Facebook Cited as Evidence in More Than 30 Percent of U.K. Divorces
- Posted on January 3, 2012 at 7:20am by
Liz Klimas
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Facebook is increasingly cited in divorce cases and used to bash ex-spouses.
For husbands and wives in the United Kingdom deciding to call it quits, a recent survey has revealed that “Facebook” is cited as evidence in 33 percent of the cases, which is up 13 percent since a similar survey was conducted two years ago.
The survey of 5,000 divorce petitions released by Divorce-Online (via PC World) states that Facebook was not only referenced in terms of a spouse’s negative behavior but also was used as a “weapon” against exes after separation had occurred. Here are the top three reasons Facebook was cited:
1) Inappropriate messages to members of the opposite sex.
2) Separated spouses posting nasty comments about each other.
3) Facebook friends reporting spouse’s behaviour.
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Mark Keenan a spokesman for Divorce-Online said “Social networking has become the primary tool for communication and is taking over from text and e-mail in my opinion. If someone wants to have an affair or flirt with the opposite sex then the easiest place to do it. Also the use of Facebook to make comments about ex partners to friends has become extremely common with both sides using Facebook to vent their grievances against each other. People need to be careful what they write on their walls as the courts are seeing these posts being used in financial disputes and children cases as evidence.”
Check out this local Boston news report on the survey:
A second popular social media site, Twitter, was also found in many of the petitions, but only 20 percent of the time, according to Divorce-Online.
In 2009, Facebook was cited in 1 of every 5 divorces in the United States, and it was listed as the number one online source of divorce evidence, according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
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Posted on January 4, 2012 at 3:50pmFacebook turns We time into me time. You can’t have a sex life if your constantly on fb
Report Post »SMACKD0WN33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 6:36pmI blame the Jews.
Report Post »mrsalvage2
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:58pmThe Internet has caused a massive change in how people cheat.
Now there is an emerging legal term call ‘e-stranged’ – when your spouse in no longer your spouse because theyare on the NET all the time when you are at work, at home, and half the time you are asleep.
Report Post »mrsalvage2
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:02pmYep my wife left me for an 18 year old homeschooled kid on an RPG.
That was after going and meeting the Navy Aviation Crew Member she met on the same game, and took the kids with her on the date. Well, two actually.
Oh that is right, she made it all up she said in the custody hearing.
Terrorist.
And I live under Marital Martial Law for teh rest of my life.
Report Post »Phoneguy
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 2:10pmWho didn’t see this coming, it is a problem right here, right now!
Report Post »ariel33
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:47amHow immature. Why do we blame the gays for demeaning marriage when the straight people are doing such a fine job?
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:38amAnd incredibly bad teeth was cited for the other 70%……
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:15amToo bad Jerry Sandusky did use FB
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 9:43amWell, like jerry said, he probably should’nt have been showering alone with those boys….. But cornholing them was ok….. One sick mofo.
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:21amGot that right, SICK
Report Post »But alas, there are still those “Nay Sayers” at PSU.
Bow down to the OVERLORD Joe Paterno.
momsense
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:51amIs it really facebook or just that it’s now easier to cheat without any effort?
Report Post »Firecontrollman3
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:37amlol what idiot airs their dirty laundry on a public networking site????
Report Post »NC
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:20amSay it and forget it, post it and regret it
NC (non-facebook persona)
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:41am@NC
Report Post »Night on
2theADDLED
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 5:03pmYou don’t even have to post it just type it or present it on your computer.
They are always Watching !
Report Post »KAdams
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 3:58pmSocial Networking sites are nothing but data-mining enterprises. Doesn‘t anyone see the correlation between social networking usage and ’identity theft’?
People who these things as an ‘online dating’ tool deserve what they get… Not to mention that people entering into marriages who don’t have complete understanding with their spouse-to-be (frivolous) also deserve what they get.
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