In the Internet and social networking era, attorneys from two sides of the divorcees have started to use evidence from social networking sites for lawsuits. Both parties not only will give up their stock investments, cars, real estates, kids, and pets, but also will unlock their passwords to their social networking sites.
When a couple in Connecticut, a state in the North Eastern of America, decided to end their marriage, a local judge has ordered the soon-to-be ex-husband and ex-wife to share website passwords including from social networking (Facebook) and dating sites (i.e., Match.com, eHarmony.com).
The case of the Connecticut couple began when the soon-to-be ex-husband dug into some digital data on the couple’s computer. The husband believed those evidences could help his case against his soon-to-be ex-wife. The husband’s lawyer asked the judge to let the husband to gain access to Facebook password as the judge granted the request. Citing the court order, forbes.com wrote “…Judge Kenneth Shluger ordered that the attorneys for Stephen and Courtney Gallion exchange “their client’s Facebook and dating website passwords.””
In this case, personal data found online transformed into contents of Pandora's box! The husband's plan backfiring--this is stuff of legends. I'll be extra careful with the things I say at plentyoffish.com now.
Posted by: Alissa | December 11, 2011 at 07:23 PM