Miami Private InvestigationsQuick answer
- Before you call: note your partner's vehicles, regular addresses and the exact days that do not add up.
- First step: a confidential consultation; we tell you whether surveillance fits. Our service is described on infidelity investigations.
- While it runs: act normally, report schedule changes, and never confront, snoop or follow.
- What you get: a chronological report, the original photos and video, and testimony if needed.
- In a divorce: Florida is no-fault, but lawful evidence can bear on alimony, money spent on an affair and, where relevant, time-sharing.
This guide covers the hiring process, not warning signs or the fine print of the law. For scenario-by-scenario answers on trackers, recordings and phones, read what a private investigator can legally do in a Florida infidelity case.
Should you call an investigator, a divorce attorney, or both?
It depends on what you will do with the answer. If you simply need to know, an investigator can be your first call. If you are considering divorce, or you share children, talk to a family-law attorney early: the attorney decides which facts are worth proving, and the investigator builds the plan and report around them.
If a divorce petition has already been filed, say so at the start. Filing changes some rules; for example, a spouse's earlier consent to location tracking is presumed revoked (s. 934.425(3), F.S.).
What should you prepare before the first consultation?
The biggest influence on how long a case takes is the information you bring. A clear description of a car or a suspicious window saves hours of watching a routine you could have described in minutes. Gather what you can:
- A recent photo of your partner and, if known, the name or photo of the person you suspect.
- Every vehicle they use: make, model, color and plate, including a company or borrowed car.
- The places in their week: home, work, gym, a regular lunch spot.
- The windows that feel wrong: the standing "late night at work", the Saturday errand that runs long, the business trip with odd timing.
- What is coming up: trips, conferences or evenings you will be away, which are often the most productive windows.
- Public online names you know of; we review only what is publicly visible (social media investigations).
- A safe way to reach you: a number and email your partner cannot see.
If you have already gone through a phone, installed an app or recorded a conversation, tell your attorney before sharing it with anyone, including us.
What happens during the first consultation?
The consultation is a private conversation, not a sales pitch. We ask what you have noticed and since when, what you need at the end (an answer for yourself, a report for your lawyer, or facts about a child's care), and whether an attorney is involved. Then we tell you honestly whether surveillance is likely to help. Sometimes a narrower step is faster, such as background research on the other person, and sometimes the right advice is to wait for a clearer window.
It is also your chance to interview us. Ask any infidelity investigator:
- What is your agency license number, and who will be in the field?
- How will you document what you see, and will that investigator testify if needed?
- How often will I hear from you, and how?
- What will you refuse to do? A good answer names recordings, trackers and pretexting without hesitation.
- Can you work in Spanish, with me or with witnesses?
For license checks step by step, see how to hire a licensed private investigator in Florida; for comparing local agencies, how to choose a PI in Miami.
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How is the investigation planned and agreed?
Before anyone goes into the field, you should see a plan that sets out:
- The target windows, tied to the dates you gave us rather than open-ended watching.
- Staffing: how many investigators and vehicles, and why. A partner who drives across Miami-Dade traffic or into Broward may need two.
- What counts as documentation for your goal; peace of mind and a courtroom need different records.
- Check-in points, so you can extend, adjust or stop after each block.
- Contact rules: which number we use, whether voicemail is safe, whether texts stay neutral.
You approve the scope before the first hour is worked.
How should you act while investigators are in the field?
This part is up to you. People become careful when they sense that something at home has shifted.
Do
- Keep your routine, your tone and your questions exactly as they were.
- Tell us promptly about changes: a cancelled trip, a new "work dinner", a borrowed car.
- Privately note where your partner says they were; comparing the story with the log is often what gives the report meaning.
Don't
- Confront, hint or ask leading questions before the work is done.
- Drive past, follow your partner or turn up where they will be. You can be recognized, and the investigator may have to break off.
- Go through their phone, install apps or trackers, or record conversations; the infidelity legal guide explains why.
- Contact the other person, or tell friends, relatives or social media.
If you ever feel unsafe at home, call 911 first.
What will you hear while the case runs, and what if nothing happens?
You get updates at the agreed check-in points, and then you decide what comes next. A block in which your partner went to work, the gym and home is still a documented result, and sometimes it is the answer you hoped for. If your windows produce nothing, we discuss other days, added research, or stopping. We report what we saw, not what anyone hoped to hear, and we never promise a result.
What can a Florida PI legally do for you, and what can't they?
Florida licenses investigators under Chapter 493, and private investigation is defined to include gathering information about a person's conduct, movements, whereabouts and associations (s. 493.6101, F.S.). In short:
- Within the license: observing and photographing your partner in public places, researching public records and posts, identifying the person they meet, and testifying.
- Outside it: intercepting calls or private conversations without every party's prior consent (s. 934.03); placing a tracker without the required consent, where a PI is exempt only if the client would be (s. 934.425(4)(g)); entering a home, hotel room or car without authorization (s. 810.08); obtaining phone records by false statements (s. 817.484, F.S.).
Licensees also owe you confidentiality (s. 493.6118(1)(e), F.S.). For a car you own or share, see our GPS tracker guide.
What evidence actually helps in a Florida divorce?
Florida is a no-fault state, so you do not have to prove adultery to divorce (s. 61.052, F.S.). Facts about an affair can still matter:
- Alimony. The court may consider adultery and "any resulting economic impact" (s. 61.08).
- Money spent on the affair. Intentional dissipation of marital assets within two years before the petition, or after it, can justify an unequal division (s. 61.075(1)(i)). Hotel stays and gifts are where an asset search supports surveillance.
- The children, only as relevant. Time-sharing turns on the child's best interests (s. 61.13); what a parent does while the child is present can matter. See child custody investigations.
Usable evidence is relevant and authenticated, which in practice means the investigator testifies to when and how each clip was captured (s. 90.901). A pattern across several dates outweighs a single photo, and illegal interceptions are excluded outright (s. 934.06, F.S.). See also surveillance evidence in a divorce.
What is in the final report, and what should you do with it?
- A chronological report: date, time, address, vehicles, who was present and what was seen, including quiet stretches.
- The original, unedited photos and video.
- Testimony by the observing investigator, if your attorney needs it.
Read it slowly and ask us about anything unclear. Then take it to your attorney before deciding anything. Do not show it to your partner, send it to the other person or post it, and keep your copy where only you can reach it. If it raises new questions, such as who the other person really is, the next step may be focused research rather than more surveillance.
What affects the timeline and the cost?
We do not publish a price list; each case is quoted after the consultation. The factors:
- The information you bring, which reduces field hours more than anything else.
- Predictability. A regular routine can be answered in a few days; an irregular one may take several weeks to show a pattern.
- Staffing and travel: one investigator or a team, and any trips out of Miami-Dade.
- The end product: a private answer versus court-ready documentation, plus any third-party or asset research.
More in our guide to what a private investigator costs in Miami.
Why do clients and attorneys work with us?
- FDACS agency license A1800135
- ★ 4.9 from 88 Google reviews
- Veteran-led team
- English and Spanish
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Related guides and services
Our service for documenting a partner's conduct lawfully.
Trackers, recordings, phones and records under Florida law.
When placing a tracker on a car is a crime.
Facts bearing on a child's welfare and time-sharing.
Where marital money went, and what is held elsewhere.
How lawful field observation is planned and recorded.
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Infidelity cases are handled from our office at 4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Suite 470, Coral Gables, and our investigators follow the case wherever it leads.