If you are wondering whether you should check your spouse’s email, install spyware, or open their mail in a divorce case consider this:
Man charged in electronic spying case
By Isadora Vail | Thursday, March 17, 2011, 04:54 PM
An Austin man has been charged with felony unlawful interception of electronic communication after he installed spyware on his estranged wife’s computer, according to an arrest affidavit.
Police say Karl Dalley, 41, was looking at e-mails and photos on Kristin Dalley’s computer, as well as telephone records on her cell phone. The affidavit said Kristin Dalley contacted police after Karl Dalley had mentioned several things that he would have not known if he had not gone through her personal e-mails.
She confronted Karl Dalley and he admitted to installing spyware on her personal laptop, saying it was to keep an eye on their children, the affidavit said. It also said that state and federal law makes the monitoring of non-consenting adults illegal in most cases.
A search of Karl Dalley’s home computer showed two different purchases of the spyware and personal e-mails belonging to Kristin Dalley, according to the affidavit.
Karl Dalley faces up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted. He was charged Thursday and his bail was set at $15,000. Records show he was not in the Travis County Jail.
This is a most concerning because it is a Texas Case. Bottom line, consult a divorce lawyer before taking matters into your own hands.
Tags: Divorce
You’re better off friending them on facebook and monitoring what they post there. My step-son’s mom posts the most unsavory things on her facebook page. Not that we’re looking to build a case against her, but I have to wonder why she makes public certain things, knowing that we can see them…
hey chris,
long time no talk. i have a question. i know my exhusband has a serious problem with porn. its now beggining to affect our son. if i file for sole custody based on this fact i will nedd proof. is it illegal to hire a private investigaor to get it?
thanks alot,
heather
I guess that depends on how you get your information. However, it is not illegal to hire a private investigator.
If a spouse uses spyware to obtain passwords to things like their spouse’s email, Facebook and financial accounts and then goes in and changes the passwords so he cannot access his own information is this also considered a felony unlawful interception of electronic communication? Especially is the hacked spouse works in the healthcare industry and the snooping spouse is violating HIPPA laws by being in the email account she is not authorized to see?