A husband needed to serve his estranged wife with divorce documents but had been given incorrect addresses for six years. Through targeted workplace surveillance and patient monitoring, we located her residence, confirmed it over multiple days, and later assisted with personal service of legal documents.
A client came to us with a problem that had persisted for six years. He wished to divorce his estranged wife but had been unable to serve the necessary legal documents because she had consistently provided incorrect or outdated addresses — whether deliberately or not, the effect was the same: the legal process was stalled.
His solicitor had advised him that without successful personal service, the divorce proceedings could not move forward. In desperation, he contacted Alpha Investigation Services.
Our first step was to identify any verifiable information about the subject's current activities. Through legal open-source enquiries, we established that she was employed by a company in the Perth metropolitan area.
With this confirmed, we deployed a surveillance operative to her place of work. Our plan was straightforward: monitor her departure from the workplace and follow her to wherever she was residing.
On the first day of surveillance, we observed our subject leaving work at the end of her shift. Our investigator followed her vehicle at a safe and discreet distance through several suburbs before she parked at a block of units not far from her workplace. We observed her enter a specific unit and noted the address and unit number.
To ensure accuracy and avoid any possibility of error, we repeated this surveillance over three additional days — confirming on each occasion that she resided at that address. The subject showed no awareness of being observed at any point.
Upon receiving our report, the client's solicitor prepared the divorce documents with the now-confirmed address. Our client then asked whether we could assist with the personal service of documents — another service we offer.
We arranged for personal service, attending the property on a suitable date and serving the documents directly to the subject in person. Signed proof of service was provided to the client and his solicitor.
After six years of frustration, our client finally had what he needed to proceed with his divorce. The combination of surveillance, address confirmation, and process serving provided a complete, end-to-end solution.
If you need to locate a person for legal purposes — whether to serve documents, verify a location, or confirm a residence — Alpha Investigation Services can help. We operate legally and ethically at all times, and all evidence we gather is court-ready.
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