Skip Tracing for Child Custody Private Investigations In Oklahoma

All our child custody private investigators and family law attorneys have seen and heard plenty of sad stories involving children over the years. From child abuse and neglect to which parent or parents deserves custody of the kids, these matters can become extremely complex. When one party absconds and leaves the area, it can create additional problems and hardships for the other parents and grandparents of the children. Fortunately, our private investigation agency in OKC is here to help clients in need of just this type of help. For the benefit of both potential and future clients, our legal experts have answered many of the most asked questions about nationwide skip tracing via the questions and answers below:

What Are Skip Tracing Services?

A skip trace is when a process server or licensed private investigator takes some information about a person of interest (POI) and runs it through a special system to try to locate the individual. Every time a person takes one or more of the following actions, it can trigger a new address that can help our process servers and private detectives know where to serve or do surveillance on a defendant/respondent at:

• Pays Taxes
• Obtains/Renews a Driver’s License 
• Rents a Home/Office/Apartment
• Buys or Leases a Vehicle
• Registers to Vote
• Obtains New Utilities 
• Secures New Cell Phone Service
• Registers/Renews a Vehicle

As you can see, a POI’s many actions can trigger updated/newer addresses that will show in our special private investigation system. We can use that to help find even the trickiest, most evasive defendants and respondents in all kinds of child custody cases.

What does a Skip Tracer Need to Conduct a Nationwide Skip Trace?

A skip tracer at our office can use minimal information to locate a missing person, but obviously the more we have the better it is and the easier it will be to find someone quickly. Most times, a full legal name and the city and state where the person has or currently does live will suffice. However, if our clients also have the individual’s social security number, date of birth, current or previous phone numbers or email addresses, or driver’s license number, it will also assist us in locating the individual. 

How Do Skip Traces Help with Child Custody Private Investigations?

Child custody cases can be extremely heart wrenching and difficult for many reasons. The well-being of one’s children can tug at the very heart strands of parents, grandparents, police, the kids’ siblings and teachers, the courts, guardians ad litem, and more. When parental kidnapping occurs like you see here on the 10 Most Wanted Parental Kidnappers, a nationwide skip trace service can help locate the absconding parents and can help bring them to justice. The kids can potentially go back with the other parent, and/or the offending person may need to pay for child support and/or even face criminal charges for unlawful behavior.

To find and serve the defendant/respondent though, our process servers must do a skip tracing to locate where the person works and/or lives. Without this knowledge, service of process cannot take place, and the deputies will not know where to pick up the children at once our process server has delivered the documents to the respondent/defendant. This legal service is vital to complete process serving, because without skip tracing the process server will not know where to go to deliver the court papers.

How Long Does a Skip Trace Service for Child Custody Investigations Take to Complete?

Skip tracing can be incredibly quick and easy. We can often complete it on the same day or within twenty-four hours, if needed. It is also extremely affordable on our clients’ budgets. 

How Does a Person Become a Skip Tracer?

To become a skip tracer, you will need to either obtain a process server or preferably an Oklahoma private investigation license. Skip tracing software companies will not permit anyone from the public to access their databases. They typically require legal professionals who have taken special training and who have passed a variety of background checks to access this personal, sensitive information. This is because skip tracing, in addition to revealing a person’s private current and former addresses, can also allow access to things like dates of birth, social security numbers, access to the POI’s family members’ and friends’ information, and a whole lot more. 

In the right hands, like those of attorneys, process servers, and private detectives with a lawful, ethical reason for needing access to this information, there are no problems. But if bad, evil people access this information, they can use it for fraud, forgery, rape, murder, robbery, and more. This is why software companies reserve this special information for licensed legal professionals only.

What Cities & States Do Skip Trace Services Cover?

Our private detective agency in OKC’s skip tracing is nationwide. This means that no matter the state the person moved to in the entire USA, we can use this service to find a missing person. If the person has moved overseas, we can also help you locate the individual as well if you know the country she/he/they went to. It will cost extra for out-of-country skip tracing though.

How Much Does Skip Tracing Cost?

Skip tracing is affordable and budget friendly. As of the date of this publication, which is subject to change with time, our firm’s pricing for skip tracing, social media scans, license plate checks, and comprehensive civil and criminal background checks are as follows:

• Skip Trace Services – Locate: $149.99 
• Oklahoma License Plate Checks: $198
• License Plate Checks – Other States: Price Varies by State:
• Social Media Scans:
• Basic Social Media Scan: $298
• Advanced Social Media Scan: $549
• Elite Social Media Scan: $749

Nationwide Civil & Criminal Background Check: $249

As you can see, our private investigation agency offers some great legal services which complement basic skip trace services. These are designed to assist with all kinds of legal needs, from process serving to all kinds of civil and criminal private investigations. 

What Other Services Outside of Skip Tracing Can Help During Child Custody Disputes?

As noted above, our private investigation agency in Oklahoma City offers a variety of other legal services meant to complement skip tracing for child custody private investigations. An explanation of these is listed below as follows:

Skip Trace Services – Locate: 

This is perfect for locating a missing person for skip tracing to serve them court papers during a child custody private investigation or even a general missing person private investigation. These are fast, budget-friendly, and easy to complete. This is one of the most basic, common services our firm offers to help clients in a wide variety of areas.

Oklahoma License Plate Checks:

These are particularly useful when trying to determine whose car is at a house where the children in a child custody case are living at or visiting. Properly identifying the person is key to following up with nationwide skip tracing, nationwide civil and criminal background checks, etc.

License Plate Checks – Other States:

We can also determine the owners of vehicles by their license plate numbers and vehicle identification (VIN) numbers whose vehicles are registered in states other than Oklahoma. This can be a part of surveillance private investigations, and the next step can then be with a formal skip trace, social media scan, and/or national criminal background check.

Social Media Scans:

Social media scans are the perfect way to get a clearer view into a person’s background. These show things online that things like skip tracing and a national civil and criminal background check might not disclose. The internet is indeed full of all kinds of diverse information out there on all kinds of individuals. Our private investigation agency in Oklahoma City offers three levels of social media scans, depending on the client’s budget and her/his/their needs.

Basic Social Media Scan:

This is the simplest, quickest, least expensive form of social media scan that we offer. The results come back the soonest with the most affordable price as part of child custody private investigations, though they are the least thorough.

Advanced Social Media Scan:

Advanced social media scans offer mid-grade quality while still maintaining a decent level of affordability for most of our clients. Our child custody private detective highly recommends this for people who want in-depth information about a person of interest, yet who wish to have it done quicker in a realm that will fit their mid-level budget.

Elite Social Media Scan:

These are truly the “best of the best” in the social media scan world. Our clients pay top dollar for these but get the best possible results. Our digital private investigators will scour the internet in-depth and will tailor the results to specific investigatory needs. From infidelity to child custody cases or even rape, murder, or human trafficking private investigations, no one beats our elite social media scans! 

Nationwide Civil & Criminal Background Check:

National criminal background checks and national civil background checks can pull up all things civil and criminal about a person. These are invaluable for everything from child custody disputes to pulling up adultery and more. These are also ideal for romance scam private investigations and even for those just wanting to check out their new potential mate’s records before getting into a serious relationship with a new romantic partner.

If you need to hire a skip tracer for a skip trace service or any of the other legal services we provide, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our legal staff will collaborate with you very diligently to produce the most innovative solutions to all your legal problems. We also work with outstanding, fully vetted civil and criminal defense attorneys and counselors as well. Whatever you need, we can and would love to help you with it!