Social Networking Linked to Divorce+More...When a Bitch Really IS a Bitch........

If you are a prude or ultra conservative, our apologies; but this T shirt on the girl wearing it (below) pretty much explains in plain English,  the definition of a bitch, and we don't mean the canine type.

Unfortunately in Family Law litigation--- we do see this from time to time, but certainly not in all cases.  In litigation, we only get so many minutes to argue our motions on the Law and Motion calendar.  While clients at the counsel table do not normally argue (since attorney is doing that) once in awhile, clients are called upon to speak on certain questions. Attorney has seen some women get up and run out of the Courtroom.

 Unknown to most people, Family Law cases CAN create the worst scenarios for many people, where we see Jerry Springer type action, because emotions run high  but Family Law attorneys become used to this.  However, also unknown to most people, is fact that Family law cases pretty much became the reason for the scanners at the entrance to courthouses. Attorneys and Judges have either been shot at, or killed by court participants who are losing their cases. And it is this attorney's belief that most of the defendants that used violence against attorneys and judges, were males who lost in Court---maybe
not all were family law cases, but certainly some of them were in California.

There has been bias against males in Family Law cases for quite some time, However, that has changed somewhat since more dads are seeking joint or shared custody, which is a good thing for the kids.

In what may be of little surprise to avid readers of FacebookCheating.com, a new study found a correlation between social media use and divorce rates in the United States.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101819591

The study, published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior by researchers from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Boston University, compared state-by-state divorce rates to per-capita Facebook accounts. In a separate analysis, they also used data from a 2011-2012 survey that asked individuals about marriage quality and social media use.   

Abstract

This study explores the relationship between using social networks sites (SNS), marriage satisfaction and divorce rates using survey data of married individuals and state-level data from the United States. Results show that using SNS is negatively correlated with marriage quality and happiness, and positively correlated with experiencing a troubled relationship and thinking about divorce. These correlations hold after a variety of economic, demographic, and psychological variables related to marriage well-being are taken into account. 

Further, the findings of this individual-level analysis are consistent with a state-level analysis of the most popular SNS to date: across the U.S., the diffusion of Facebook between 2008 and 2010 is positively correlated with increasing divorce rates during the same time period after controlling for all time-invariant factors of each state (fixed effects), and continues to hold when time-varying economic and socio-demographic factors that might affect divorce rates are also controlled. Possible explanations for these associations are discussed, particularly in the context of pro- and anti-social perspectives towards SNS and Facebook in particular.

Their study found a link between social media use and decreased marriage quality in every model they analyzed. They said their research did not prove that social media might be to blame for troubled marriages, but suggested such a link may be proven in subsequent studies.

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Attorney's perspective:  It is a known fact that many people like to use Facebook and some of them cannot live without it. Because FB is a socializing medium, it is not considered a source for much else, except sharing-- often bad sharing.

It is not like people go to a site for Information, or actual learning.......it's more like a free-for-all where people gossip, talk bad about anyone and everyone, play bad games on others and in general, Facebook may have started out as a simplistic sharing platform, but has become more like the scum bucket for those who are not happy.

Because of this trend, and because of "everyone is doing it" mindset, Facebook is NOT in your child's best interest, or in anyone's interest (those who really do have a life outside of the computer.)

It is more likely that people in bad relationships already, simply go online and look for some company. They may go to a singles site (which FB has) or they may use FB because their friends tell them to use it.
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Legal professionals usually use FB to get dirt on others in a case, and employers use it for finding out the truth about people. Juries get on FB and they are not supposed to be there; no juror is supposed to look up anything online. Judges have gotten in trouble for trying to "friend" participants in lawsuits; attorneys have gotten in trouble for trying to change their clients FB pages and erasing them.  FB is best avoided in total.  There really is no need for it and if you cannot live without it, you may live to regret it down the line, depending on how bad you feel.  In today's world, people no longer understand the word privacy and it seems most people CRAVE both notoriety, attention, and bad behavior. Very sad indeed.