Q: Is it legal for an ex to use my Facebook password to access my messenger messages
I shared my Facebook password with my son and his mother used it to login to my personal messenger account and read my messages between me and my family and friends and is trying to use them against me to take away my shared parenting is this legal
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Though she may have "hacked" your account, there is nothing private about private facebook messages. All of those are routinely subpoenaed in custody proceedings and are discoverable information, particularly if they relate to the kids themselves.
You should take some solace though. MANY times litigants find proof of the other side saying mean things about them. They then bring those mean things to the court as proof of how bad the other side is. I promise you, unless those "mean things" materially affect the ability to parent, the court sincerely does not care. You are allowed to badmouth your ex to other people. Maybe just don't put it in written form next time.
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