Important Information
Please carefully read the following Terms and Conditions (also referred to as the “Terms of Use”, “Terms of Service” or “TOS”). before accessing or using the DivorceHQ.com Website. By accessing or using any part of the Website, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services.
The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old. If you are not yet 13 years old, you must stop using the Website immediately or else provide DivorceHQ.com with written parental approval.
Terms and Conditions
The following terms and conditions govern all use of the DivorceHQ.com Website(s) and all content, services and products available at or through the Website. The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other associated operating rules and policies (including, without limitation, DivorceHQ.com Privacy Policy).
DivorceHQ.com is dedicated to developing and maintaining a friendly online community where members feel relaxed and comfortable. Like any community, DivorceHQ.com has certain standards. Registered members who leave comments at DivorceHQ.com must agree to abide by these rules. Being a member of this community requires a considerate and respectful attitude toward fellow members, within the guidelines outlined below. Repeated violations of these standards may result in a member being barred from leaving comments at DivorceHQ.com.
Certain topics evoke strong opinions, and DivorceHQ.com aims to provide a safe place for the free expression of those opinions and differing views. Members must provide respect to other values, opinions, and ideas even if they strongly disagree with those ideas.
Members leaving comments at DivorceHQ.com may not pretend to be someone they are not. Members may not impersonate any person or entity, including but not limited to, a DivorceHQ.com official, employee, volunteer, contractor, and/or affiliate.
While DivorceHQ.com encourages a wide range of opinions, those leaving comments should aim to keep their comments focused on the topic of the entry in which they are submitting their comments. The opinions posted on DivorceHQ.com are just that, opinions. The information on DivorceHQ.com is not legal advice. Legal questions should be directed to a lawyer of your own choosing.
Those leaving comments at DivorceHQ.com shall not post any content which (a) is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, harassing or threatening, (b) violates the rights of others, such as content which infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or violates any right of privacy or publicity, or (c) otherwise violates any applicable law. Those leaving comments may not provide any links to any external Internet sites that are obscene or pornographic. Comments should not be made for the solicitation of funds or goods and services or to solicit members to join competitive online services.
DivorceHQ.com registered members are not permitted to harass, bash or “flame” other members. They may not post or transmit any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, violate the rights of others, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law. Members must note that this also includes the posting of taunts to an entry solely for the purpose of deriding that entry’s topic and/or comments made to it other registered members.
DivorceHQ.com registered members who offer comments on the site are solely responsible for all content that they post here. DivorceHQ.com shall have the right, but not the obligation, to correct any errors or omissions in any content, as it may determine in its sole discretion. DivorceHQ.com reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to delete or remove any member content from the site and to deny the access of any member to leave comments on this site, at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability.
DivorceHQ.com reserves the right to refuse the ability to leave comments to anyone who we feel is abusing the service or exploiting it in a way that is detrimental to DivorceHQ.com or our readers.
DivorceHQ.com retains the rights to exclusively determine what violates any of the standards or conditions and may make changes to them at its discretion without notice.
Any comments left by registered members at DivorceHQ.com are treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and those making comments here waive any claims with respect to their submission. These submissions may be used by DivorceHQ.com, its partners, and/or affiliates for any purpose.
Additionally, you agree not to (a) contact anyone who has asked not to be contacted; (b) collect, store, publish, post, sell, transmit or disclose personal data about other users of the Site or Forums; (c) use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools, or the like to download data from the Site or Forums; (d) repeatedly post the same or similar Content or otherwise impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on JT Spaulding Associates, LLC infrastructure; (e) attempt to gain unauthorized access to JT Spaulding Associates, LLC’s computer systems or engage in any activity that disrupts, diminishes the quality of, interferes with the performance of, or impairs the functionality of, the Forums or the Site; (f) use any form of automated device or computer program that enables the submission of postings on the Site or Forums without each posting being manually entered by the author thereof, including without limitation, the use of any such automated posting device to submit postings in bulk, or for automatic submission of postings at regular intervals; (g) or use a Posting Agent to post Content to the Site or Forums.
Changes
DivorceHQ.com reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. DivorceHQ.com may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools, services and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Termination
DivorceHQ.com may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your DivorceHQ.com account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website.
Limitation of Liability
In no event will DivorceHQ.com, or its suppliers or licensors, or any individuals associated with those entities, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement or substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to DivorceHQ.com under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. DivorceHQ.com shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
General Representation and Warranty
You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the DivorceHQ.com Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless DivorceHQ.com its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to out of your violation of this Agreement.
Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
Each party agrees that any suit, action or proceeding brought by such party against the other in connection with or arising from the Terms of Service (“Judicial Action”) shall be governed by the law of the state of residence of the registered Administrative Contact (the “Admin State”) for the Website as such laws are applied to agreements between Admin State residents entered into and performed entirely within the Admin State. You consent to the jurisdiction of federal and state courts within the Admin State. You consent to the venue in any action brought against him in connection with breaches of these Terms of Service. You consent to electronic service of process regarding actions under the above agreement.
Site Terms of Use Modifications
DivorceHQ.com may revise these Terms of Use for its Website at any time without notice. By using this Website you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.
DivorceHQ.com allows comments to be posted by registered members who choose to abide by our standards.
We welcome your feedback. Any comments or questions should be sent by e-mail to staff@divorcehq.com.
PRIVACY POLICY
JT Spaulding Associates, LLC owns and operates this DivorceHQ.com. We are committed to the privacy and security of our visitors’ information. The following is a statement of our privacy practices:
Information Collected
- Your personal information is not required to visit DivorceHQ.com
- Any personal information collected is knowingly provided by you and only when requested/required during account registration for interactive participation on DivorceHQ.com.
Cookies
DivorceHQ.com relies on “cookie” technology to allow you to re-access your registered account profile during a web session. This mechanism is employed solely for your convenience and for no other purpose.
Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, [website-name], are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our visitors to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our visitors are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
