How Facebook And Other Social Media Have Turned Private Family Matters Into Public Spectacles
Social Media has reared its intrusive head since the early 2000’s. With the founding of MySpace in 2003, teenagers and young adults have connected beyond the letters snuck through classrooms, and the phone calls from landlines. The early stages of MySpace allowed individuals to edit, create, and develop their page to fit their interests, often showing the personality types of the users, and allowing them to connect and interact with other students or friends. The path that social media has taken since those “good ole days” has shifted into a realm of confusion… Facebook, YouTube, GooglePlus, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Photobucket, Pintrest, MyLife, and many more roam the internet fiendishly adding users every day.
This evolvement has spun the norms of social media into a whirlwind where instead of just students and young adults connecting, your worst fears of your parents, employers, pastor, community members, friends’ parents, and even pets have somehow worked their way into the picture. No longer must you worry about your parents discovering your notes in the pocket of your … Read More... “Social Media: Is It Public Shaming?”
Many people consider their pets an integral part of their family. When two people divorce, the fight over the family pet can often turn into a bitter battle. In response to these feelings towards pets, a growing number of states have enacted statutes providing for the custody of the family pet.
A husband or wife can get themselves into some messy legal situations when they spy on their spouse. Often, the best way to combat this situation is through communication. Clearly, if you’re suspecting your spouse of somehow breaking the marriage vows, then you’re faced with trying to improve communications (at the very least). Perhaps entering into marriage counseling together would be beneficial. If these efforts have failed, there are a few steps you can take to avoid criminal situations when it comes to spying on your spouse.
In the season of weddings, it occurs to me that while many of us received advice when we got married, most of it was about how to keep the relationship vibrant (never go to bed angry) or (in my generation) how to keep your man happy (“ a way to man’s heart is through his stomach”).
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Military service in itself creates the need for maintaining a status quo in regards to jurisdiction. The words “Home of Record” should be the key starting point in any custody order involving military families. During the course of a military career there will be many “current”, or temporary, addresses due to changes in assignment. It is therefore important that an initial custody order specifies that the jurisdiction will be permanently retained in the “Home of Record” where the action was first heard, unless both parties consent to a different venue.