It doesn’t! The look of horror on a litigant’s face when their cell phone is confiscated and handed to an expert for examination is priceless – or devastating – depending on who’s phone is being taken.Ħ. Don’t think that deleting that text or picture removes it from your cell phone. Twenty-five calls between 9 pm and 2 am to a “co-worker” suggests something other than you are putting the final touches on that project report.ĥ. Every call or text is logged with the number that was called and the time it was made. Don’t talk to that “new companion” of yours on your cell phone. If there is a serious injury – go to the ER and get it documented there.Ĥ. Don’t take pictures on your cell phone of every bruise or scrape your child comes home with after being with the other parent. It is far less expensive than the alternative of letting a Court or Judge referee the dispute – and courts don’t like doing it.ģ. If you and the child’s other parent can’t agree on the rules of use between households – let the child use your phone or landline for communication with their Dad or Mom. Courts really aren’t equipped to manage the use of cellphones between warring parents by the implementation of Orders. Don’t buy your child a cellphone until that child is mature enough to handle it and you have an agreement with your estranged spouse or ex about its use while out of your possession. Do you really need to point out again how stupid and ignorant you think they are?Ģ. Rethink what you are texting before you send it. Let it simmer and think about how it would sound being read out loud in a silent courtroom on some Monday morning. Don’t hit send on that nasty text to your estranged spouse or ex immediately. Here are my Top Ten Rules to make sure that doesn’t happen in your case.ġ. The iPhone, Android, or BlackBerry that is carried around daily and you can’t live without can become a weapon of destruction to your success in a courtroom. It is now routine practice to have multiple text messages, audio recordings, videos, and testimony about cell phones in hearings and trials involving divorce and child custody.
children who’ve used a mobile device has jumped to 89 percent of all children in 2013 – up from just 38 percent in 2011. A new study from Common Sense Media reveals that the percentage of U.S. According to research conducted by the Pew Institute, as of January 2014, the number of American adults owning cell phones is 90%.
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