Valentine’s Day: A Cheater’s Paradise

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Valentine’s Day: the most romantic day of the year….or not.

According to the producers of the TV show CHEATERS, Valentine’s Day, for many, takes an unexpected turn.  This is a day when many Americans find out that their beloved may have made plans to celebrate, but with someone else.

Discovering betrayal is never easy, and no one wants to receive such a terrible blow anytime, let alone on Valentine’s Day. Nevertheless, if you are being betrayed, then you are being betrayed, Valentine’s Day or not.  Just as love knows no boundaries, deceit knows no boundaries either, and a day on the calendar won’t change that, so you best know about it.
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Online Infidelity Allows Spouses New Opportunities For Cheating

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Lipstick on the Collar May Linger a Little Longer

Cheating spouses now have it easier than ever.  Their biggest asset: modern technology.

The fact that cheating is now easier than ever is a good thing—for the betrayed. Reason being, the very tool that the cheater uses to cover his tracks can also be the biggest pitfall in the master plan to keep their infidelity a secret from the unsuspecting loyal partner; the strongest link in the chain that will connect the dots and get the innocent party the answers and peace of mind they deserve. Online spousal infidelity is one of the largest sources for domestic problems and causes a lot of stress to the family unit.

Lipstick on the collar in its original form can be washed off, without a trace left behind, providing the bleach is strong enough.  Electronic lipstick on the collar, however, doesn’t go away quite so easily.
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Online Dating: A Background Check is Never a Bad Idea

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One never knows who’s on the other side of the computer screen.

Online dating is the latest of dating trends, and can be a great way to meet people, but you never know who you’re meeting—without doing a background check first.

Meeting someone in person that you initially met online can be a scary thing; an intimidating thing.  The assumption is that if someone is on a dating website, they’re probably ok, but that’s not necessarily the case.  Things are not always what they seem on the surface, and meeting a person whom you previously knew nothing about, and then making the decision to possibly, at some point, be alone with them, should be a decision that is made very carefully.
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Love Affair Can Lead to Divorce…Even Over 50 Years Later

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Think your marriage is safe just because you’ve been together forever?  Think again.

An Italian couple married for 77 years recently filed for divorce because of an affair that has been over for 60 years.

A few days before Christmas, the 99-year-old Antonio C. found old letters that his wife wrote to a former lover in the 1940s.  His wife, the 96-year-old Rosa C., admitted to the affair, and thought she might be able to convince him to let bygones be bygones, and stick with the marriage.  She was wrong.  He filed for divorce shortly thereafter citing spousal infidelity.
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Mostly Happy Holidays: Dealing with Difficult Family Issues

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The holidays are typically a time for family cheer, love, happiness, and reuniting with loved ones that you may only see on rare occasion.  But, what if you see something that bothers you?

Domestic violence, abuse, stalking, child endangerment, and the like are never easy to discuss, especially during the holidays.  But, the holidays bring people together, and may present prime opportunity to witness suspicious behavior.  We may not feel that it’s our business or our place to comment on this—but it is.  When a loved one is the victim of abuse or domestic violence, even at the hand of another loved one, someone has to do something.
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It’s Ok to Use GPS Tracking on your Spouse’s Vehicle in Minnesota if You are Co-Owner

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Evidence gathered as a result of tracking someone’s whereabouts without their consent will not hold up in court…unless you’re in Minnesota and you attach a GPS tracking device to a vehicle of which you a part owner.

A Minnesota man used a GPS tracking device to track his spouse’s car after she moved out as a result of a domestic violence charge that she reported against him.  When she tried to press charges against him for tracking her without her consent, the court found that because he is co-owner of this vehicle that was purchased with marital funds at the time they were married, he is within the legal limits and has rights to the vehicle.
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Domestic Investigations Can Protect Innocent Spouses

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Domestic violence leads to stabbing, burning. Protect yourself from domestic violence and an abusing spouse with a private investigator.

Two residents are behind bars, facing charges after an apparent argument over money erupted into violence.

Police Captain, head of investigations for the local Police Department, responded to the domestic violence case.
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