A National Trend Hits Colorado Courtrooms: Texts, Location Data, and Social Media in Family Cases
By Attorney Charles E. Liken Jr., Colorado court-appointed Child & Family Investigator. What you post — and what your phone records — increasingly decides custody and support disputes. Colorado is no exception.
Charles E. Liken Jr., Esq. — On the Legal Front Lines · Government Investigator, Denver Human Services · Licensed Colorado Attorney ~ 20+ Years in Private Practice · Colorado Deputy District Attorney · Colorado Court-Appointed Child and Family Investigator
Across the country, family-court fights are being decided on digital evidence: text messages, social-media posts, shared-location histories, and the metadata behind them. Colorado courts are squarely part of the trend, and Colorado's mandatory financial-disclosure rules (C.R.C.P. 16.2) mean a lot of that data is discoverable.
The lesson runs both ways. What you post can become an exhibit — a vacation photo undercutting a claim of poverty, an angry message reframed as a threat. And what the other side posts can be the evidence that wins your case, if it's preserved correctly before it disappears.
An investigator's habit — get the records, all of them, and get them before they're gone — matters more every year. If your case might turn on digital evidence, the time to think about preservation is now, not after a hearing is set. A consultation is a good place to start.
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