As we’ve mentioned before, people
frequently say and do stupid things on the internet. For some reason, normally sane
people take leave of their senses when posting things online, believing that
their actions can never come back to haunt them. Sadly for these people, that’s
almost never the case.
Instead, as attorneys and judges become
more technologically advanced a person’s internet behavior is easier and easier
to bring back to life. Messages, photographs, text messages and emails can all
be found and dredged up again at inconvenient moments. One example of that is
the recent case of a man from Wisconsin who is now facing felony charges after
posting a photograph of himself surrounded by a giant pile of money.
You might be asking yourself, what’s the
big deal? Sure, a pile of money is a bit unorthodox, but there’s nothing
illegal about it, right? Wrong. The problem is not the picture of the money,
it’s that the man was seriously in arrears with his child support at the time
of the picture.
The young man flaunted his money, booze
and other extravagant purchases online for the world to see, yet never made a
single child support payment for his two-year-old child. The man will now have
his work cut out for him trying to explain to a judge why he possessed so much
cash but was never able to spare any for his child.
In a related case, another man is now
under investigation by another Wisconsin prosecutor after claiming on Facebook
that he had a job and had enough money to buy a new motorcycle while also
telling a court that he was destitute and unable to pay his child support
obligations. Yet again, someone’s online activities have come back to bite
them. The moral of the story is, if you don’t want a judge to see it, don’t
post it online.
If you find yourself facing the prospect
of complicated divorce and have questions about your rights and options,
contact an experienced Ohio family law attorney who can help guide you through the
difficult process. Count on the expertise of Twinsburg family law
attorney Carol L. Stephan.
Source: “Facebook Money Pics Bust Dad for Allegedly Dodging Child Support,” by Alexa Valiente, published at ABCNews.com.
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