Husbands and wives share many aspects
of their lives. It is not unusual for them to share their Facebook
friends and other social media contacts. The practice of looking at
someone's friends or contacts and trying to convert them into your
friends or contacts has earned its own nomenclature. The UrbanDictionary calls this practice “Facejacking” (limited to
Facebook), “Spacejacking” (limited to MySpace), “fooching”,
"mooching,"
"friend poaching," "friend reaping," or "friend
swiping".
Facejacking does not create problems
when the couple is together. Frequently, one spouse encourages the
other to do so. However, once the couple split up and get divorced,
attitudes change. While the couple may
remain Facebook friends, it
is not acceptable for a former spouse to Facejack the new friends and
contacts and reach out to them. The last thing that an ex-husband
wants is for his ex-wife to contact his new girlfriend through
Facebook. This is especially bad when the girlfriend doesn't expect
such a contact. The way to prevent this problem is to anticipate
this when drafting the divorce agreement.
A typical divorce agreement has a
clause that requires each spouse to respect the privacy of the other.
I recommend additional language be added that prohibits Facejacking
and the like. An experienced divorce lawyer should be able to draft
language that protects both spouses equally from the ex-spouse using
Facebook to try to sabotage your new relationship.
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