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Texts, social media a 'minefield' for couples divorcing: lawyer
As people's lives and relationships have increasingly shifted online over more than a decade, digital records such as text messages, emails and Instagram posts have become a mainstay of divorce and family cases, to the point where Ontario courts have had to impose limits on how much can be filed, experts say.
As people's lives and relationships have increasingly shifted online over more than a decade, digital records such as text messages, emails and Instagram posts have become a mainstay of divorce and family cases, to the point where Ontario courts have had to impose limits on how much can be filed, experts say. Messages sent in the heat of the moment may later determine a key aspect of their case, said Di Federico, who encourages people undergoing separation to limit their texting and social media use. A provincial practice direction for Ontario's family courts specifies that litigations "shall not include voluminous texts, emails, and/or social media postings" but should stick to "only the relevant and necessary excerpts from these communications."
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