Legal Question in Family Law in Missouri
I was wondering if text messages and emails are immessible in court? Or are they considered hearsay?
Asked on 1/04/11, 11:53 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Smith
LawSmith
Texts and emails are often admitted as evidence in courts. But, they may be subject to the authenticity and hearsay rules, which has exceptions. Hearsay is generally trying to admit an out of court statement as evidence of the truth of the subjcet matter spoken about, when the person making the statement is available to testfy as to that matter in court. There ae exceptions, such as when somene testifies to a statement of a fact that contradicts what they said previously in a text or email. There are many other exceptios. Your attorney can explain if any apply to your case.
Good luck
Answered on 1/10/11, 4:12 pm