency are adept at finding titled properties like homes, boats, offices, vehicles, etc., that might prove useful during these proceedings. Come let our expert legal staff help you track down this hidden and useful info!

Process Servers:

When mediation services for child custody cases are unsuccessful or have not even started yet, some parents need to hire a process server so that they can serve court papers upon the other parent or guardian. This may be to start a lawsuit for a child custody case that will lead to mediations, or mediations may have already occurred but later one parent wishes to send notice to the other parent that they want to go back to mediation services and change things because the previous mediation service’s Memorandum of Understanding the courts accepted required it. Whatever the case, our private detective agency in OKC is more than happy to help you serve the other party. Our process servers can even help with the skip tracing to try to locate the other parent first, if needed.

Conclusion:

There is a wide need for alternative dispute resolution services in Edmond, Oklahoma, and social media scans that our social media private detective can do. Our private investigation agency can offer plenty of useful legal services to a wide variety of clients. If you or someone you know needs assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.