MySpace and Children: A New Resource for Family Law Attorneys
A recent AP story on MSNBC.com reported that My Space is going to provide law enforcement authorities with information about registered sex offenders using its site. The article is yet another example of the impact My Space and other internet sites have on family law maters today.
In my practice, the internet and My Space have figured prominently in several issues involving children which I have handled in the past 3 months.
In a divorce case, my client’s spouse sought a divorce from my client because the spouse believed my client was involved in inappropriate online conversations with a person my client met on the internet and to whom the spouse believed my client introduced the child of the parties.
One of my custody and visitation cases was made very interesting when my adversary told me my client had posted comments on a My Space page regarding my client’s plans to stop visitation with the other parent of their child.
Finally, my client in a divorce case was being asked by his spouse to take their child to a birthday party and my client did not want to do so. It turned out that the father of the child having the birthday party had a very unusual hobby or interest which was featured on his My Space page.
I’m fairly certain that many of my colleagues could tell similar tales. In today’s environment, the internet and My Space are two sources for information and evidence that cannot be overlooked by a family law attorney.
My child (15) has pictures posted on another child's my space web site. I met with the family of this child several months back and asked that my child's pictures be removed and they told me they would comply. Upon checking again my child's pictures have not been removed and more have been added. Do I have any legal recourse to get them to take these off? I live in Georgia.