Texting, Tweets & Facebook: The New Tools of Divorce Courts. Nelson Zakia, Chair of HoganWillig’s Family Law Department, gives married social media users a lot to think about.
November 23rd, 2010 by HoganWillig | No Comments | Filed in Family law, Matrimonial Lawhttp://www.wben.com/Texting–Tweets—Facebook–The-New-Tools-of-Divor/8607356
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) — Think your soon-to-be-ex-spouse’s divorce attorney can’t find what you’ve “hidden” in your Facebook account?
Think again.
Information from social networking sites – including Facebook and Twitter, emails, text messages, and search engines is more and more frequently being used as evidence in court proceedings.
“It is a new phenomenon. We’re seeing its impact at a variety of levels,” Nelson Zakia, chair of Matrimonial Law for Hogan Willig, P.C. told WBEN’s Sandy Beach on Thursday. (more…)
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