Investigations in Maintenance and Alimony Matters

After a separation, besides custody of the shared child or children, the focus is often on maintenance payments. Disputes frequently arise over separation and child support, as well as post-marital maintenance. Each party wants the largest share, and many do not hesitate to take advantage of their ex-partner.

 

Our IHK-certified and experienced private detectives of Kurtz Investigations Rostock and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern help you assert your rights: +49 381 3739 0080.

Changes in Income | Investigators Conduct Research

Maintenance calculations compare the incomes of the involved parties, using the “Düsseldorf Table” as a reference, which guides family courts and lawyers nationwide. All relevant income sources are considered: salaries of both ex-partners, child benefits or children’s income (e.g., apprenticeship remuneration), rental income, pensions, and more. Ex-partners often conceal full income to increase their own share, both initially and when subsequent income changes occur.

 

If you suspect your ex-partner of misreporting income, contact our specialised private investigators in Rostock. We research your ex-partner’s financial situation and provide court-admissible evidence.

Changes in Living Circumstances | Investigators Conduct Surveillance

It is natural that many former partners enter into new relationships after a shorter or longer period of being single. This circumstance alone does not affect maintenance payments. The situation changes, however, if one of the ex-partners cohabits with the new partner. In that case the calculations regarding maintenance obligation or entitlement change, because from that point courts generally assume that the new household can provide for itself and is no longer, or is significantly less, dependent on maintenance payments – consequently the new partnership is often concealed.

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A bed in a cornfield? It sounds absurd, yet to avoid being “caught” maintenance recipients sometimes invent all kinds of ruses when they have found a new partner but do not want to lose their payments.

Whether deliberately concealed or omitted through negligence makes no difference.

Some people may simply be forgetful and fail to think of their duty to report changes. Far more often, however, the person intentionally conceals changed circumstances to avoid reductions. The inventiveness displayed is enormous: no additional name on the doorbell or letterbox, the new partner’s car parked some distance away, entering or leaving the house only when unobserved, and so on.

 

However, whether deliberate or unintentional, concealing changes in income and living circumstances is an offence, as is failing to provide maintenance or failing to provide it in full (§ 170 StGB — breach of maintenance obligation). Equally, a person asserting a maintenance claim who makes false statements may forfeit their entitlement (§§ 1579 and 1580 BGB).

Proof of a Consolidated Partnership

The skilled detectives of Kurtz Detective Agency Rostock help you to prove false statements made by your ex-partner. A cohabiting, marriage-like relationship that is being concealed can be demonstrated discreetly, comprehensively and — crucially — with evidence admissible in court by means of observation. Call us on +49 381 3739 0080 or send an email to kontakt@kurtz-detektei-rostock.de.