Your Facebook Status May be Used Against You in a Divorce

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Posted By: User March 19, 2009

Next time think twice about breaking up with your partner on Facebook, or having too much fun when you’re in an unhappy marriage.

Gerry Oginski of the TechnoLawyer Blog gives Lee Rosen thumbs up for this well produced, educational video.

But it’s not just the clients who need to watch what they are saying these days. Brenda Hollingsworth and Richard Auger, the Ottawa Lawyers, said yesterday,

Noticed several people tweeting about their legal advice today, especially in family law cases. Bad idea.

The Ontario Bar Association is hosting an event next week on Evidence for Family Lawyers.

Speakers and chairs include The Honourable Mr. Justice Craig Perkins, Lorna M. Yates, Caroyn J. Jones, Jeffrey H. Wilson, Lorne Glass, Frank A. Mendicino, Pamela M. Krause, Thomas C. Dart, Burgar, Avra Rosen, Melanie Russell, Dr. Barbara Fidler, Child Psychologist, Harold Niman, Esq., Stacie R. Glazman, Andrew Feldstein, Jennifer A. Treloar, and Michael J. Polisuk.

There is even a judges panel, which includes The Honourable Mr. Justice R. John Harper, The Honourable Madam Justice Cheryl Robertson, The Honourable Madam Justice Kendra Coats, and The Honourable Mr. Justice Stanley B. Sherr.

Let’s hope someone brings these issues up in discussion.

1 Comment on "Your Facebook Status May be Used Against You in a Divorce"

  1. Brenda Hollingsworth | March 25, 2009 at 10:13 pm |

    Social media and law is a huge topic in light of recent decisions in Ontario and elsewhere ordering parties to produce and preserve their Facebook pages. In my own experience as a personal injury lawyer I have had clients burned and opposing parties burned by photos or walls posts that reveal too much. I have seen lawyers post their progress (or lack thereof) on Twitter. That’s just nuts.

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