Facebook Being Cited In More Divorces
Not Only Betrayed Spouses Find Infidelity Evidence
PHILADELPHIA - Is Facebook helping to tear down marriages that were "solid as a rock?"
A new survey of some of the nation's top divorce lawyers found more clients are coming to court armed with Facebook evidence.
"More and more I have clients coming in and I say, 'What are you here today?' And they say, 'Facebook,'" Divorce attorney Mary Cay Trace said, "You can now search beyond your neighbors and your co-workers if you're trying to find somebody to replace what you think is missing in your marriage."
A mother of two showed us via Skype Internet love notes posted between her husband and an old grade-school flame he reconnected with on Facebook.
Within months, 13 years of marriage were over. Her husband's new woman also ended her own marriage. The families had two children each.
As Fox 29's Joyce Evans reports, it's not always the betrayed spouse who stumbles across the Internet evidence. Even worse, it's friends, neighbors and sometimes the children who bust their parent.