Posts Categorized: Social Media and Divorce

Facebook and Divorce: Adding Fuel to the Fire?

Divorcing Woman Searching Facebook Divorce lawyers have noticed an increase in the number of times Facebook, texts, and instant messaging are mentioned by clients when discussing their divorce cases. In fact, according to Divorce On-line, a family law firm in the UK claimed that almost one in five divorce filings cited Facebook in their petitions. Divorce lawyers and their clients have been using social media sites to find incriminating evidence. An excellent example is a wife seeking a jo...   Read more ...  

Social Media and Divorce: Adultery in the Age of Technology

  As technology develops, it inevitably seems to impact our love lives and relationships. Applications for smart phones and tablets now allow people to meet in new ways (such as identifying others using the application who are nearby). Websites also exist that offer not just ways to meet, but near matchmaking – asking questions and finding other site users that are compatible. Websites like Facebook allow couples to identify themselves with “relationship statuses,” as well as by p...   Read more ...  

Facebook Relationship Status: In A Civil Union With…

Facebook Relationship Status for Civil Unions In a momentous turn on Facebook as it relates to “relationship status” and  family law this year (though not quite as big as when Illinois’s Civil Union law took effect), Facebook now offers its users the option to set their relationship status to “In a civil union.”   Since its inception, the popular social networking site has allowed users to define their romantic relationships with other users in basic terms like “single,”...   Read more ...