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Facebook blamed for one-third divorces across globe
Saturday December 31, 2011 05:57:06 PM,
IANS
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London: Social
networking website Facebook has been blamed for one-third of
divorces across the world, according to a law firm.
The social network is increasingly being used as a source of
evidence in divorce cases, the Daily Mail reported citing law firm
Divorce-Online.
The firm said it has seen a 50 percent jump in the number of
"behaviour-based" divorce petitions that contained the word
"Facebook" over the past two years.
At least 33 percent of the 5,000 petitions filed with the firm in
the past year mentioned the website.
"Facebook has become the primary method for communicating with
friends for many people. People contact ex-partners and the
messages start as innocent, but lead to trouble. If someone wants
to have an affair or flirt with the opposite sex then it's the
easiest place to do it," said Mark Keenan, managing director of
Divorce-Online.
The most common reasons for Facebook causing problems were a
spouse finding flirty messages, photos of partners at a party they
did not know about or with someone they should not have been with.
Anne-Marie Hutchinson, at Dawson Cornwell Solicitors, said: "If
you are keeping things from your partner, Facebook makes it so
much easier for them to find out."
Keenan said he has warned his clients to keep off Facebook while
going through divorce proceedings.
"People need to be careful what they put on Facebook as the courts
are now seeing a lot more evidence being introduced from people's
walls and posts in disputes over finances and children," he said.
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