How, exactly, does showing a picture displayed on a phone's screen show the time and date that the picture was TAKEN?
It would show the time and date the picture was VIEWED. Completely different.
A personal log really doesn't hold up in court... too easy to doctor.
No. I meant the time and date that the text was sent (usually texts have the time and date in which the text was received on the same screen that the text is). I don't think I said anything about the time and date when the picture was taken.
Along with that, the bill must be offered that corresponds with the time and date and number
on the text to show further proof that the text was not sent by another number.
Now, as I recall, plans that have unlimited texting plans do not show the texts on the bill, and I do not know if this is an option. Granted, you may still be able to submit the texts in paper form and if there is any dispute about who sent the texts, could you not keep them on the phone to submit as evidence?
Like I stated, all of my suggestions are from things that I had to do, and those texts helped me keep my car, as they were the only evidence I had that contradicted what my X was saying.
Also, my personal log was one of the biggest things that my lawyer used when I was going through my divorce. While it was not used in court as evidence, it is still a great reference tool for keeping exact times of occurrences. I would say that doctoring a personal log is VERY risky, because if the other side can prove against testimony in that log, then your word during the rest of the trial is pretty well not believed. Basically, doctoring your personal log is like lying on the stand.