When emotions are running high, it’s natural to want to vent or share your story with friends and family. These days, that often means turning to social media. But during a divorce, what you say online can come back to affect your case in serious ways.

In the middle of a divorce, many people focus on child custody, property division, or support payments. What often gets overlooked is digital security. At Ward Family Law Group, we advise clients to take a closer look at their technology—including something as simple as the household WiFi.

AirTags and other Bluetooth trackers, like Life360’s Tile, are coin-sized tracking devices. Using a Bluetooth signal, an AirTag pings off any Apple device using Apple’s Find My network and shows you the location of the AirTag. When out of range of the tracker, Tile’s app will show you the last location it was seen by your device and can ping off other Tile users to locate its current location.

In Part 1, we discussed the use of AirTags to track your spouse and children and the implications in divorce and custody cases. Now you might be wondering, what can I do to protect myself or my child from being tracked?

We believe it is important for an attorney to discuss the law openly and frequently with clients from the very beginning. A good lawyer not only advises the client what to do, but explains the “why” behind it all.

The North Carolina State Bar requires a lawyer to advise clients about information on social media if the information and postings on social media are relevant and material to the client’s representation. A lawyer may advise a client to remove information on social media if doing so is not illegal or does not result in the information be destroyed or deleted.

North Carolina is facing a deeply concerning and shocking reality that demands immediate attention: the epidemic of domestic violence that is sweeping across the state. For far too long, survivors of domestic abuse have faced not only the trauma of their circumstances but also a system that is, in many ways, ill-equipped to help them in their time of greatest need.

As an attorney, my job is to help people navigate complex legal matters and advocate for their rights. But sometimes, the most rewarding part of being a lawyer isn’t representing clients in courtrooms or negotiating deals—it’s using your skills to make a direct, positive impact in your community.

With the use of social media and devices with technological capabilities that stretch the imagination, it can be challenging to keep the intimate details of our lives private. One racy image in the wrong hands can cause trauma, embarrassment and have serious criminal implications.

Congratulations to Linda Ward for being selected as Best Attorney in the Wake Living 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards. This is the FIFTH time that Linda has received this award! Thank you to the readers of Wake Living Magazine for your confidence in Linda and our team at Ward Family Law Group!