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 With Valentine’s Day - the ceremonial day of love - fast approaching, men who are separated or going through a divorce need to be extra careful in how you show their love to the new special someone in you life.
So before you tweet your love or post on her Facebook wall a dozen roses, remember that social networking sites are a “treasure trove of information” that are increasingly being used as evidence in divorce cases, according to Scott Trout, managing partner of domestic litigation firm Cordell & Cordell, P.C.
Attorneys will scour your social network pages – and your girlfriend’s – for anything that could be used in the divorce case. In fact, 81% of the nation’s top divorce attorneys say they have seen an increase in the number of cases using social networking evidence during the past five years, according to a recent survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML).
Any time you are preparing to send a text message, an e-mail, a status update, or a wall post, stop and ask yourself, how many different ways can this be interpreted?
 Scott Trout, managing partner of domestic litigation firm Cordell & Cordell P.C., appeared on nationally syndicated talk show Dr. Phil on Wednesday to talk about the increasing prevalence of using evidence found on social networking sites in divorce cases.
Sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter have become a “treasure trove of information,” Trout told Dr. Phil (click here to view the video). “It’s the things you wouldn’t expect being a problem that are a problem.”
For instance, posting seemingly innocent photos of your brand new car or you on a vacation while going through a divorce can come back and haunt you if you say you are unable to pay a certain level of child support or maintenance, according to Trout.
“When he says, ‘I can’t pay child support or alimony,’ and he buys a Porsche, we’ve got a problem,” he said.
Read on for Trout’s list of online don’ts when going through a divorce.
Scott Trout, managing partner of domestic litigation firm Cordell & Cordell PC, has been named Super Lawyer in Missouri and Kansas for the fourth consecutive year. Three other Cordell & Cordell attorneys were also named Texas Rising Stars: Bryan Abercrombie, Kelly Burris and Sarah Darnell.
Trout's designation as a Super Lawyer means he ranked in the top 5 percent of attorneys in the state through peer reviews and independent research of Law & Politics. Survey results come from more than 800,000 attorneys who have practiced for five years or more. Click here to read his bio.
Abercrombie, Burris and Darnell were nominated by fellow attorneys as the best attorneys 40 years old or under who have practiced for 10 years or less.
In this day and age, representing men and father’s facing divorce requires more than the legal knowledge and experience in domestic relations. It requires an attorney to think outside of the box. It requires an attorney, more than not, to act as or obtain the services of a “handler.” By this, I mean, someone who can take you, the client, and prepare or mold you in advance of any event, hearing or counseling/therapy session as may be ordered by the court. Often times an attorney will simply allow the “non-legal” process to take place without intervention or “handling”. The results of which can be disastrous.
Last month, attorneys from Illinois and Missouri gathered in St. Louis to review and learn updated information about how to most effectively practice family law. The 8th Annual Domestic Litigation Forum was hosted by St. Louis-based family law firm Cordell & Cordell, PC. “You can be sure that the work our attorneys put into these presentations reflects their dedication to achieving expertise in their field,” Cordell & Cordell PC Co-founder, Joseph Cordell, explained. “Our attorneys inhabit this realm of intricate family law every day. Assembling these presentations and leading these discussions among their peers both reflects and increases their expertise in this area. We know that by offering these free forums we are both expanding the knowledge base in the industry and increasing the knowledge base within our firm as we add to the understanding in the law community of the best ways to practice family law.”
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