Legal Question in Technology Law in Illinois

Ex wife fraudulently signed my signature to get internet service provider to pass ownership of all my emails to her. Used this information to access my email and then suspend it. By having my email, she had access to financial, legal, services and personal information on the web. She also put in jeopardy finding a job, communication about child support and visitation. The potential damage is extensive.

Should I take any legal action to protect myself, see that she is held accountable or is this even illegal? I have read that a police report should be filed, holds should be put on my credit and to contact the states attorney. I have also read that the potential penalty is minor and taking action could in turn just fuel retaliation from the ex and cause more problems in general.

Before contacting the authorities, I was hoping to get an intelligent answer to this question to help my decision making process.


Asked on 5/14/11, 5:07 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bruce Burdick Burdick Law Firm

In my experience in Family Law practice, the wisest approach is generally to just take it as a lesson and reset your electronic communications securely. Civility not hostility will get you further in divorce court, particularly when it comes to custody and visitation. But, by all means take peacefully steps so this does not happen again. Your spouse's improper hostile actions in combination with your non-hostile actions will often be to your benefit in the long run. Judges and children like nice people and dislike mean people, so you want to be the bigger person and not inflame things.

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Answered on 5/16/11, 12:41 am


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