Pritchard v. Pritchard
No spousal exception for recording conversations.
California v. Otto
Congress did not intent to included personal family matters within scope of wiretap laws.
Thompson v. Dulaney
Mother could record conversation between children and their father where children were residing with her and recordings took place in her house.
Scheib v. Grant
Non-custodial father could record conversation between his minor son and the mother from an extension phone. Status of parent as non-custodial is not determinative.
Wright v. Stanley
No violation of federal or state law by mother for recording conversations in the marital home between the father and the children.
Williams v. Williams
Father cannot consent to taping phone conversation on behalf of minor child, even though he has sole legal custody.
In Re Marriage of Karonis
A GAL may listen to secretly recorded conversations between the father and the children, although any evidence would be inadmissible.
Glazner v. Glazner
No husband-wife exception to the federal wiretap laws.
Global Policy Partners v. Yessin
Accessing wife’s email was not an unlawful interception of communications under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
State v. Smith
Cite 72 Wis. 2d 711, 242 N.W.2d 184 (1976) Summary If an oral communication is lawfully intercepted because of the consent of a party to the conversation, but is otherwise inadmissible into evidence in a criminal prosecution due to a failure to comply with statutory requirements, such deficiency does not require the additional suppression of…