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Recently a report revealed by the law firm Divorce-Online that Facebook, a social networking site having millions users – is becoming a major factor of divorce.

However Facebook is the main reason of having hurdles in marriage breakdowns and is used as a major source of evidence in divorce cases.

Experts with computer forensics degrees can find just about anything in your computer and can use the information in court.

The managing director of Divorce-Online, Mark Keenan, said in his statement, “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. 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 added.

Records made by the firm shows that in past year at least 33% of the 5,000 behaviour petitions filed. Facebook was cited as a reason for a third of divorces last year in which unreasonable behaviour was a factor.

On the basis of the Daily Mail report, the firm said it had seen a 50% jump in the number of behaviour-based divorce petitions that contained the word ‘Facebook’ in the past two years. Read more