Family Law

Facebook entry leads to divorce

By Robert M. Kisselburgh, Esq.

Divorce--Facebook style?

In a new twist to the traditional "Dear John" letter, a woman discovered her husband wanted a divorce from his entry in his Facebook account. The woman's friend, according to the article, was looking at the husband's Facebook and saw a message which said he had "ended his marriage." One problem--he had not told his wife. The wife said even after she heard about the message, her husband did not say anything. He is now living with his mother.

It appears the technological age has added a new twist to the divorce arena. First we had the wife ranting on YouTube about how her prenuptial agreement was unfair while complaining of her husband's shortcomings to the public via the Internet airwaves and now this husband posting his divorce intentions for everyone to read before telling his wife he wanted a divorce. What's next??

Word of advice. If you are divorcing your spouse, limit your public comments. Keep off the internet and don't make any videos--neither which will play well before the judge in court.

Full post as published by Mississippi Family Law Blog on February 07, 2009 (boomark / email).