Taking Their Toll

Electronic Data Is The Quick Road To Divorce

Divorce lawyers in the United States say electronic toll collection systems are proving to be a valuable tool in exposing cheating spouses. Highway agencies in seven states will release E-ZPass toll records in response to court orders in both criminal and civil cases, including divorces. Four other states will release records, but only in criminal cases.

New York divorce lawyer Jacalyn Barnet called E-ZPass "an easy way to show you took the off-ramp to adultery." She said she's used the records on a number of occasions. Another divorce lawyer, Lynne Gold-Bikin, said she was able to prove her client's husband went to New Jersey on a night he claimed to have been attending a business meeting in Pennsylvania.

FOOTNOTE: You take the high road, I'll take the lowdown road.