Re: ex opening mail

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Ummm, Yes, the first thing when I moved out was to do a change
of address, and open a PO Box, however, I live in a small town,
and it seems the postman has a bad habit of still delivering
some of my mail from time to time to the address where I lived
with my ex spouse for some 8 years after he retired from the
military. I would be pretty stupid not to do a change of
address and then complain that my mail was opened by him. Would
I not? However, I do appreciate your response. What I was
hoping for actually was perhaps someone might know what the law
states, and where I might find it to read for myself, and yes,
I have notified my attorney of this action. I simply wanted to
read the law for myself. Thank you very much for your
response :) By the way. I have never used one of these boards
before and did send a blank response a bit ago, please excuse
my ignorance. There is no need for additional correspondence, I
believe I can find what I am seeking. Thank you :)

On 8/31/04, sharwinston wrote:
> Yes, it is against the law to open someone else's mail.
>
> Why is your mail going to his address anyway?
> Did you NOT notify the sender after the first letter was sent
> & opened? If not, why not?
>
> If it is going to his address, then, oh, yeah, the ooooppps
> defense WILL probably fly.
>
> On 8/31/04, Elizabeth wrote:
>> Did anyone determine if there is a law against an ex spouse
>> opening mail sent to his/her address specifically addressed
>> to "you", but being opened, oh yes, by mistake? Right. not
>> twice in a row from the same place.