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A NASA astronaut has been accused of breaking into her wife's bank account while working aboard the International Space Station. Anne McClain, a veteran NASA flyer and one of the presumed frontrunners for the next manned lunar missions, is the subject of a complaint by her former spouse who claims that, while in orbit on the …
I would say that giving somebody your password and not bothering to change it is giving somebody authorization. It would have taken maybe 30 seconds to fix? I can re-key my house locks in less time than it takes to worry about whether or not somebody is using a copy of my key.
There's a lot of financial transparency required during a divorce. There's little privacy until it's done (and you have changed the passwords you have shared).
It's not the first case of its type, and yes, it's a complicated legal and ethical area, and the result is an ugly mess that's likely to leave everyone unhappy.
So pretty much like a more conventional custody battle.
Unfortunately, I don't think there are any easy answers in these situations. Sometimes things are better if parents (biological, legal, or simply de facto) split up, but where there are sincere positive relationships with the children it can be very difficult in some cases to come to any mutually satisfactory arrangement.
I hope both parties bear in mind that whatever decisions they will make in this divorce process have the potential to have a huge impact on the life of a young person who in all probability has no wish to get involved in any of this.
Please try to settle this amicably for the sake of your child, ladies.