Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

By Matt Allen

Editor, DadsDivorce.com

Do you have a suspicion that your spouse is cheating or hiding money from you? Well, think twice before you go through her computer and e-mails because you could end up spending five years in jail as one Michigan man has learned.

Leon Walker is being charged with a felony after using his wife’s password to login to her e-mail account to discover an affair, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Criminal charges are rarely brought from conduct in a divorce action, other than domestic violence, but a zealous prosecutor is using a Michigan statute to go after Walker.

Question:

My ex-girlfriend made certain allegations about me in her home. Normally I think this would fall under the expectation of privacy law. However, her parents were in the room when she made her allegations.

Does this still count as expectation of privacy? If I recorded these allegations, would this be admissible evidence?

By Jennifer M. Paine

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Detroit office

There’s a war of words waging between exes in divorce cases, sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant and yelling loud as can be. They fight over school, sports, new girlfriends and boyfriends, stepmoms and stepdads, who pays what share for summer camp, whether McDonald’s is dinner or a treat, everything under the sun and then some.

It is so easy to snap back. But that old adage, "You better bite your tongue" is never truer. What you say will come back to against you. And your children.

You should consider a non-disparagement clause instead.

Part 1 explained what a non-disparagement clause is. Part 2 showed you what a non-disparagement clause looks like. Today's final part will discuss your options to enforce the clause.