Perspective
Jun. 21, 2016
Getting divorced? Don't rush to delete your email
Parties to a dissolution of marriage action — or even someone thinking about divorce — may be tempted to erase, delete or otherwise destroy data or information stored electronically or posted on social media sites. But they shouldn't. By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Brett A. Berman
Mitchell A. Jacobs
Law Office of Mitchell A. Jacobsfamily law (certified)
21860 Burbank Blvd #175
Woodland Hills , CA 91367-7438
Phone: (310) 717-1447
Email: mjacobs@jacobsfamilylaw.com
California Western Law School
Mitchell A. Jacobs is a certified family law specialist who limits his practice to serving as a private judge and mediating marital dissolution and other family law matters.
California's Electronic Discovery Act was signed into law in June 2009 establishing procedures for parties to discovery of electronically stored information, aka "ESI." As set forth in Code of Civil Procedure Section 2016.020(e), ESI is defined as any information that is stored in an electronic medium. "Electronic" can mean electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnet, or similar capa...
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