On 2004-11-08 09:05:00, granny19 wrote:
"Is there anyone out there who knows how to find out where a child has been sent. P.I.'s, hackers, spies, etc? "
Have a PI or a friend meet one of the parents "coincidentally" and pose as a parent of a troubled teen: start bitching, as if venting, about all the trouble she's having with her kid. Try to get troubles that are sort of similar but not suspiciously the same as the teen you're trying to find. Have your actor/actress just play it out, being open to possible solutions or advice.
Most places give parents kickbacks for referrals. If your actress is any good, the parent should jump at the chance of getting that referral break on tuition. Pick the dumber parent to run into. You may want to do this with a professional PI, because the PI has probably already honed his/her acting skills and is probably not a total idjit--it's up to you to hire one that's not stupid, anyway.
Your targeted parent makes the referral, the PI is polite and thankful and is going to look into it, and gets their information to put on the referral form, and suddenly you know *exactly* where your target kid is.
You've got your information, and without breaking any laws, as long as you aren't already under a restraining order for harrassment or something.
Since the dumber parent freely offers the information to someone he/she barely knows, there's no invasion of privacy issue. If the parents have never warned you to stop contacting them or done anything to trigger harrassment law provisions, you're clear on that, too.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. This is not specific legal advice. If you feel you may need legal advice, contact an attorney in your area. Some private investigators may be too lousy to pull this off. There may be some local law where you are that makes this illegal.
But in my layman's understanding of the law, you can (or your PI can) lie to someone in a casual conversation to get information from them without breaking any laws.
If you do this right, and you don't tell anyone you're going to do it or that you've done it, and you pay the PI cash and meet him/her in person instead of discussing the case over a phone or where you might be overheard, nobody but you and the PI ever needs to know you did it.
As far as the parents are concerned, they gave some helpful advice to a fellow troubled parent who just never followed up on it.