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Hi again,
Separate question. What is the process involved when preparing evidence for court? I am talking about messages exchanged on social networking websites such as Facebook. I am also talking about text messages containing relevant information. Is providing screenshots sufficient? I can't see it being.
Regards
My own case (though that was a few years back), I transcribed everything (including spelling mistakes, profanities etc, simply to keep it absolutely accurate) with time and date into a single document. Certainly keep screenshots as they are very hard for anyone to argue against - the rule I always went by was to have everything laid out so that a court could take it in very quickly, but have all supporting documentation, screenshots etc to hand to back up what has been summarised. If you haven't already done so, read the two sticky topics on representing yourself, at the top of the legal eagle section, that will hopefully guide you.
What I would do is print off copies of the facebook messages, if you can do the same with the telephone messages, do, if not, type them up exactly as they are (including the spelling mistakes and the swear words) and confirm. You will be filing a Statement for th Court and attach them to the statement as evidence. You can PM me if you need some help with this if you want to.
As already been said. TAke screen shots of the messages, this proves what you're saying and get several copies made so you can offer them to th court and other side should the court ask you to.
i took screen shots of every text message, email, FB message etc... seriously hundreds of pages but all went to prove my ex was the nast vindictive one!
it worked out well as the judge saw the whole story in evidence not just her word with no evidence to back her up!
A lot of her texts and emails were very nasty....all sorts of threats / claims / lies etc.... saying i was lying and horrible person etc...
the ones where she was making things up and lying, it used to do my head in trying and i'd reply to trying to prove that i wasn't a liar and get her to see the reason i left her was because of her and no one else!
she wouldn't accept it and just got wors and worse.
the worst one was where over about an hour i had been accused of having an affair because someone had told her they'd seen me out with a woman....this i may add is 3 months after i left her that i met up for a drink with friends one of which who happened to be a woman! nothing was mentioned about the 4 guys that were there just that i was seen talking - close - to a woman in a pub! FFS!
anyway...the text's flew back n forth...her accusatons me trying to defend myself....in the end i told her not to contact me unless it was for about our son and that i'd always be there for him....she said he didn't need me and wouldn't ever need me! i replied simply with see you in court b*tch!
all my messages were non-threatening or horrible unlike most of hers........these all proved the background of hostility towards me and the one there saying he'll never need me really got up the Judge's nose!
anyway....keep everything....anything horrible or good from your ex...it all goes to paint a picture of what you're being made to suffer and have to put up with to fight to see your kids!
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