Hidden asset tracing
Undisclosed accounts, business interests, real estate, vehicles, and cryptocurrency accounts and holdings — surfaced when discovery responses don't tell the whole story.
For Family Law Firms
Built for high-conflict family law.
OnTrial is the licensed investigations firm family law counsel retain for attorney-directed asset tracing, lifestyle and spending documentation, lawful surveillance, and digital-asset work. Reports are built for discovery, mediation, and trial.
When discovery responses don't tell the whole story and the other side's narrative needs verification.
The work
What family law firms ask OnTrial to do.
Marital lifestyle analysis
Documentation of the standard of living, spending patterns, and unreported income — built to support spousal-support determination and arguments about characterization.
Geolocation · Pattern of Life
Routines, cohabitation, frequented locations, and timeline reconstruction. Used in custody, support, and lifestyle matters where the question turns on what's actually happening.
Surveillance & field documentation
Licensed sub rosa surveillance and scene documentation for parenting behavior, cohabitation, and lifestyle matters. Evidentiary-grade documentation prepared for use in family court.
Social media — credibility & lifestyle
DeepMedia covers 700+ platforms with archive capture — preserves posts that surface a party's actual lifestyle, undisclosed activity, or contradicts sworn statements.
Background investigations
Prior litigation history, undisclosed business interests, prior relationships, criminal history — for high-conflict matters where the other side's narrative needs verification.
Typical engagements
The matters OnTrial supports.
- Divorce asset tracing — undisclosed accounts, business interests, crypto
- Marital lifestyle analysis for spousal-support determination
- Custody behavior documentation and parenting-time verification
- Cohabitation documentation for support modification
- Income verification when the W-2 doesn't match the lifestyle
- Surveillance to corroborate or refute claims at issue
- Pre-mediation asset and lifestyle workups
The operating discipline
Defensible from intake through delivery.
Every internal role at OnTrial is held by a veteran of the U.S. military, federal law enforcement, or state / municipal law enforcement — by mandate. Every finding analyst-verified, every report chain-of-custody documented. SOC 2 aligned; FCRA, GLBA, and CCPA compliant. AI governance posture documented — see AI Governance and Data Security. Licensed and insured in Texas.
FAQ
For family law, specifically.
- Can OnTrial trace cryptocurrency holdings in a divorce?
- Yes. Global CryptoScan identifies potential cryptocurrency-exchange and payment-app accounts linked to a named spouse's known identifiers — used when crypto wasn't disclosed or was understated in the schedules. Where funds need to be followed on-chain, cryptocurrency tracing is scoped as a custom engagement.
- Can OnTrial document a party's actual lifestyle for spousal-support determination?
- Yes. Asset searches surface undisclosed accounts and business interests. Pattern of Life documents routines and frequented locations. DeepMedia preserves social media posts that contradict sworn statements about lifestyle, income, or relationships.
- Does OnTrial handle custody and parenting surveillance?
- Yes. Licensed field operators run sub rosa engagements documenting parenting behavior, cohabitation patterns, and the home environment — with evidentiary-grade documentation prepared for use in custody matters.
- Are OnTrial reports admissible in family court?
- Reports are produced with documented chain of custody, analyst verification of every finding, and timestamped sourcing — designed to support deposition, motion practice, and trial testimony in dissolution and custody proceedings.
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