I got so frustrated...LOL... my detective came home to three squalling kids (including one wild toddler who constantly throws tantrums and bites people) and he couldn't take it any more. He quit his job, accepted an offer with the Simerian Bureau of Investigation (courtesy of a custom career I have in the game) and divorced his wife. One of the children was "a foster child he'd taken in" (the result of an alien abduction pregnancy) so he took custody of her and left Evangeline with the other two. He's now about to embark upon an affair with the former co-worker who was the suspect in his case. They had done a lot of flirting while he was investigating, and it makes for a very interesting storyline, don't you think?
Later, when my next young adult goes job hunting, I will have him or her join the detective career. Now that I understand it a little better, maybe I can have some success with it. Wish me luck!