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Did Facebook Help Ruin Your Marriage?

It is a sad fact that today, many people put their personal life and  private business online--and much of it is on Facebook.  Amazingly, many people do not really understand how Facebook is linked to everything--- and we mean EVERYTHING.  There is not much privacy left these days, despite online sites telling us there are rules for privacy.



If you're getting divorced, considering divorce, or have a plan to leave your spouse, you can almost be sure that if the spouse you are leaving is addicted to Facebook or similar sites, he/she will be talking about you.  This means Facebook is where attorneys look for dirt on the cases we see. Why?  Because many people lie to the spouse but go on Facebook and tell a completely different story?
This is actually quite common.



This means basically--that if YOU have been posting on Facebook and then tell the Court a different story--- you will probably be wrecking your own case, especially if you have talked about drunken episodes, partying and drugs, and anything illegal of course. Medical marijuana is not illegal if you have the script, but if you gave the MJ to your kids, that could become problematic?

We think in today's gadget world-- people are simply over-wired, over connected, and persuaded to keep buying gadgets....then the kids want the gadget toys, and the trouble starts. Kids start defaming each other, get their parents involved, and next thing we see is a parent assaulting another child's mother?  If this seems far fetched, it's not, since that case is currently pending in court. Parents should control their kids, but instead, we have seen parents that tell their kids to fight other kids.


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