Love may be in the air this Valentine's season. But it's also in e-mail, text messages and MySpace and Facebook profiles, as couples are increasingly learning — sometimes the hard way.
Just look at what happened to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. He and his former chief of staff are under investigation after the Detroit Free Press revealed contents of their text messages on city-issued paging devices. The messages revealed romantic banter, the newspaper reported.In a new survey, about 88% of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers say they've seen an increase in the number of divorce cases using electronic data as evidence during the past five years. That evidence is being used to catch people doing everything from cheating to keeping secret assets, such as buildings, as courts try to split up property equitably.