Spouses Can Use GPS to Prove Adultery: NJ Court
NJ court rules that GPS tracking can be used to prove unfaithfulness in divorce case
Friday, Jul 8, 2011 | Updated 5:57 PM EDT
NBC Philadelphia, Dawn Timmeney
Cheating spouses in New Jersey now have a reason to be nervous. A New Jersey court ruled that the use of a GPS device in a spouse's car to track where they go is not an invasion of privacy.
Suspicious spouses in New Jersey can use GPS tracking to determine if their loved ones have strayed.
An appeals court ruled Thursday that placing the device in a family vehicle does not constitute invasion of privacy.
Gloucester County Sheriff's Officer Kenneth Villanova sued private investigator Richard Leonard, who was hired by Villanova's now ex-wife in 2007.
The court says Leonard had recommended she buy the tracking device after her husband had thwarted efforts to tail him.
Leonard spotted Villanova leaving a driveway with a woman two weeks after the device was placed in a glove compartment.
The court said there was no evidence that the husband had driven the vehicle out of public view or to a private or secluded location where he could expect privacy.
Copyright Associated Press / NBC 10 Philadelphia
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