• 15
  • June
    2011

Colorado residents thinking about using social media tricks to obtain an upper hand in a divorce should pay heed to a strange story out of Indiana.

There, a woman created a fake Facebook profile and pretended she was a 17-year-old girl. She allowed a friend to manage the fake profile's communications. The profile was then used to get in touch with the creator's husband, with whom she was involved in divorce proceedings. The messages exchanged between the two contained an admission that the husband had bugged his wife's car with a GPS unit and an implication that he was going to have her killed. The wife then used the messages to help obtain a restraining order, which she planned to use against him the divorce proceedings.

However, the husband turned the tables on his wife and claimed he knew all along the profile was fake. Charges against him were dropped after he submitted a notarized letter stating he knew from the beginning the person behind the profile was his wife or a friend of hers and that there was no truth behind his messages.

Divorce can sometimes result in bitter feelings between separating couples, but actions like this are not the way to address them. Thinking carefully about your options and utilizing available resources can make a person feel better about his or her situation, which may make that person feel better about himself and less antagonistic towards his or her spouse. In the long run, above-ground conduct is always the best plan.

Source: The Tech Herald, "Fake Facebook profile leads to courtroom divorce drama" Steve Ragan, 13 June 2011.