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Presenting Social Media Evidence in Your Orlando, Florida Area Marital & Family Law Court Case

The Presentation of Social Media Evidence in Your Orlando, Florida Area Marital & Family Law Court Case may be crucial to your case. It is common practice in an Orlando, Florida area Marital & Family Law Case for the attorneys to obtain social media evidence. This is important because you want to make sure that you present this evidence in an effective manner during your court case which may include mediation, hearings, and trial. Social media and electronic data may consist of emails, texts, and customizable chat room like cyber platforms such as Slack which is a platform that is essentially a hybrid of chat rooms, email and direct messages in which users can easily toggle between the three. There is also the use of emojis and their meanings. 

You want to make sure that when you request the other party’s social media data that you do not miss any information that may be relevant and important to the proof of your case.  You want to make sure that your request is a comprehensive list of the most current social media content. You need to make sure you spell out all the social media content that you are requiring. Make sure you request all account usage information not just social media posting or content. Using the word account, you cover such items as instant messaging and stories functions on Face Book,  not just the posts. You are requesting a broader range of discovery from the other side. If you know that the opposing party’s user range of options, you may obtain more information that may be helpful and pertinent to your case. 

If you think the opposing party will delete something on their social media account, you will want to file a Motion to Preserve Spoliation. That way, if the opposing party deletes information on their account; and you will be unable to obtain that information from the social media company,  you may be able to get a forensic capture of that information. 

If you have more questions regarding a Marital and Family Law matter, you may call Ann Marie Giordano Gilden at Ann Marie Giordano Gilden, P.A. at 407-732-7620 and set an initial consultation. You may also visit my website at: https//:www.AnnMarieGildenLaw.com

This article is for informational purposes only; and it does not form an attorney client privilege.