Thinking About an Infidelity Investigation? Questions to Answer First
Suspecting a partner is painful and lonely. Five honest questions to answer before hiring an investigator, so the work brings clarity rather than more doubt.
[Insights]
Latest news and insights
Practical guidance from our investigators on surveillance, background checks, child custody and more.
Planning a Surveillance Assignment: What to Share Before Day One
Surveillance hours are only as good as the plan behind them. What to share with your investigator before day one, and why each detail matters.
Documenting Custody Exchanges: A Practical Guide for Parents
Late pickups, missed weekends and tense handoffs wear you down. How to keep calm, factual records your attorney can use, and when independent documentation helps.
First Steps in an Asset Search
You won the judgment, but the money hasn’t followed. How a lawful asset search works in Texas, which records come first, and where your attorney takes over.
Why an Online Search Is Not a Background Check
People-search sites are a starting point, not an answer. Here is what identity matching, source records and context add before you make a decision about someone.
What a Private Investigator Can and Cannot Do in Texas
Licensing, recordings, GPS trackers, trespass and pretexting: the lines a Texas private investigator works within, and why staying inside them protects your case.
When a Caregiver Claims a Loved One’s Property: What Families Should Do First
Vehicles going missing, new documents appearing, a parent suddenly hard to reach. The first steps that protect an elderly or ill loved one and what they own.
Checking a Caregiver or Nanny Before They Start
Before someone cares for your child or an aging parent, it is worth more than a gut feeling. How to check a nanny or caregiver properly, and lawfully.
When an Adult Family Member Stops Responding: What to Do
A brother who stopped answering, a parent nobody has heard from. What to do in the first hours, how to report it, and how an investigator can help find them.
What Evidence Can Surveillance Uncover?
Movements, meetings, routines, and physical activity: the kinds of evidence surveillance can document, the limits it works within, and why balanced findings matter.
How Professional Surveillance Works
From the first conversation to the final report: how a professional surveillance assignment is planned, carried out, and documented, and what you will receive.
Can Surveillance Be Used In Court?
Surveillance evidence can play a real part in custody, injury and business cases, but only when it is gathered lawfully and documented carefully. Here is what makes it useful.
9 Signs You May Need A Surveillance Investigation
Changed routines, stories that don’t line up, a claim that doesn’t match what you see. Nine situations where documented observation can replace guesswork with facts.
Professional Background Checks Before Important Decisions Matter
5 Signs You May Need a Surveillance Investigation
[Let’s talk about your case]
Your next step starts with answers.
Tell us what’s happening and what you need to know. We’ll listen, explain how an investigation could help, and discuss an approach that fits your situation.
Copyright © 2026 TJS Private Investigations. All rights reserved.