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    Default Checking Somebody Else's Email

    I am in Ohio.

    My mother has been conspiring against me with several people to force me into giving up my kids to her.

    Because I knew her e-mail password, I checked her e-mail to find the messages to prove what she has been doing. I did find the proof and it does prove what she has been doing and what an evil witch she is, but the problem is, I have been told, by a friend, I can't use the e-mails as proof of what she has been doing because I would implicate myself into committing a crime. I have not discussed it with my attorney because I was told that if I did, he couldn't let me continue to break the law.

    Did I commit a crime and if so what can happen to me if she sues for invasion of privacy or can she sue for something else? Can I be arrested? She gave me the password years ago when I was working for her and she never changed it.

    Thank you.

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    Quote Quoting ScaredOfMyMother
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    I am in Ohio.

    My mother has been conspiring against me with several people to force me into giving up my kids to her.

    Because I knew her e-mail password, I checked her e-mail to find the messages to prove what she has been doing. I did find the proof and it does prove what she has been doing and what an evil witch she is, but the problem is, I have been told, by a friend, I can't use the e-mails as proof of what she has been doing because I would implicate myself into committing a crime. I have not discussed it with my attorney because I was told that if I did, he couldn't let me continue to break the law.

    Did I commit a crime and if so what can happen to me if she sues for invasion of privacy or can she sue for something else? Can I be arrested? She gave me the password years ago when I was working for her and she never changed it.

    Thank you.
    Yes you did commit a crime. Yes you can be arrested.

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    Default Re: a Crime

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    Yes you did commit a crime. Yes you can be arrested.
    Even though she gave me the password? It isn't like I just figured it out. She told me what it was. I had an attorney here tell me that if she didn't want me to be able to access her email anymore then she should have changed her password since she knew that I knew it and she never told me to not access it anymore.

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    Default Re: Checking Somebody Else's Email

    So, if you've had an attorney tell you the answer you want to hear, why are you asking us?

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    Default Re: Checking Somebody Else's Email

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    So, if you've had an attorney tell you the answer you want to hear, why are you asking us?
    I would like to hear a majority opinion. She doesn't know I have read and printed the emails that prove her criminal behavior. I would like to present them in court. If it is so bad that it makes me look worse than the benefit of showing what she has done, then I don't want to use it. There should be a legal way of proving what she has done.

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    Default Re: Checking Somebody Else's Email

    I would like to hear a majority opinion.
    Why? Law isn't about majority rule.

    You were in possession of your mother's e-mail password in conjunction with your work duties for her. When your work duties ceased, so did your authorization to access her e-mail, whether that was explicitly stated or not.

    You did commit a crime, and you can be arrested for it.

    And seriously? How kindly do you think the courts look upon "Oh, hai, she didn't change her password so I totally stole her e-mail!"?

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    Why? Law isn't about majority rule.

    You were in possession of your mother's e-mail password in conjunction with your work duties for her. When your work duties ceased, so did your authorization to access her e-mail, whether that was explicitly stated or not.

    You did commit a crime, and you can be arrested for it.

    And seriously? How kindly do you think the courts look upon "Oh, hai, she didn't change her password so I totally stole her e-mail!"?
    I hate to drudge up what is in it but she writes back and forth to her attorney and her attorney mentions her conversations with the judge about the case without anyone there and her friendship with the judge. I was told it was exparta communications. It also shows her stalking me and my husband and her gettting illegal background checks on us and accessing all of my financial records at the bank using my social and birthdate. I can't prove she broke the law without breaking the law.

    What do I do to show what she has done as well as the judge?

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    Default Re: Checking Somebody Else's Email

    I can't prove she broke the law without breaking the law.
    I'm sure that will help you in court.

    Why aren't you addressing your concerns to your attorney?

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