Sunday, December 26, 2010

Is there computer evidence that is vital to your New Jersey custody case?

It may be common sense that obtaining your spouse's computer, both the individual as well as the business computer, can lead to important financial information. The key information to be found may include records of stock transactions, the balances of stock and bank accounts, record of all transfers made to third parties and business records of all financial transactions.

However, computer evidence may also lead to information that could be vital to your custody case.  While this information may lead to evidence of an affair, that may not always impact the custody fight.  Association with drug users and possession of child pornography, indicia of drug use and other information can break your case wide open.   

If the computer at home is left in a common area, you can hire a forensic expert to copy the hard drive and preserve it as evidence for trial.  With respect to business computers, your lawyer may have to file a motion with the court to have the hard drives impounded until they have been cloned and made available for court inspection.  Of course, that is an extreme situation and other methods of obtaining the date should be explored.  Furthermore, you should not do anything until your New Jersey child custody lawyer has advised you to take action.  Doing anything by yourself could really screw up your case.

Burlington County Child Custody Lawyers

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