Facebook is being cited in almost one in five of online divorce petitions,
lawyers have claimed.
The social networking site, which connects old friends and allows users to
make new ones online, is being blamed for an increasing number of marital
breakdowns.
Divorce lawyers claim the explosion in the popularity of websites such as
Facebook and Bebo is tempting to people to cheat on their partners.
Suspicious spouses have also used the websites to find evidence of flirting
and even affairs which have led to divorce.
One law firm, which specialises in divorce, claimed almost one in five
petitions they processed cited Facebook.
Mark Keenan, Managing Director of Divorce-Online said: "I had heard from
my staff that there were a lot of people saying they had found out things
about their partners on Facebook and I decided to see how prevalent it was I
was really surprised to see 20 per cent of all the petitions containing
references to Facebook.
