Divorce and Social Media Redux
Hi there,
I have blogged before about the terrific resource social media is for divorce lawyers. Today, sitting in a courtroom waiting for my case to be called I saw a case that, ironically, highlighted this very importance. Two pro se litigants (lawyer speak for folks in a court case without lawyers) were battling over whether a dad's child support should continue for an 18 year old daughter. Mom was arguing that the child was living at home and working on her GED degree; however, Dad had been trolling the Internet and had found Facebook and MySpace pages, as well as some other materials where the daughter was telling folks she was working as a "model and an exotic dancer." He even had pictures of her dancing on a pole (the Judge declined to review the pole picture, wise man), and her posts from those sites where she stated that she was earning $40,000 a year. Dad had also found on craigslist that she was looking for an apartment out of state.
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