My ex husband is trying to get custody of our daughter from me. He had access to my myspace and copied my blogs and bulletins, because I thought we were friends. He has copied my blogs and bulletins and are now using the information therein against me. I had information in there that under normal circumstances I felt I could share with you all if you cared to read it. But this information is damning in a court of law. I should be able to pull through this if I do all the correct steps. But I wanted to share this information. Lawsuits can be based on blogs, bulletins, e-mails, and text messages. Please be careful of what you type.
Another thing I have learned is when you apply for a job sometimes they will search places like myspace, facebook, ect to see what they can find on you.
One of my employees just used "myspace comments" from his ex to get his child support stopped. Although it is as complicated situation and sounds bad but he did...and it worked.
I am a criminal defense attorney who works primarily in juvenile court and I see this every day. I always tell my clients to set their MySpace pages to private because the prosecutors and police use them against my kids. First Amendment violation? You bet. But it's done on a regular basis. 'Course the fact that these kids put up pictures of themselves smoking drugs and tagging buildings doesn't help either, and very often the evidence is damning to my clients.
Sorry to hear about what you are going through but you are very correct. My boyfriend's ex - wife has sent him many (literally over a thousand this year alone) hate and nasty text messages in which he sends to his email in those 'just in case' instances. He has had to show the kids certain ones due to the fact that she continues to lie to them. She is a very nasty woman which is unfortunate because I would not mind it if she spent certain holidays with us for the benefit of the children but this can never ever happen as she would ruin joyful events.
Thank you... so few people are aware that what they say online becomes part of a universal permanent record. You can try to retract and delete, but online forums are like feathers in the wind... once it's out there, it can be taken entirely out of context and preserved for posterity... that's why I was so terrified o launch my podcast because I didn't want what I have to say there to be used against me later on... in the end, it doesn't matter because I felt it needs to be said, but I am still very aware of what I say.
-Scarlet
The exact reason most of my blogs are personal on myspace. The only things i share with my friends is if i want their opinion on, and what I am currently up to. Luck on this whole thing, and hope that you get your children.
If indeed you find yourself being attacked via your blog or other public journaling or social network website, I see no problem in going back to the prosecutor's client's similar information. You may find ammo for your camp as well; it's worth a shot.
Permalink Reply by Owl on December 22, 2008 at 2:58pm
Online activity is only considered when it pertains to the issue of the case.
I do not know what your postings contained so I cannot say if you have painted yourself into a corner or not.
What is this info he is trying to use against you?
If your postings express your frustrations over the battles with your ex, the court is not going to care (if they do then the court itself is messed up!). If he thinks using your religion against you is going to help, he's wrong (if it does work for him, then it is time to take things to a higher court)
Now if you include something like, 'If he comes to my house one more time I am going to slash his tires'....then you have a serious problem. I hope that you have not put anything close to that in any of your postings. If you havn't, relax, you should be OK.
That is why the privacy button stays on my myspace page since former co-workers used AOL to dredge up a old AOL profile. The only ones on my page seeing jack are already on my firiends list. I do sporadically google my ex and see if she is on myspace and other sites just to see if she has rediscovered being online again.