Husband spies on wife's computer

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

What: Reports of home computer wiretapping surface in tempestuous New Jersey divorce case.

When: Superior Court of New Jersey ruled June 8.

Outcome: Wife succeeds in raising her share of the settlement in a divorce case.

What happened, according to court documents:

Peter Garfinkel, 41, asked for a divorce from his wife of six years, Lori Garfinkel, 38, in March 2001. They had separated earlier that month, and Lori remained in the marital home with three children under 3 years old.

After her husband started court proceedings for a divorce, Lori Garfinkel filed a counterclaim alleging the following: transmission of sexual disease, negligent infliction of emotional distress, intentional infliction of emotional distress and wiretapping.

The wiretapping charges are what make this unfortunate case relevant to Police Blotter. During the trial in state court, the judge dismissed Lori's claims related to sexual disease and emotional distress. But Peter admitted to "wiretapping" Lori's computer.

The description is general: Peter used an unspecified monitoring device to track his wife's computer transactions and record her e-mails. Lori was granted $7,500 on the wiretapping claim.

Overall, though, the trial judge did not find her credible and ruled that she misrepresented her income, assets and expenses. Lori appealed.

A three-judge panel of the Superior Court of New Jersey appeared to side with her. The judges reduced the amount granted to Peter and handed the case back to the trial court for additional proceedings.

This is hardly the first time computer monitoring claims have surfaced in marital spats. As previously reported by CNET News.com, a Florida court ruled last year that a wife who installed spyware on her husband's computer to secretly record evidence of an extramarital affair violated state law.

In addition, makers of key loggers (hardware or software methods of recording keystrokes) are actively marketing their products as ways to expose spousal wrongdoing. KeyGhost's Web site mentions "multimillion-dollar divorce settlements," and the description of BlazingTools Sofware's Perfect Keylogger includes this line: "Are you wondering if your mate is planning a divorce?"

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[Ban Hammer 13,334]

this topic came up in another vj member's posts, about putting spyware on a computer to track what his k-1 fiancee was doing. i had stated such was illegal. this article just furthers that position

[Sister Fracas 5]

sheesh...if you can't trust your spouse/fiance(e) so much that you feel you have to put a wiretap on their stuff...somthing is really outta whack!

IF you share a computer though and your spouse/fiance(e) "accidentally" leaves stuff open like emails, or other strange stuff and you see it...then IMO it's your own fault if you get caught and it would sound more likely that you wanted to get caught.

[almaty 19]

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[Jaylen Brit 0]

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[Sister Fracas 5]

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[babybunny 2]

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[Nessa 23]

sheesh...if you can't trust your spouse/fiance(e) so much that you feel you have to put a wiretap on their stuff...somthing is really outta whack!

I completely agree with you.

[yogib37 3]

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give her a shock

[iceyspots 0]

[almaty 19]

sanita does not need spyware..has the ability to walk softly while i am on improper sites..like last night .."Desi girls gone wild"

It could of been worst.. you could of been surfing the site Dikes on bikes or Chicks with Dicks

give her a shock

a...a..........a............. i avoid those sites..

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

sanita does not need spyware..has the ability to walk softly while i am on improper sites..like last night .."Desi girls gone wild"

It could of been worst.. you could of been surfing the site Dikes on bikes or Chicks with Dicks

give her a shock

a...a..........a............. i avoid those sites..

i sense a story there.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

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[Ban Hammer 13,334]

sanita does not need spyware..has the ability to walk softly while i am on improper sites..like last night .."Desi girls gone wild"

I 'had' to google that you know?

google results

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